Warner Bros. Animation and Paramount have dropped the first trailer for their animated feature, Watchmen Chapter 1, a two-part film based on the classic DC Comics. The alt-history series is a satirical take on the superhero genre in which superheroes, known as costumed vigilantes, have been made illegal.

“October 13th, 1985,” begins Rorschach’s voiceover. “On Friday night, the Comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. These days, nobody’s safe.” Per Warner Bros.’ brief synopsis, “In an alternate world, the murder of a government sponsored superhero draws his outlawed colleagues out of retirement, into a mystery that threatens their lives and the world itself.”

The impressive voice cast includes Matthew Rhys as Dan Dreiberg, aka Nite Owl, Katee Sackhoff as Laurie Juspeczyk, aka Silk Spectre, Titus Welliver as Rorschach, aka Walter Kovacs, and Michael Cerveris as Jonathan Osterman, aka Dr. Manhattan. Rick D. Wasserman’s The Comedian, Adrienne Barbeau’s Sally Jupiter, Jeffrey Combs’ Moloch, and Geoff Pierson’s Hollis Mason round out the main cast. Corey Burton, John Marshall Jones, Yuri Lowenthal, and Kari Wahlgren are aboard in unconfirmed roles.

Brandon Vietti directs the film from a script by J. Michael Straczynski. The feature will be released via Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment on August 13th, and will later hit Blu-ray on August 27th. Watchmen Chapter 2 is set to be released later this year, though an exact date has yet to be announced.

Watch the trailer for Watchmen Chapter 1 below: