How many comic book movies are bold enough to show a rape scene?

None, so far. But that will change when Watchment comes out in the spring of 2009. The film will keep a violent scene of sexual assault from the comic intact, co-star Carla Gugino - who played Sally Jupiter in the film - told MTV News.

“It was really brutal. It was brutal to shoot,” Gugino said of the scene, in which The Comedian (played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan) attacks an young Sally, who only manages to avoid getting raped by the timely intervention of fellow mask Hooded Justice.

Sally Jupiter is confroned by The Comedian in Watchmen.

“That was one of the things [director] Zack [Snyder] said to me from the start: ‘I really want this to be incredibly brutal. It’s not a turn-on kind of story. It’s bad," Gugina said. "It’s important that we did that. I think hopefully it will be really powerful.”

As Watchmen prides itself on, this is certainly another example of it being anything but an ordinary comic book movie.

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How many comic book movies are bold enough to show a rape scene?

None, so far. But that will change when Watchment comes out in the spring of 2009. The film will keep a violent scene of sexual assault from the comic intact, co-star Carla Gugino - who played Sally Jupiter in the film - told MTV News.

“It was really brutal. It was brutal to shoot,” Gugino said of the scene, in which The Comedian (played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan) attacks an young Sally, who only manages to avoid getting raped by the timely intervention of fellow mask Hooded Justice.

Sally Jupiter is confroned by The Comedian in Watchmen.

“That was one of the things [director] Zack [Snyder] said to me from the start: ‘I really want this to be incredibly brutal. It’s not a turn-on kind of story. It’s bad," Gugina said. "It’s important that we did that. I think hopefully it will be really powerful.”

As Watchmen prides itself on, this is certainly another example of it being anything but an ordinary comic book movie.

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As reported earlier this week, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - originally meant to be released in mid-November - is set to hit theaters in the summer of 2009.

Considering the new competition the film will now face, including the Transformers sequel, experts are confounded by the decision.

Warners Bros.' decision to change the release date was “a very curious move,” Jeff Bock of industry research firm Exhibitor Relations told MTV, especially considering how few family-friendly films will be released this fall.

Bock predicted a total box office haul of over $300 million for Harry Potter if it had remained in the fall. Now? Those projections could drop because the July release date places Harry in competition with summer blockbusters such as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

So, what movie benefits the most from the Harry Potter change of dates? That's easy: Twilight.

“There’s no way that Harry Potter was worried about Twilight, but Twilight has got to be feeling very good right now,” Bock said, projecting that the vampire movie could do somewhere around $70-100 million. “Maybe it won’t be as big as Harry Potter, but if a company like Summit Entertainment pulls off $100 million, that’s quite a coup. Things are looking really bright for Twilight right now.”

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As reported earlier this week, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - originally meant to be released in mid-November - is set to hit theaters in the summer of 2009.

Considering the new competition the film will now face, including the Transformers sequel, experts are confounded by the decision.

Warners Bros.' decision to change the release date was “a very curious move,” Jeff Bock of industry research firm Exhibitor Relations told MTV, especially considering how few family-friendly films will be released this fall.

Bock predicted a total box office haul of over $300 million for Harry Potter if it had remained in the fall. Now? Those projections could drop because the July release date places Harry in competition with summer blockbusters such as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

So, what movie benefits the most from the Harry Potter change of dates? That's easy: Twilight.

“There’s no way that Harry Potter was worried about Twilight, but Twilight has got to be feeling very good right now,” Bock said, projecting that the vampire movie could do somewhere around $70-100 million. “Maybe it won’t be as big as Harry Potter, but if a company like Summit Entertainment pulls off $100 million, that’s quite a coup. Things are looking really bright for Twilight right now.”

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