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Under The Hood (film)
''Watchmen'' is a 2009 American superhero film based on the comic book limited series by Dave Gibbons, and published by DC Comics. Directed by Zack Snyder from a screenplay by David Hayter and Alex Tse, the film features Malin Åkerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson. A dark and dystopian deconstruction of the superhero genre, the film is set in an alternate history in the year 1985 at the height of the Cold War, as a group of mostly retired American superheroes investigate the murder of one of their own before uncovering an elaborate and deadly conspiracy with which they are all connected. For nearly two decades from October 1987 until October 2005, a live-action film adaptation of the ''Watchmen'' series became stranded in development hell. Producers Lawrence Gordon and Joel Silver began developing the project at 20th Century Fox, later moving it to Warner Bros. Pictures, the sister company of ''Watchme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zack Snyder
Zachary Edward Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He made his feature film debut in 2004 with ''Dawn of the Dead (2004 film), Dawn of the Dead'', a remake of the 1978 horror film Dawn of the Dead (1978 film), of the same name. Since then, he has directed or produced a number of comic book and superhero films, including ''300 (film), 300'' (2006) and ''Watchmen (2009 film), Watchmen'' (2009), as well as the Superman film that started the DC Extended Universe, ''Man of Steel (film), Man of Steel'' (2013), and its follow-ups, ''Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'' (2016) and ''Justice League (film), Justice League'' (2017), the latter of which had a Zack Snyder's Justice League, director's cut released in 2021. Aside from comic adaptation, he also directed the animated film ''Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole'' (2010), the Psychological fiction, psychological action film ''Sucker Punch (2011 film), Sucker Punch'' (2011), the zombie film, zombie heist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
