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Watchmen (2024 film)
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<p><i>Watchmen</i> is a 2024 American <a href="/facts/Adult_animation/DGuCzlkp">adult animated</a> two-part <a href="/facts/Superhero_film/MdNcezht">superhero film</a> directed by <a href="/facts/Brandon_Vietti/Br31z06W">Brandon Vietti</a> and written by <a href="/facts/J._Michael_Straczynski/NcBEk4T4">J. Michael Straczynski</a>. It stars an <a href="/facts/Ensemble_cast/2cJreBu1">ensemble cast</a> including <a href="/facts/Matthew_Rhys/tuLwGHLD">Matthew Rhys</a>, <a href="/facts/Katee_Sackhoff/aSas78wE">Katee Sackhoff</a>, <a href="/facts/Titus_Welliver/5H4Kk0AS">Titus Welliver</a>, <a href="/facts/Troy_Baker/nDgB93Q4">Troy Baker</a>, <a href="/facts/Adrienne_Barbeau/xDSqYqQR">Adrienne Barbeau</a>, and <a href="/facts/Michael_Cerveris/mf2HSf32">Michael Cerveris</a>. Produced by <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros._Animation/5JxbkXIf">Warner Bros. Animation</a>, <a href="/facts/Paramount_Pictures/F6UIvDD9">Paramount Pictures</a>, and <a href="/facts/DC_Entertainment/gvuKz3yL">DC Entertainment</a>, and distributed by <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros._Home_Entertainment/QqjE1WEy">Warner Bros. Home Entertainment</a> in North America and <a href="/facts/Paramount_Home_Entertainment/wBKnow6y">Paramount Home Entertainment</a> elsewhere, the film is based on the <a href="/facts/DC_Comics/gvuKz3yL">DC Comics</a> <a href="/facts/Limited_series_(comics)/BbrU7WP3">limited series</a> <i><a href="/facts/Watchmen/AdeJnhm3">Watchmen</a></i> co-created and illustrated by <a href="/facts/Dave_Gibbons/czTMsEE0">Dave Gibbons</a> with co-creator and author <a href="/facts/Alan_Moore/JnSk7wGL">Alan Moore</a> choosing to remain uncredited. Set in an alternate 1985, the film follows a group of outlawed and retired superheroes who investigate a conspiracy following the murder of one of their own. Gibbons served as a consulting producer on the film. Animation for the film was provided by <a href="/facts/Studio_Mir/ksrttdSm">Studio Mir</a>. The first part (titled <i>Watchmen Chapter I</i>) was released on August 13, 2024, while the second part (<i>Watchmen Chapter II</i>) was released on November 26, 2024. Both parts serve as the fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth, respectively, and final installments of the <a href="/facts/DC_Universe_Animated_Original_Movies/k1emdaxW">DC Universe Animated Original Movies</a><i>.</i> </p>