Bloated corpses buoy a castaway’s life raft in TALES OF THE BLACK FREIGHTER, a grisly parable taken from the pages of Alan Moore’s WATCHMEN. One of the book's most riveting detours, the comic-within-a-comic (read by one of the book's characters) ominously paralleled the main events of the graphic novel. Although the beloved story was cut from Zach Snyder’s big-screen version of WATCHMEN, it's recast here as a standalone animated program aimed at mollifying completists and ramping up interest in the adaptation. Paired with the macabre take on ROBINSON CRUSOE is another lopped-off limb from the comic: UNDER THE HOOD, a mix of live action and CGI that looks back at the salad days of Nite Owl and the Minutemen.

Theyre in the book. And on this disc. From the director of Watchmen and 300 come two tales from the celebrated graphic novel that do not appear in the extraordinary Watchmen Theatrical Feature. Tales of the Black Freighter (featuring the voice of 300s Gerard Butler) brings to strikingly animated life the novels richly layered story-within-a-story, a daring pirate saga whose turbulent events may mirror those in the Watchmens world. Stars from the Watchmen movie team in the amazing live-action/CGI Under the Hood, based on Nite Owls powerful first-hand account of how the hooded adventurers came into existence. Two fan-essential stories. One place to watch the excitement. Watching the Watchmen begins here.

Blu-ray Disc Features:

2-Disc Set
Region [unknown]
O-Sleeve
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby True HD 5.1 - English
SDH
Stereo - English
Subtitles - English
Additional Release Material:
Featurette:
1. Story Within A Story:The Books Of Watchmen
2. Watchmen Motion Comic Episode 1
Interactive Features:
BDLive
Disc 1: WATCHMEN - TALES OF THE BLACK FREIGHTER & UNDER THE HOOD
Disc 2: DIGITAL COPY

Carla Gugino: American Actress/"Son In Law"
Matt Frewer: American Actor/"Max Headroom"
Stephen McHattie: American Actor
Jeffrey Dean Morgan: American Actor in UNCAGED and GREY'S ANATOMY

Daniel Delpurgatorio: Director
Mike Smith: 
Eric Matthies: Producer of Movie Promotional Pieces

Brian McNulty: Producer
Karen Mayeda-Vranek: Producer
Wesley Coller: Producer
Eric Matthies: Producer of Movie Promotional Pieces

Tyler Bates: Composer
Paula Gallitano: Composer