The long-anticipated, gritty and sinister big-screen adaptation of one of the most celebrated graphic novel of all time, Watchmen comes to 2-disc DVD & Blu-ray with Digital Copy in July. Directed by Zack Snyder (300), this visually spectacular film is based on the 80s comic book series of the same name created by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. The Watchmen is the only graphic novel to appear on Time magazine's list of '100 best English-language novels'.

The 2-disc DVD comes loaded with nearly 2 hours of special features, including Real Superheroes, Real Vigilantes, 11 Webisodes, four viral videos and the music video for the My Chemical Romance version of the Bob Dylan song, Desolation Row, which was recorded for the film.

The Blu-ray version will give audiences a stunning viewing experience, featuring 5.1 Dolby TrueHD and containing all the special features from the 2-disc format. In addition, a Digital Copy of the film is included to be easily transferred to a computer, Video iPod, iPhone and other portable media players.

A complex and multi-layered mystery adventure, Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America; a world darkened by fear and paranoia in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the Doomsday Clock – which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union – moves closer to nuclear midnight. When a former colleague, The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan – TVs Grey's Anatomy) is murdered, the outlawed but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley – Semi-Pro) sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As Rorschach reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion, a disbanded group of retired superheroes, including Nite Owl II (Patrick Wilson – Lakeview Terrace), Silk Spectre II (Malin Akerman – The Heartbreak Kid), Ozymandias (Matthew Goode – Brideshead Revisited) and Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup – Mission: Impossible III), the only one who has true powers – he glimpses a disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Together, the heroes must expose a sinister plan that puts the human race and their own existence in grave danger.  Their mission is to watch over humanity... but who is watching the Watchmen?

Watchmen will be released on UK single disc and 2-disc DVD and Blu-ray on 27th July 2009 by Paramount Home Entertainment at the RRP of £19.99 (single disc DVD), £24.99 (2-disc DVD) and £29.99 (Blu-ray). Extra features for each release are as follows.

Single disc DVD:

• Mechanics: Technologies of Fantastic World;
• Trailers.

2-disc DVD and Blu-ray:

• The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics;
• Real Superheroes, Real Vigilantes;
• Video Journals (Webisodes):
  • Minutemen
  • Sets & Sensibility
  • Dressing for Success
  • The Ship Has Eyes
  • Dave Gibbons
  • Burn Baby Burn
  • Shoot To Thrill
  • Blue Monday
  • Attention To Detail
  • Girls Kick Ass
  • Rorschach's Mask
• Viral Videos
  • 10 Years Of Dr. Manhattan (1970: NBS Special News Report)
  • The Keene Act & You (1977: US Public Service Announcement)
  • Who Watches The Watchmen? (1983: Celebrity News Feature)
  • World In Focus (1985: British Late Night Discussion Programme)
• Music Video – My Chemical Romance, Desolation Row;
• Trailers.