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In a shocking turn of events, Alan Moore hated the idea of HBO’s Watchmen

October 19, 2022 by EJ Moreno

If you know anything about Alan Moore, you’ll know he can sometimes be a bit grumpy. The legendary comic book author fires off hot takes on the regular and is even critical of his work at times. That’s where the latest story with Moore comes from, as he continues to distance himself from Watchmen, the […]

Filed Under: Comic Books, EJ Moreno, News, Television Tagged With: Alan Moore, Damon Lindelof, HBO, Watchmen

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen reboot in the works

May 17, 2022 by Matt Rodgers

20th Century Studios and Hulu are reportedly working on another big-screen adaptation of Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Disney Studio division have tapped Justin Haythe (Revolutionary Road, Red Sparrow) to write the screenplay for the graphic-novel adaptation, which will then debut on Hulu. Alan […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: 20th Century Studios, Alan Moore, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Alan Moore’s The Show gets one night only theatrical release and new U.S. trailer

July 19, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

Having acquired the U.S. distribution rights, Shout! Factory has released a new trailerfor The Show, the upcoming fantasy feature from director Mitch Jenkins and acclaimed comic book creator Alan Moore (Watchmen, From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen); watch it here… A frighteningly focused man of many talents, passports and identities arrives at England’s broken […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Alan Moore, Christopher Fairbank, Ellie Bamber, Mitch Jenkins, Sheila Atim, Siobhan Hewlett, the show, Tom Burke

Watchmen creator Alan Moore says superhero movies have “blighted cinema” and “blighted culture”

October 12, 2020 by Liam Waddington

With the rise of superhero franchises including the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Extended Universe, we have seen superhero films dominate the box office upon their releases. Now, it seems like one creator has some blunt thoughts regarding the film’s effect on pop culture. During an interview with Deadline, Alan Moore, who is perhaps […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: Alan Moore, DC, DC Extended Universe, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Alan Moore welcomes us to The Show with a trippy first trailer

October 6, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

The first trailer has been trailer has been released for The Show, the upcoming “Gothic fantasy” film from the pen of acclaimed comic book creator Alan Moore (Watchmen, From Hell, V for Vendetta). “With The Show, I wanted to apply the storytelling ability accumulated during the rest of my varied career to the medium of […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Alan Moore, Ellie Bamber, Mitch Jenkins, Sheila Atim, Siobhan Hewlett, the show, Tom Burke

Director Alex Garland reveals he could never work on a Swamp Thing movie out of respect for Alan Moore

March 10, 2020 by Liam Waddington

Alex Garland, who is best known for his directorial work on Ex Machina and Annihilation, as well as writing 2012’s Dredd, has revealed why he would be reluctant to make a Swamp Thing movie. During an interview with ComicBook at C2E2, Garland explained that while he loves the character, he couldn’t make a Swamp Thing movie because writer Alan Moore passionately discourages […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: Alan Moore, Alex Garland, DC, Swamp Thing

Damon Lindelof responds to Alan Moore’s displeasure over HBO’s Watchmen with a respectful “f*ck you”

July 25, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Damon Lindelof doesn’t mind that Watchmen co-creator Alan Moore isn’t a fan of the HBO adaptation. Watchmen is one of the most beloved comic-book runs in history and co-creator Alan Moore isn’t a big fan of people adapting his work for the screen. The Wrap reports that at a TCA Q&A, HBO’s Casey Bloys was […]

Filed Under: News, Samuel Brace, Television Tagged With: Alan Moore, Damon Lindelof, DC, Watchmen

Production begins on the Alan Moore-scripted The Show

December 11, 2018 by Gary Collinson

EMU Flms and Lex Films have announced that production is underway on The Show, a detective story from the mind of legendary creator Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, From Hell), which marks his first original feature screenplay to be realised on screen. “With The Show, I wanted to apply the storytelling ability accumulated during the […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alan Moore, the show

HBO has “very, very high hopes” for Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen pilot

July 27, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

HBO’s Television Critics Association presentation has taken place this week, and it has offered up some snippets of information on the current state of Damon Lindelof’s (The Leftovers, Lost, Prometheus) adaptation of Alan Moore’s seminal graphic novel, Watchmen. Deadline is reporting that the network’s programming president, Casey Bloys, discussed the pilot, which has been directed by Nicole […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, News, Television Tagged With: Alan Moore, Damon Lindelof, Dave Gibbons, DC, Nicole Kassell, Watchmen

DC Collectibles’ The Joker statue from Batman: The Killing Joke available to pre-order now

March 30, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

Last week we got a look at the Dark Knight [see here], and now Sideshow and DC Collectibles has unveiled the DC Designer series The Joker mini statue which is based on the likeness of the Clown Prince of Crime from Alan Moore’s and Brian Bolland’s award-winning 1988 graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke. The […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Comic Books, News, Toys Tagged With: Alan Moore, Batman: The Killing Joke, Brian Bolland, DC, DC Collectibles, Sideshow Collectibles, the joker

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