If you've been following the Watchmen movie news, you may have heard that there were recently screenings of preview footage in Los Angeles and New York. Luckily, we were invited -- okay, we begged to be let in to the New York screening, where director Zack Snyder and original comic book artist Dave Gibbons answered our questions and showed us some mind-blowing stuff. Well, we took notes on everything, and we've posted a detailed description of the footage in our Mondo Extras blog! Check out our detailed recap, then check back to read the Q & As and hear our critical commentary.

Tags: Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Nite Owl, Patrick Wilson, recap, screening, Silk Spectre, teaser footage, Watchmen

Watchmen Court Case Update! The date for the trial to determine the fate of Warner Bros.' Watchmen movie will take place on January 6, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That's exactly two months before the movie is currently scheduled to come out, and Warner has yet to change the date. The timing is fortuitous, considering that both studios were originally requesting movie-scuttling spring and summer dates, but Warner may still choose to push back the release date -- or have the choice made for them. While the judge in the case refused to block the film's release at this early stage, Fox may request an injunction after the discovery phase, where evidence and documents are shared. Or something. This is all really over my head, and I'm kind of waiting for a massive, shocking resolution to this conflict. Hmm... What would Ozymandias do?

Tags: Fox, lawsuit, Nite Owl, Ozymandias, Silk Spectre, Warner Bros., Watchmen

Imagine being a fly on the wall of the Watchmen movie set. Better yet, imagine getting paid for it. Clay Enos is a professional photographer who also happens to be a friend of director Zack Snyder, so when Snyder offered him the job of set photographer for the highly anticipated film, he jumped at the chance. He soon learned that that meant that every photograph that appears in the movie, documents the movie, and promotes the movie would have to be shot by him. That included everything from the sepia-tone team photo of the Minutemen to last week's six different Entertainment Weekly covers. (Well, five of them -- Dr. Manhattan was a computer creation.) But whenever he had a free moment on set, he would shoot the portraits that are his signature work, and now those portraits -- of actors, extras and crew members -- are collected into a book called Watchmen: Portraits. We talked to him about the history-making shoot, his role in the movie and how he came up with the idea for Nite Owl coffee.

Tags: books, Clay Enos, coffee, Comedian, Jackie Earle Haley, Nite Owl, Rorschach, Silk Spectre, Watchmen, Watchmen: Portraits, Zack Snyder

The newest Watchmen production diary is out, and it's a very special episode this week. Apparently, and don't tell anybody this... girls kick ass. No, it's true! Specifically, Carla Gugino and Malin Akerman kick ass, as they're pretty much the only two women in the movie, and they play mother and daughter crimefighters Silk Spectre I and Silk Spectre II, even though one is 37 and the other is 30. This video is the first time anyone has seen Gugino in her old-woman makeup, interacting with her grown daughter, and it's also the first footage we've seen of her teammate Hooded Justice, outside of the group photo he takes with the original Minutemen. (We also see the young Comedian in his jester suit.) And, of course, since the video is titled "Girls Kick Ass," there are plenty of shots of the younger Spectre beating cons up during the prison break. But don't just read about it -- watch it after the jump.

Tags: Silk Spectre, video, Watchmen, Zack Snyder