A trailer for the animated companion to Zack Snyder’s upcoming Watchmen has been released exclusively by MTV. Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter is based on the comic that chornicles the events of how a sailor makes his way home on a raft of dead bodies after his ship is destroyed by the Black Freighter.  As a cool bonus, the voice of the sailor is played by Snyder’s 300 star, Gerard Butler.  Watch it now:

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