Watchmen Chapter I
Released: August 13, 2024 (Digital) and August 27, 2024 (4K and Blu-ray)
Max Streamed: November 18, 2024
Heroes: Crimebusters (Rorschach, The Comedian, Nite Owl, Captain Metropolis, Silk Spectre, Ozymandias, and Doctor Manhattan) and (Minutemen (Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, Mothman, Silhouette, Dollar Bill, and Hooded Justice)
Villains: Knot Tops, Moloch, and Roy Chess
Supporting: Joe Bourquin, Steven Fine, Happy Harry, Steve, Janey Slater, President Nixon, Bernie, Bernard, Agent Forbes, Hans Osterman, Wally Weaver, President Kennedy, and Yvonne
Beasts: Phantom
Objects: Archie, Rorschach's Journal, Tales of the Black Freighter, and Intrinsic Field Subtractor
Places: New York City, Promethea Building, Gunga Diner, Mason's Auto Repair, Treasure Island, Owl's Nest, Happy Harry's Bar & Grill, Veidt Enterprises, Rockefeller Military Research Center, Vietnam, Rafael's, Nepenthe Gardens, Rumrunner, ABC Studios, Gila Flats Test Base, Mars, Palisades Amusement Park, and Dante's
References: Gerald Ford, Under The Hood, Screaming Skull, Captain Axis, Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Iran, China, India, Pakistan, DC Comics, South America, Senator Keene, Nazi Party, France, NATO, Doomsday Clock, Maine, The Liquidator, Australia, Captain Carnage, King Mob, Veidt's Island, Pagliacci, Fidel Castro, Bugs Bunny, Hiroshima, Albert Einstein, Theory of Relativity, Dallas, Jackie Kennedy, and Nordus Gordii
Opening Credits
Warner Bros. Animation & Paramount Presents
Matthew Rys
Katee Sackhoff
Titus Welliver
Casting & Voice Direction by: Jamie Thomason
Edited by: Cris Mertens
Music by: Tim Kelly
Art Director: Jonathan Hoekstra
CG Supervisor: Justin Dobies
Producer: Jim Krieg
Producer: Cindy Rago
Consulting Producer: Dave Gibbons
Executive Producer: Sam Register
Executive Producer: Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin
Adapted by: J. Michael Straczynski
Based on the graphic novel co-created and illustrated by: Dave Gibbons and Published By DC
Produced and Directed by: Brandon Vietti
End Credits
Cast: Troy Baker as Adrian Veidt, Ozymandias, Minister, Benny Anger, Adrienne Barbeau as Sally Jupiter, Silk Spectre, TV Broadcaster, Corey Burton as Captain Metropolis, Forbes, American Newscaster, Michael Cerveris as Jonathan Osterman, Dr. Manhattan, Father, Jeffrey Combs as Edgar Jacobi, Moloch, British Newscaster, Photographer #1, Grey Griffin as Female Citizen #2, Spanish Newscaster, Kelly Hu as Vietnamese Woman, Yvonne, John Marshall Jones as Hooded Justice, General #1, Criminal #2, Max Koch as Detective Joe Bourquin, Bernard, President Nixon, Phil LaMarr as Comic Book Narrator, Bernie, Security Guard, Yuri Lowenthal as Wally Weaver, Criminal #1, Knot Top #2, Geoff Pierson as Hollis Mason, Nite Owl, Matthew Rhys as Dan Dreiberg, Nite Owl, Photographer #3, Katee Sackhoff as Laurie Juspeczyk, Silk Spectre, Dwight Schultz as Detective Steve Fine, Happy Harry, Jason Spisak as Doug Roth, President Kennedy, Restaurant Cook, Kari Wahlgren as Janey Slater, Female Knot Top, Female Citizen #1, Rick D. Wasserman as Edward Blake, Comedian, Male Citizen #1, Photographer #2, and Titus Welliver as Rorschach, Walter Kovacs
Associate Producer: Christopher G. Collins
Post Production Manager: Stefani Kahookele
