This Tuesday, Warner Bros. is releasing the “ultimate cut” of “Watchmen,” a 5-disc box set intended to do the graphic novel justice–something that writer Alan Moore would be (but still isn’t) proud of.  The feature included is an hour longer than the theatrical release, and there are plenty of bonuses to be seen.  Go through it all with me, one disc at a time, after the jump.

I don’t watch “Mad Men”.  Not because I think it’s a bad show, but I feel I’m not cool enough to watch it.  Jon Hamm is the coolest motherfucker alive and now it looks like he’ll be making Zack Snyder’s upcoming flick “Sucker Punch” even cooler.  You know, because “Sucker Punch’s” filmmaker, premise, and cast weren’t cool enough in the first place.

Break out a cigarette and hit the jump for more details.

“Watchmen” director Zack Snyder has added Carla Gugino to the cast of his next film, “Sucker Punch”.  The “balls out crazy” flick stars Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, and Abbie Cornish as girls confined to a mental institution who stumble on an alternate reality as they plan their escape.  Gugino joins the cast as Mrs. Schultz, an “adult figure in the institution.”  So unless she’s one of those good mental institution types, I’m betting Mrs. Schultz is up to no good.  Snyder will start shooting “Sucker Punch” in Vancouver this fall.

After over two decades of controversy, fan anticipation, lawsuits, and thousands of naysayers claiming that it could never actually happen, Alan Moore’s groundbreaking graphic novel Watchmen finally got its silver-screen translation.  Although Moore’s name is conspicuously absent from the film’s credits (Dave Gibbons is oddly given solitary “co-creator” credit for the graphic novel), this is an adaptation that does more than stick to its source material.  It literally becomes it.  Warner Bros. has released director Zack Snyder’s extended cut in a two disc DVD set.  The added sequences manage to enhance the movie and further Snyder’s testament of devotion to the source material. Read my review after the jump:

We’re now in a different place with Zack Snyder. He’s directed three films, all on Blu-ray, and I have watched and reviewed all three for Collider. The most honest statement I can make is that Snyder is an amazing visual talent, who knows what the fuck he’s doing behind a camera. But after three films, I don’t know what’s going on inside his head. Sure, his first film was smartly hella commercial, and 300 was a blockbuster, but is also inherently a shallow but engaging visual spectacle. Watchmen is a great dense tome of a film, but much of its greatness belongs to the graphic novel. He has done little that can guess what he really has going on upstairs. There is great technique, but the voice is undefined. My review after the jump:

Last week I went to Warner Bros. and got to see part of the “Watchmen” director’s cut on Blu-ray. As I already said, I thought it looked incredible. From what I could gather, the Blu-ray format is finally showing what it can do and fans of Zack Snyder and “Watchmen” are going to be blown away by how many great special features on are the disc.

One of the best things they showed us was something called ‘Maximum Movie Mode’. That’s where Zack will be on the screen and talking about the film while it’s playing. Also, you can go off on side tangents and then come back to the movie where you left off. It’s the kind of immersive experience that makes home video so great. Anyway, I’ve got a preview of this mode after the jump so take a look.

Just a few hours ago I attended an amazing Blu-ray presentation at Warner Bros. in Burbank to help promote “Watchmen: The Director’s Cut” and “300″ on Blu-ray. Based on the footage I saw and how interactive the discs are, these are seriously must own Blu-ray’s. The “Watchmen” Blu-ray has over three hours of extras and the “300″ Blu-ray over two hours.

The great thing about the discs is the choices you have. If you just want to watch the movies, they look amazing. But if you’re curious how the movies were made or what went on behind the scenes, both Blu-ray’s are filled with extras and interactive choices. The way they’ve set up the discs is as you watch them you can pick different options and they’ll either pop-up as the movie continues to play, or it’ll bring you to another section of the movie. The best part is when you’re done watching, you’re back at the exact point you left.

Based on what I saw, fans of both movies are going to have a geekgasm.

Anyway, after the presentation ended, I managed to get some time with director Zack Snyder and after the jump you can see Zack talk about his plans for this year’s Comic-Con and what’s up with his next film “Sucker Punch”.

Just an hour ago I attended an amazing Blu-ray presentation at Warner Bros. in Burbank to help promote “Watchmen: The Director’s Cut” and “300″ on Blu-ray. Based on the footage I saw and how interactive the discs are, these are seriously must own Blu-ray’s. The “Watchmen” Blu-ray has over three hours of extras and the “300″ Blu-ray over two hours. I was really blown away.

But the highlight of the day was director Zack Snyder confirming the news that the “Watchmen Director’s Cut” would be playing in select movie theaters next month! If you remember, he talked about a possibly release when the film first came out.

Zack said the movie would show in theaters “the weekend before Comic-Con in Los Angeles, Dallas, Minneapolis, and New York.” He said the release would only be for one weekend and in one theater. He also said they made a new “Watchmen” movie poster to help promote the release.

Take a look at what he said after the jump. If you live in one of these cities, this is awesome news.

I’ll have a lot more of what Zack told me later today or tomorrow. Including his Comic-Con plans - which are awesome.