Watchmen Planned for an R-Rated Animated Movie

Warner Bros. may be planning a major project for DC Comics—and it will be starting with a possible mature Watchmen animated film.

A new online marketing survey has popped up (via Film Buff Online), and it's hinting at a possible direct-to-video R-rated adaptation of Watchmen. The survey's content, seen below, seems to be hinting that the Watchmen project has already been in the drawing board for a while:

"A faithful adaptation of the Watchman graphic novel executed in an animation style that mirrors the source material (Anticipated MPAA R rating).

In an alternate world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history, the US won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the cold war is in full effect. Watchmen begins as a murder-mystery, but soon unfolds into a planet-altering conspiracy. As the resolution comes to a head, the unlikely group of reunited heroes—Rorschach, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, Dr. Manhattan, and Ozymandias—have to test the limits of their convictions and ask themselves where the true line is between good and evil."

It doesn't even end here. According to the report, Watchmen may actually be the first in a series of adaptations of works from the DC Comics and Vertigo titles. A few that were mentioned include the following:

> The Killing Joke

> A Death in the Family

> Swamp Thing

> Batman: The Long Halloween

> Injustice

> Fables

> iZombie

> Preacher

> Sandman

I have to say, the lineup does sound pretty damn awesome, especially if the company is gunning for a faithful adaptation. Warner Bros. has been very successful so far with animated movies more than their cinematic live-action counterparts, so at the very least, we might see a lot of great stuff on home video, if this series project happens.

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