The Hollywood Reporter has gone ahead and confirmed all the Watchmen casting rumors that were spreading around the Internet all week and added one more to the list.
First we start with Patrick Wilson will play Nite-Owl, a crime-figher who uses technical wizardry and has an owl-shaped flying vehicle.
Jackie Earle Haley will play Walter Kovacs, aka Rorschach, who ignores the ban on costumed vigilantes.
Billy Crudup will play Dr. Manhattan, a superpowered being with godlike powers and temperament.
Malin Akerman will play Laurie Juspeczyk/the Silk Spectre, who is involved with Dr. Manhattan — but that relationship begins to fall apart as he becomes more disconnected from humanity.
Matthew Goode will play Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias, a costume adventurer who retired voluntarily, disclosed his identity and built a large fortune. He hatches a plot to avert a global catastrophe he believes will be caused by Dr. Manhattan.
The one new name is Jeffrey Dean Morgan will play the Comedian, a cigar-chomping, gun-toting vigilante-turned-paramilitary agent. This was rumored at one time to be leaning toward Thomas Jane, but this sounds like a solid choice.
Watchmen is set in an alternate America and follows costumed hero Rorschach, who is living a vigilante lifestyle because most masked heroes have retired or been outlawed. While investigating a murder, Rorschach learns that a former masked-hero colleague has been killed, prompting him to begin investigating a possible conspiracy.
Let’s give props however to IESB, MTV and LatinoReview for breaking these casting bits early.
