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 […]
HBO has “very, very high hopes” for Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen pilot
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 […]
UPDATE: Damon Lindelof teases start of Watchmen series at HBO
Earlier this summer it was reported that HBO had begun talks with Lost’s Damon Lindelof to develop a series based upon Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ groundbreaking graphic novel Watchmen. Since then, we’ve had little else in the way of information, but Lindelof has now seemingly confirmed that work on the series has officially begun. Using his […]
Damon Lindelof explains why he wants to make a Watchmen TV series
The Watchmen returned to the world of comic books today with the release of DC’s Doomsday Clock #1, and they’ll soon be making their return to the screen too, with Damon Lindelof currently hard at work on a small screen adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ classic comic book series for HBO. During an […]
Alan Moore retiring from comic books
Legendary comic book writer Alan Moore has announced that he is retiring from the medium, with the creator of such classics as Watchmen, V for Vendetta, From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen revealing during a press conference for his new novel Jerusalem that he feels he’s accomplished all he can with comics and […]
Interview – Greg Carpenter on The British Invasion: Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison and the Invention of the Modern Comic Book Writer
Tony Black talks exclusively to Greg Carpenter, writer of The British Invasion: Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison and the Invention of the Modern Comic Book Writer (read our review here), about his book and the comic-book industry past, present and future… What served as the inspiration for writing a book about Moore, Gaiman & […]
Book Review – The British Invasion: Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison and the Invention of the Modern Comic Book Writer
Tony Black reviews The British Invasion: Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison and the Invention of the Modern Comic Book Writer… Greg Carpenter paints a beguiling look at three of Britain’s visual, literary masters in The British Invasion: Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison and the Invention of the Modern Comic Book Writer which may well […]
Why Alan Moore is wrong about the Watchmen
Anghus Houvouras on why Alan Moore is wrong about the Watchmen… As a writer, I love Alan Moore. He is, without question, one of the most talented writers to ever grace the la bande dessinée. