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"Watchmen" Directors Cut Will Hit Theaters!

BUT, only in certain areas in the US..Booooo!
Over at firstshowing.net, they are reporting(via a reliable source at Collider) that Zack Snyder has confirmed that "Watchmen: Directors Cut" will indeed be officially hitting theaters on July 17th, the weekend before Comic-Con. He confirmed that it will only show for one weekend in one theater in only Los Angeles, Dallas, Minneapolis, and New York City.

Snyder said that they've made an extra poster to promote this re-release and will even be advertising it. As has been reported previously, there is at least an extra 25 minutes of footage, though I'm sure we'll get exact numbers closer to July 17th.

This is great news(for those of you living in those areas anyway), I am very exited to see the extra footage. As much as i loved the movie there are parts from the comic i wished they would have kept in, so im looking forward to seeing them, as well as a better paced movie overall.
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Rorschach01
6/24/2009
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35 Comments

Wahooooooooooooo! Dallas here I come. I live only 3 hours away. Gotta love the U.S. of A.
SirPrize - 6/24/2009, 3:14 PM
it comes out on dvd a week later so i'm not crushed that it won't play anywhere near Canadia.

god what a great movie though. still the best of the year. Star Trek came close but Watchmen is just too d@mn amazing.
Keven - 6/24/2009, 3:17 PM
I'm holding off on the DVD. I'll wait for a Directors Cut DVD.
SirPrize - 6/24/2009, 3:21 PM
I'd love to see it in the theatre, a shame it won't be coming to Boston.
njfuzzy - 6/24/2009, 3:21 PM
well, i live in the UK and even if it came out here in cinemas I would prefer to buy the HD blu ray a week later rather than go and pay to see it again!
joshw24 - 6/24/2009, 3:25 PM
im DVDing it....
maybe we get to see CGI vaginas this time...lol
vonstallin - 6/24/2009, 3:25 PM
It should, Awesome cinema piece! But it should come to Blue-ray dammit!!!

COMIC BOOK MOVIE OF THE DECADE!!! ; )
LEEE777 - 6/24/2009, 3:26 PM
Spoiler Alert lol!

Ive been waiting to show this on a WATCHMEN Article, its a limited edtion, soon to be on DVD! ; )
LEEE777 - 6/24/2009, 3:30 PM
lol, who the hell is that guy! Hes either a serious mental case of some clown attempting to be funny..hes failing, hes just creepy.
Rorschach01 - 6/24/2009, 3:36 PM
Shit! I'm just leaving LA tonight! Why can't we get anything like this in Georgia? All we get is dynamic speakers(MLK) and Southern Rock singers(Allman Bros.)
THEHAWK - 6/24/2009, 3:36 PM
I'll be in New York on the 17th.

This could be a must while I'm in town.
BillyBlack - 6/24/2009, 3:58 PM
best comic movie ever made.
grif - 6/24/2009, 4:28 PM
YES! I only live about 4 hours from dallas so im going for sure
DonkeyPuncher - 6/24/2009, 4:28 PM
i was not a fan of this movie but they are just milking money out of watchmen fanboys
bleedthefreak16 - 6/24/2009, 4:50 PM
ROR @ Lol, that's Supermike man!!!

An yeah, i know what you mean friggin' mental case! Heh heh heh! : D

Actually GRIF @ You is right!!! ; )
LEEE777 - 6/24/2009, 4:53 PM
Wasn't this movie already 3 hours long. No way in hell, I'm watching anymore of it. I just didn't like it the 1st time.
ninealevyn - 6/24/2009, 4:53 PM
ninealevyn @ That says it all lol.
LEEE777 - 6/24/2009, 4:56 PM
jesus, that has gotta be Supermike! Where the hell did you find that Lee?!
joshw24 - 6/24/2009, 5:17 PM
Hope they decide to do a larger release for this, otherwise I certainly won't be driving to Cali to see it.
adamant877 - 6/24/2009, 6:18 PM
meh, I don't know if a longer cut will be better. Don't get me wrong, it was a visually stunning movie, and if you've read the book it was a good watch, but for everyone who hasn't read the book it wasn't that great of an experience. There was just to much to fit into that movie and because of that I think character development was lost. For the comic reader it was fine because our minds could fill in the gaps but to an outsider it was confusing. I'm still grateful it was finally made though, but I think it falls short of the best adaptation ever. In my mind that still goes to sin city, that movie was an almost word for word translation and it still didn't lack in plot or development.
thwhtGuardian - 6/24/2009, 6:52 PM
JOSH @ Its at the SUPERMIKE fan club! You wanna join?

TEN bucks, but for you i'll do you a deal at FIVE! ; )

Heh heh, yeah your right that is the one an only lol!
LEEE777 - 6/24/2009, 7:47 PM
Rad, I live nowhere near those cities, but I'm glad to hear about a directors cut. I wanna' see Hollis Mason's death.
longbowhunter - 6/24/2009, 9:29 PM
Friggin Georgia.










































THEHAWK - 6/24/2009, 11:19 PM
I was going to buy the director's cut anyway.
Bandrews1 - 6/25/2009, 7:20 AM
@thwhtknight

Well said! Totally agree!
divo - 6/25/2009, 8:10 AM
Bandrews1 @ Me too man!!! ; )
LEEE777 - 6/25/2009, 8:39 AM
I'm sure this will be awesome, but I can wait for the Director's Cut DVD.
BmanHall - 6/25/2009, 8:41 AM
wow, supermike is kind of a douche bag
BOOK552 - 6/25/2009, 9:45 AM
LEE: i wouldnt join that club for a night with Scarlett Johannsen, lol!
joshw24 - 6/25/2009, 10:21 AM
the director's cut (same thing being shown in theaters) - is released July 21st....the UBER CUT - with the Freightor edited in as well probably won't be out until Christmas - if at all.

I personally don't know if I want an Uber Cut...I have the Black Freightor on DVD already and while it was cool - I think it might take away from the movie - especially the director's cut of the movie which will bring this thing already to 3.4 hours long.

We'll see I guess....July 21st is going to rule though - can't wait to see that extra 25 mins of delicious Watchmen.
Keven - 6/25/2009, 11:31 AM
the movie rocked..the book rocked..if you're a fan it will be worth it..if not..then do something useful with ya $$..buy no crack plz...
id like to see snyder take a crack at x-men or ff4 reboots..even though im not keen on rebooting so early as yet..i think if he had the chance to do these films...he'd have done us justice!!!!..if zak penn is f-ing around with avengers script..replace his ass with snyder!!!
Anil Rickly - 6/25/2009, 3:14 PM
Dammit, I'm like 600 miles from the closest of those.
TheMyth - 6/25/2009, 3:30 PM
i personally liked the way they cut the movie and left out parts i felt didn't need to be in there. oh well, ill see how the directors cut is, seeing as how i live in new york >:^)...
Godl1ng - 6/25/2009, 8:35 PM
Hey Myth, I feel for ya

Fraggin Georgia
THEHAWK - 6/26/2009, 12:42 AM
WATCHMEN A MASTERPIECE.
OSCURO - 7/19/2009, 3:36 PM

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