Warner Premiere and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution today announced
the renowned graphic album “Batman: Black & White” and graphic
novel “Superman: Red Son” are being developed into short-form digital
Motion Comics. In addition the first and highly anticipated second
chapter of the “Watchmen” Motion Comics are now available for download
via iTunes, Amazon Video on Demand, Xbox Live and the Sony PlayStation
Store. Summary editions of the “Watchmen” Motion Comics are available
to Verizon Wireless V Cast customers as well as Sprint TV customers via
the DC Comics Channel.
Warner Premiere’s Motion Comics are a new way for comic fans to connect
with their favorite characters and the stories they know and love
through short-form digital content. The Motion Comics slate draws on a
deep reservoir of source material to bring a new visually engaging
experience to life through the use of subtle movements, voice-overs,
sweeping music scores and stunning comic book artwork.
“We’re delighted to bring these defining graphic novels to our Motion
Comics slate,” said Diane Nelson, President, Warner Premiere. “We are
working diligently, and in constant collaboration with our colleagues
at DC Comics, to ensure the artwork and story of the original creators
are as authentic as possible.”
Watchmen – Motion Comics
The second chapter of the “Watchmen” Motion Comics is now available via
iTunes, Amazon Video on Demand, Xbox Live and the Sony PlayStation
Store. This gripping chapter is set against The Comedian's funeral
where Silk Spectre recalls her horrific assault at the hands of The
Comedian and while Nite Owl and Doctor Manhattan recount their own
experiences that reveal The Comedian to have been a larger-than-life
enigma: a hero and a villain in one costume. Warner Bros. Digital
Distribution will debut chapter three of the “Watchmen” Motion Comics
the week of October 20 and future chapters every two weeks thereafter.
Chapter one is also now available from the digital content providers
listed above.
Summary editions of the “Watchmen” Motion Comics are available to
Verizon Wireless V Cast customers as well as Sprint TV customers via
the DC Comics Channel.
“Working with Warner Premiere on the creation of the Watchmen Motion
Comics has been great,” said Dave Gibbons, the original illustrator of
the critically-acclaimed series. “The level of care and detail the team
is putting into the animation is amazing. I think fans will be very
pleased.”
“Watchmen” takes viewers through the critically acclaimed DC Comics and
Hugo award-winning graphic novel by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave
Gibbons. Set in 1985 at the height of the cold war between the United
States and the Soviet Union, costumed avengers have been banned with
the exception of two – The Comedian and Rorschach. During this time the
mysterious murder of a United States government official named Edward
Blake occurs in New York, possibly by Soviet Communists. It is later
confirmed that Blake is actually a costumed avenger – The Comedian.
The news of the murder is discovered by his fellow costumed avenger,
Rorschach who sets out to discover the murderer. During his search
viewers discover whether Rorschach is really insane or if he’s
uncovered a plot to murder super-heroes and, even worse, millions of
innocent civilians. On the run from the law, Rorschach reunites with
his former teammates in a desperate attempt to save the world and their
lives. But what they uncover will shock them to their very core and
change the face of the planet. Following two generations of masked
superheroes from the close of World War II to the icy shadow of the
Cold War comes this groundbreaking comic story — the story of the
Watchmen.
