Watchmen: Visual Novel - Chapter XII - A Stronger Loving World
Project Overview
"Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon."
"Watchmen" (1986-1987) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons is one of the greatest and most seminal graphic novels of all time - and adapting the story into a visual novel has been a process in the making for the past four years.
The first half (Chapter I-VI) has already been adapted by me and my fellow voice actors - and the time has come for us to finally wrap this adaptation up with the second and final half of the story, that somehow becomes more relevant and timeless as times go on.
This project of ours features talented voice actors across the board, an original soundtrack and a clear, distinctive vision for what Alan Moore's penned words and Dave Gibbons illustrations should feel like.
Our goal, and mine as a director, is to make this project the most authentic and true adaptation of "Watchmen" possible - made by fans for fans, around the globe.
We are currently casting the second half (Chapter VII-XII) and we're looking for all sorts of voice talents that can help us bring this authentic and true vision of "Watchmen" come to life.
Backstory and plot of "Watchmen";
"Watchmen" is a comic book limited series by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins. It was published monthly by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 before being collected in a single-volume edition in 1987. Watchmen originated from a story proposal Moore submitted to DC featuring superhero characters that the company had acquired from Charlton Comics. As Moore's proposed story would have left many of the characters unusable for future stories, managing editor Dick Giordano convinced Moore to create original characters instead.
Moore used the story as a means of reflecting contemporary anxieties, deconstructing and satirizing the superhero concept and making political commentary. Watchmen depicts an alternate history in which superheroes emerged in the 1940s and 1960s and their presence changed history so that the United States won the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal was never exposed. In 1985, the country is edging toward World War III with the Soviet Union, freelance costumed vigilantes have been outlawed and most former superheroes are in retirement or working for the government.
The story focuses on the protagonists' personal development and moral struggles as an investigation into the murder of a government-sponsored superhero pulls them out of retirement.
Audition now and have the chance to be involved in a highly ambitious project that, hopefully, will stand the test of time as one of the better adaptations of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' masterpiece.
Down below you'll find "Watchmen: Part I", the first adapted half of the story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iZ6aJtQQgA&ab_channel=Duncaani
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https://www.youtube.com/@duncaani
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(Informative, yet shocked tone of voice)
Many news anchors, both male and female, across the world reporting on the giant squid shockwave that killed three million New yorkers.
*Both male and female - One appearance*
- female adult
- male adult
1. FROM NEW YORK. PICTURES COMING UP … 2. SCENE HERE, UTTERLY HORRIBLE, I CAN’T DESCRIBE … 3. DEATH TOLL IN THE MILLIONS … 4. PEOPLE INSANE. A PREGNANT WOMAN, CONVINCED HER UNBORN CHILD WAS EATING HER, TERMINATED HER … 5. JOIN B.B.C. 2 FOR NEWS FROM AMERICA. IN NEW YORK, MILLIONS … 6. FROM NEW YORK … 7. INSTITUTE RESEARCHING OTHER DIMENSIONS … 8. THESE FIRST PICTURES SHOW .. UH … WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT, BOB? IS … 9. MILLIONS DEAD OR … 10. HAVE WE BEEN INVADED? WE ASK … 11. MILLIONS … 12. IMPLAUSIBLE AS IT SEEMS, WE CANNOT DISMISS THE POSSIBILITY OF … 13. ALIEN CONTACT OR …
14. AND IN NEW YORK MILLIONS OF … WAIT A MINUTE, THIS CAN’T BE RIGHT: “MILLIONS OF … 15. ARE WE LOOKING AT AN ALIEN INVASION? THINGS FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION? IS THAT … 16. NO COMMENT. WE HAVE NO COMMENT AT … 17. I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS. I CAN’T BELIEVE … 18. THE DEAD, THE INSANE. THERE ARE CHILDREN, CHILDREN, CHILDREN … I CAN’T GO ON … I’M SORRY. I’M SO SORRY … 19. NEW YORK … 20. MILLIONS … 21. FROM LONDON, MR. HEALEY SENT A MESSAGE OF … 22. WORLD LEADERS, RESPONDING TO THE TRAGEDY … 23. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE … 24. AND NEWS JUST IN OF A RESPONSE FROM RUSSIA … 25 AFTER STUDYING SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHS, THE KREMLIN ISSUED A CAUTIOUS BULLETIN … 26. FROM RUSSIA … 27. OVER TWO MILLION DEAD … 28. GORBACHEV STATED THAT IN LIGHT OF ALARMING DEVELOPMENTS IN NEW YORK … 29. THREATENING US ALL.” HE WENT ON TO SUGGEST SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES UNTIL … 30. PROMISING WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN AS SOON AS … 31. NEW YORK … 32. IMMEDIATE END TO HOSTILITIES UNTIL WE’VE EVALUATED THIS NEW YORK THREAT TO … 33. END TO HOSTILITIES … 34. AND END THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AS A GES
35. AN IMMEDIATE SUMMIT IN GENEVA … 36. IN COMPLETE CONFUSION HERE … 37. NEW YORK TONIGHT, THREE MILLION PEOPLE DEAD … 38. END THE WAR … 39. ATMOSPHERE HERE’S DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE: ELATION THAT AN ALMOST CERTAIN WAR HAS BEEN AVERTED, MINGLED WITH HORROR AND … 40. RUSSIA, OFFERING HELP … 41. APPARENTLY, THE CREATURE DIED UPON ACCIDENTALLY BREACHING OUR DIMENSION, BUT, IN ITS DEATH-THROES IT … 42. HAVE DESCRIBED THE SCENE AS “LIKE HIROSHIMA BUT WITH BUILDINGS”. WE ASKED … 43. AND LITERALLY MILLIONS ARE … 44. FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION … 45. COULD FURTHER ATTACKS BE IMMINENT? 46. WE THINK NOT. IMAGINE AN ALIEN BEE, NOT VERY INTELLIGENT, THAT STINGS REFLEXIVELY UPON DEATH … IF …
(Highly playful, happy tone of voice)
A news anchor that's displayed on Sally Juspezcyk's television set at her residence in California.
*One appearance*
- male adult
AND NOW MORE CHRISTMAS EXCITEMENT WITH TONIGHT’S RETURN VISIT … TO THE OUTER LIMITS. IN WHICH ROBERT CULP IS PHYSICALLY TRANSFORMED BY … THE ARCHITECTS OF FEAR!
(Professional, yet playful tone of voice)
A female worker that works on the upper-class nursing homes in California where Sally Juspezcyk has her residence.
*One appearance*
- female adult
I’M SORRY, MS. JUPITER, WE TRIED CALLING FROM RECEPTION, BUT YOUR PHONE WAS OFF. YOUR FRIENDS MR. AND MRS. HOLLIS ARE HERE TO SEE YOU.
YOU’RE WELCOME. HAVE A NICE DAY.
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