Tales of the Black Freighter, a companion movie to Watchmen, will not be released in theaters. I mean, Watchmen may not be released in theaters, but for the sake of argument lets assume things go well and the Watchmen DVD comes out as planned, with The Black Freighter attached to it and, in one option, woven into the actual story.

In case you were wondering, that companion story about a shipwrecked man trying to return home, will be rated R, just like the movie it goes with. No shock there, but I guess it's good to see a piece of news related to Watchmen that isn't about its doom and demise. Rope of Silicon has the info on the R rating, which is for "violent and grisly images." No surprise there either, if you've read the graphic novel. Yet another part of Watchmen that seems to be very, very true to the source material. Provided we ever get to see it.