LOS ANGELES, March 4 (Reuters Life!) – The creators of “Watchmen” call it a new, psychologically complex version of the superhero movie, but they are banking on it to conquer the box office the way conventional comic book movies have done.

To do that, “Watchmen”, which opens around the world this week, must attract those who have never heard of characters like Rorschach, Dr. Manhattan and Silk Spectre, and who want a thrilling joyride, box-office watchers said.

For years, filming a movie based on the sprawling 1980s “Watchmen” comic books by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons was considered impossible due to its multiple characters, violence, digressions and abundance of dialogue.

“It’s difficult material. You can’t put it on the head of a pin,” producer Larry Gordon told reporters.

But fellow producer Lloyd Levin said audiences are getting more sophisticated.

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