Watchmen Movie Poster

As part of the build-up to the upcoming release, Warner Brothers has released the final poster for the Watchmen Movie. This is the Watchmen Movie you’ll see as you head up to the box-office to buy your ticket in a few weeks.

Following the series' publication, the film adaptation was mired in development hell. Producer Lawrence Gordon began developing the project at 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. with producer Joel Silver and director Terry Gilliam, the latter eventually deeming the complex novel unfilmable. During the 2000s, Gordon and Lloyd Levin collaborated with Universal Studios and Paramount Pictures to produce a script by David Hayter.

Darren Aronofsky and Paul Greengrass were also attached to the project before it was canceled over budget disputes.

The project returned to Warner Bros., where Snyder was hired to direct – Paramount remained as international distributor. Fox sued Warner Bros. for copyright violation arising from Gordon's failure to pay a buy-out in 1991, which enabled him to develop the film at the other studios. Fox and Warner Bros. settled this before the film's release with Fox receiving a portion of the gross.