What ’s making Paul Levitz , the president of DC Comics , come in over all coy at the end of a late piece he wrote for Newsarama.com ? Why is he suggesting that any comic fans interested in movies should mortgage their aggregation to ensure that they ’re in a particular position at San Diego Comic - Con on Friday ? Does he call up that fans will get something exclusive to watch , man ?
At the end of his web log post about The Dark Knight ( Spoiler : He likes it ) , Levitz wrote :
Oh , and while we ’re on the issue of flick , I ’m not allowed to talk about some other footage I was calculate at last week , but do offer to mortgage your collection to bribe your way into San Diego Comic - Con ’s Hall H on Friday the 25th at 11:55 . And if you ca n’t , cabinet yourself by going into the display hall and admiring the five - ton … oh , sorry , they ’re making me end now .
11:55 on Friday in Hall H ? A immediate arrest of the con schedule shows that that ’s the schedule time and station for Warner Bros ’ Watchmen moving-picture show control panel :
11:55 - 1:00 Warner Bros. : Watchmen- A complex , multi - superimposed secret adventure , Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America 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 - is permanently set at five minute to midnight . When one of his former fellow is murdered , the wash - up — but no less determined — masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to vote down and discredit all past and present superheroes . As he reconnects with his former law-breaking - fighting legion - a ragtag radical of retired superheroes , only one of whom has true powers — Rorschach glimpses a wide - vagabond and disturbing conspiracy with link to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the futurity . Their mission is to see over man … but who watch the Watchmen ? Guest appearances TBA .
With the trailer for the film due to be release with The Dark Knight this weekend , we wonder what could be so of import about the panel to make Levitz so eager to get fans to hang . Will there be sole footage ? Sneaks of Tales Of The Black Freighter ? The entire cast acting out the movie for a stunned audience ? Alan Moore appear on leg to resile his feud with DC Comics ?
We only have a week and a half to wait before finding out .
Paul Levitz : The Dark Knight[Blog@Newsarama ]
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