It's one of HBO's most hotly-anticipated series in recent memory.
The first trailer for the upcoming Watchmen series was released Wednesday, and it's quite a departure from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' classic comic.
The new teaser video shows a dark alternate version of America, seemingly years or decades after the events of the original comic series.
Finally here: The first trailer for HBO's upcoming Watchmen series was released Wednesday, and it's quite a departure from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' classic comic
The video opens on an ominous room full of men in gray balaclavas with Rorschach test images on their faces, mimicking the costumed hero who animated the original series.
Much like the Dark Knight series, a group of vigilantes have been inspired by his exploits, though their goals aren't articulated.
'We are no one. We are everyone. And we are invisible,' intones a leader of the masked group.
Dark: The video opens on an ominous room full of men in gray balaclavas with Rorschach test images on their faces, mimicking the costumed hero who animated the original series
Symbolism: As the masked man chants 'ticktock,' we see someone tapping a pocketwatch that has stopped minutes before midnight
Good guys or bad guys? 'We convinced ourselves that they were gone,' says Chief Judd (Don Johnson), possibly referring to superheroes. 'But they were just hibernating'
The same man begins to chant 'ticktock,' which continues throughout the trailer, chilling parodying the ubiquitous clock ticking sound commonly employed in trailers.
As he chants, the image briefly alights on an unidentified person tapping at pocket watch that has stopped only a few minutes before midnight, a motif from the graphic novel.
As 'HBO Presents' comes on screen, the second word begins to tilt downward like a second hand in time with the chanting.
Next, we see an auditorium full of police officers with yellow scarfs covering their faces and obscuring their identities, as Chief Judd, played by Don Johnson, speaks.
'We convinced ourselves that they were gone,' he says, possibly referring to superheroes. 'But they were just hibernating.'
Violence: Another man's voice whispers, 'They came for everybody,' as a group of masked Rorschach figures jump out of a
