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As expected, the folks at Warner Bros. Home Video have announced the details for the DVD and Blu-ray release of Tales of the Black Freighter, the companion film to Zack Snyder’s Watchmen. This supplemental release, which follows the major substory within the book by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, will be released on March 24, a few weeks after the Watchmen movie hits theaters on March 6. Included in the press release was this official synopsis:

They’re in the book. And on this disc. From the director of Watchmen and 300 come two tales from the celebrated graphic novel that do not appear in the extraordinary Watchmen Theatrical Feature. Tales of the Black Freighter (featuring the voice of 300s Gerard Butler) brings to strikingly animated life the novels richly layered story-within-a-story, a daring pirate saga whose turbulent events may mirror those in the Watchmen’s world. Stars from the Watchmen movie team in the amazing live-action/CGI Under the Hood, based on Nite Owls powerful first-hand account of how the hooded adventurers came into existence. Two fan-essential stories. One place to watch the excitement. Watching the Watchmen begins here.

There is also a small assortment of special features, including a first look at The Green Lantern:

DVD (MSRP $19.95)

• Under The Hood (Hollis Mason’s Tell-All)
• Story Within A Story: The Books of Watchmen
• A First Look at Green Lantern

Blu-ray (MSRP $29.95)

• Under The Hood (Hollis Mason’s Tell-All)
• Story Within A Story: The Books of Watchmen
• A First Look at Green Lantern
• Digital Copy

WHV’s release did not include any official runtime, though this is expected to run around 30 minutes. Also, interestingly enough, WHV’s official website lists the Tales of the Black Freighter DVD with a rating of PG-13 and the Blu-ray as Not Rated. We had previously been told that it was going to be an R, so we are currently working to find out what the real story is. Of course, this is not the only DVD companion piece for the March 6 release of Watchmen. WHV is also releasing a Watchmen Motion Comic on March 3 in advance of the theatrical release. You can check it out on Blu-ray and DVD over at Amazon.com.