Sr. Assistant Production Managers: Wendy Huynh
Assistant Production Managers: Jason Amodeo and Daniel Nix
Production Intern: Cherise Punzalan
Character Design: Dusty Abell, Jojo Aguilar, Damon Bard, John Cody Clark, Adam Dix, Ian Dorian, John Hillin, Jessica Lackey, Garrett Lang, Will Nichols, Thomas Perkins, Emily Sasaki, Meg Takata, and Annie Wu
Background Design: Keynes Carden, Mikael Javaid-Camua, and Jonard Soriano
Background Paint: Solomon Carreiro, Brandon Hahn, Barry Jackson, and Quinton Puebla
Visual Development: Kristina Hoekstra, Frewin Hu, William Meany, Patrick Morgan, Yewon Park, and Bryan Zhuang
Color Designer: Michael Baillie
Black Freighter Illustration: Francesco Francavilla
Storyboard Artists: Christopher Berkeley, Tom De Rosier, Danica Dickison, Jean Kang, Sam Liu, Ifesinachi Orjiekwe, and Matthew Peters
Storyboard Revisionists: Amber Avara and Suzanne Hirota Burks
Assistant Editor: Noah Rieke
Dialogue Coding: Kent Butterworth
Effects Animation: Timothy Ryan and Jason Plapp
Art Director of Creative Services: Matthew Girardi
Graphics & Titles Supervisor: Brenna Kraus
Graphics & Titles: Jordan Dario, Emily Kieber, and Adrienne Steinbaum
Animation Services By: Studio Mir
CG Supervisor: Geun Tae Park
Modeling Supervisor: Sang Woo Park
Lead Modelers: Phil Bong Choe, Min Sung Ko, Hyeon Seong Song, Ju Young Shin, and Kyungmin Kim
Senior Modelers: Sung June Kim and Se Yeon Wang
Modelers: Hye Rim Choi, Ja Yoon Choi, Jung Min Choi, Hee Su Han, Don min Han, Seung Hyuck Kang, Jeong Min Kim, Hee Won Kim, Hosan Kim, Moon Hee Kim, Hyung Kim, Chang Bin Hong, Ji Yoon Moon, Gun Park, Haemi Park, Juwon Park, Jae Eun Song, Isabelle Cotte, Chang Wan Hong, Dong Su Kim, Cho Rong Choi, Jiseop Hyeon, Hanna Hong, Jongmin Park, Suhyeon Yu, Yeontaek Oh, Phoebe Gong, and HongSheng Yin
Riggers Ye jun Cha, Chae won Chung, Seung Woo Heo, HyeonSeo Lee, Sangbin Lee, YunJeong Lee, Tae su Jin, Kyoung ah Min, and Min ho Park
Assistant Riggers: Inkyung Song and Gaeun Yoon
Animation Supervisors: Dong Gyu Kim and Kyunghoon Park
Lead Animators: Hyung Seok Kim, Soo Jung Yim, Joo Hwa Jeong, and Do Bin Yu
Senior Animators: Chae Kyeong Lim and Gyeong Hun Yu
Animators: Dongwoo Ha, Haewon Jung, Dae Hyeon Kim, Hun Gu Kim, Hyojin Kim, Ye Jin Lee, Runy Lee, Yejin Son, SangHyo Ryu, Soyeon Yu, So Jin Ma, Hyeon Ji Song, Ju Hui Kim, Seong Min Park, Eung Su Kim, Tae Rin Kim, Yujin Lee, Eunbi Kim, Bogyeong Lee, Verity Huang, DoHeon Lee, HeeJeon Lee, JunChao Shi, JiaNi Wang, XiaoYu Xu, EnYuan Chen, Ting Zhao, XiYu Wang, and ZiRan Zhang
General/CFX JD: Kwon Seok Lee
Lead FX Artist: Jae Woo Kim
FX Artists: Woo Hyuck Ahn, Ji Hwan Hwang, and Hyeona Kim
Generalist: Seungmin Kwon
Lighting/Compositing Supervisor: Dohyun Kim
Lead Lighters/Compositors: Beom Seok Kang, Yong Woo Lim, Eunkyeong Park, and Minji Kang
Lighters/Compositors Yoon Seok Ha, Ha Gyeong Noh, You Jung Park, Jeong Woo Choi, Myung Ju Kim, Min Ah Kim, Se Mi Song, Ho Gyeong Ryu, Seon Mi Jin, Se Jun Park, Yeong Min Yoon, Seong Bin Park, Ye Jin Im, Hyun Soo Young, Hyun Ji Kim, Jung Bin Yoon, Yong Dae Kim, Mu jun Kim, Yong Jin Kim, Ha Jeong Kim, Hee Dae Chae, Eun Cho, and Hee Seon Kang
Assistant Lighter/Compositor: Do Kyung Seo
2D Animator: Ik Suk Go
2D Model Checker: Ho Chan Won
In-Betweens: Kyung Mi Woo
Ink & Paint: Eun Soon Shin and Nam Rye Bae
2D Production Manager: Young Un Park
Pipeline JD: Jae Young Jang
Pipeline Developer: Su Min Kim
Production Supervisor: Seung Wook Lee
CG Production Manager: Jung Hoon Chae
CG Production Lead Coordinator: Hye Jin Woo
CG Production Coordinators: Solmi Lee, Soo Juna Park
Translators: Sandy Joosun Lee, Ji Hyun Kang, and Kyoung Been Kim
Post Production Executive: Greg Emerson
Post Producer: Kip Brown
Post Production Managers: Rebecca Sands Coutts and Marissa Llano
Creative Services Sr. Assistant Production Manager: Joanna Ting
Creative Services Assistant Production Managers: Kenzie Bates and Charlie Carpenter
Recording Facilities: Atlas Oceanic, Apex Sound, Smart Post Atlanta, Pomann NYC, Margarita Mix, and Soho Square
Recording Machine Operator: Jeff O. Collins
Track Readers: Wilson Martinez
Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor: Mark A. Keatts
Dialogue/ADR Editors: David M. Cowan, Kelly Foley Downs, and Mike Garcia
Post Production Sound Services: Atlas Oceanic
Re-Recording Mixers: Paul Menichini and George Peters
Sound Supervisor: Devon G. Bowman
Foley Artist: Sanaa Kelley, MPSE and Matt Salib
Foley Mixer: Jordan McClain
Sound Designer: Paul Menichini
Online Editor: Darren Griffiths
Assistant Editors: Harrison T. Barth, Michele Beeson, and Gabriel Gianola
Asset Manager: Rachel Ryan
Manager Production: Mike Baum
Pipeline Associate Producer: Karina Benesh
Sr. Pipeline Engineer: Julian Herrera
Pipeline Supervisor: Kevin "KP" Porterfield
Production Support: Cher Bentley, Jeff Deckman, Eileen Goldstein, Jenna Levine, Eileen Nakamura-Smith, Niko Sumcad, and Kira Tirimacco
Casting: Sarah Noonan, CSA and Agnes Kim, CSA
Casting Administration: Liz Carroll and Maria Millage
Production Accounting: Athena Wingate
Rights & Clearances: June Baumgart and Derek Iversen
Business & Legal Affairs: Shanon Muir, Iman Wilson, Leslie Chinchilla, Denise Martinez, Ari Taitz, and Valentina Zaldana
Operations: Lindsey Gui
Production Supervision: Bobbie Page
Studio Management: Ed Adams
Executives in Charge of Production: Jason DeMarco and Peter Girardi
Details
Actors: Matthew Rhys, Katee Sackhoff, Titus Welliver
Format: Animated, Close-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English and Spanish
Subtitle: English, Spanish, and French
Region: Region 1
Aspect Ration: Widescreen (2160p Ultra High Definition, 1080p High Definition 16x9 1.78:1)
Sound Quality: DTS-HD MA: English 5.1, Dolby Digital: Francais 5.1 & Espanol 5.1
Number of Discs: One
Rating: R
Studio: Warner Home Video
Release Date: August 13, 2024 (Digital), August 27, 2024 (4K/Blu-ray), November 18, 2024 Max Streaming Service)
Movie Run Time: 83 Minutes
4K/Blu-Ray/Digital | Special Features
Special Feature: The Art of Adaptation: Introducing the Story (New Featurette) - The filmmakers reveal their process for creating this animated adaptation, as well as the techniques they used to both replicate and innovate the original work. Run Time: 9 minutes, 49 seconds
Special Feature: Dave Gibbons and Watchmen: Chapters I-VI (New Featurette) - Go behind the beautifully drawn pages of the WATCHMEN graphic novel and inside Dave Gibbons' process for building the visual language of one of the comic world's most celebrated works of art. Run Time: 9 minutes, 02 seconds
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