'Watchmen' Prequels Coming - "Before Watchmen"

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Let's take a look at some comic book news that may be affecting the movie world!
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Hey movie buffs, I'm Joshua Ovenshire. Straight from our friends at The Hollywood reporter, DC comics announced today that they will be going back to the 1986 graphic novel "The Watchmen" by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons for a new set of comics. We'll be seeing a series stories featuring all the different characters in their own storylines is a series called "Before Watchmen". That's right. All of these different stories will be showing us the individual characters BEFORE The Watchmen events take place. Moore, as the original creator is actually completely against this idea. But DC backs up their decision saying that enough time has passed and this is a way to keep the characters relevant.
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Alan Moore was also very much against the movie adaptation that was done in 2009. And speaking of which, with DC going back to The Watchmen, does this mean, that we may see a prequel to the movie as well? Granted that in 2009, watchmen opened well with $55.2 Million, it only made $181 million worldwide. Seeing that it cost 130 to make, with such a low profit, I see a prequel being very unlikely. But really, it comes down to how the fans react and if the series of comics actually does well.
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As for me, I've been enjoying DC lately. But don't they cover enough back story, in the original Watchmen already? Do we really need to go back? The Watchmen is the highest grossing graphic novel of all time and redefined the genre. Who knows, this could be interesting. What do you guys think? Do you want to see a Watchmen prequel? Let us know in the comments below and don't forget to subscribe to stay up to date on all the biggest movie news. You can also stay in the loop by following us on twitter @clevvermovies. Till the next time, I'm The Jovenshire and you're watching Clevver Movies!

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[dajuanDAbomb]

Nice David Bowie as the "Goblin King" Shirt... brought back memories of my childhood

[ClevverMovies]

@dajuanDAbomb love that movie, I put a link where I got that shirt and a bunch of other labyrinth shirts as well

[luceph]

Love the Labyrinth tee underneath the shirt (or at least that what it looks like)

[ClevverMovies]

@luceph Yes. I'm a big Jim Henson's fan. There's actually a link in the description to a bunch of different Labyrinth t-shirts

[Oyajitchi]

Instead of a Watchmen 'Prequel', I actually wouldn't mind if they did the graphic novel movie 'adaptation' again and followed the original story WAY better.

I wouldn't mind if it was in cartoon form either. I mean we did get the motion comic Watchmen but I would love to see it actually animated in a big budget (or just good) adaptation.

[ClevverMovies]

@96madridista I did think Arkham Asylum/CIty were very balanced games. Between reality and comic book-y

[georgemiser]

@BatmanOneOhOne the artwork he did for the team is...beautiful. ^^ Silhouette's fedora and trench makes me thing of her as..sort of a female version of The Spirit or Midnight. Dollar Bill kinda reminds me of Kronk from disney.

[georgemiser]

@zombieconfederate420 well said. moore may be a genius, but he's also a a cynic. No one likes that.

[georgemiser]

@TheHolycrap1 alan moore cocksucker. I'm giving those prequels a chance.

[TheHolycrap1]

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[zombieconfederate420]

i love the graphic novel and i loved the movie even tho of course i like the novel better. i would love to see a series about the minute men and about the watchmen during there glory days even if mr.moore who is a genius opposesses it

[floresjoel05]

Is anyone gonna read this they fucked up watchmen only Alan Moore should write it

[BatmanOneOhOne]

I'll check it out. It's not like it's going to change how good Watchmen is. I'm excited to see Darwyn Cooke's take on the Minutemen. He did a good job with multiple characters in The New Frontier.

[TheKillrjoke]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOO I do not want to see a prequel c'mon DC stop it you used to be cool watchmen is the best coic book ever (my opinion) don't pull a Lucas!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

[BlackVeilJuggalo]

To be honest, im probably not going to read these. All they are is cash ins on Watchmen, we already know what we need to know about the characters. Now I would not mind seeing a prequel using the Minutemen, now that would be interesting.

[Oyajitchi]

@r1dethesky Lol. I see what you did there. :P

I still wish they kept the alien premise and other things in the movie though. And also if I remember correctly, the original graphic novel wasn't very 'actiony' when compared to the movie.

I mean the movie was good, but it wasn't a good 'Watchmen' movie. I think that someone else, (or the original director) could have done better to stay true to the source.