Carla Gugino is the latest actress that has been announced of joining the cast for Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen”. The actress will join Jackie Earle Haley, Malin Akerma, Patrick Wilson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Billy Crudup and Matthew Goode, who all have been already announced of staring in the Warner Bros. Pictures’ adaptation of the DC Comics limited series.

Carla Gugino will play a burlesque dancer, Sally Jupiter, who will become the beautiful superhero and sex symbol called The Silk Spectre. She will become this way part of a group of other heroes, called the Minutemen, who preceded the Watchmen. She will also be the mother of Malin Akerman’s character.

Carla Gugino has been also said to portray her character in different eras and at different ages throughout the movie, which stretches along a vast period of time.

However, “Watchmen” will be in fact also a comic movie, as its story is set in an alternate America that has passed a law which bans the activities of the costumed crime fighters. As one hero gets killed, the remaining members of the group start trying to solve the mystery. The long-awaited movie will start filming in the autumn in Vancouver and it is to open in theaters on March 6, 2009.

Carla Gugino, the latest actress that has been announced of joining the movie’s cast, can be next seen in “American Gangster”. Her credits also include “Spy Kids”, “Sin City” and others. However, the actress’ most recent appearance is that from this season’s “Entourage” series, where he played Vince’s new agent and also his new love interest.

“Watchmen” will be directed by Zack Snyder, while Deborah Snyder, Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin will produce it.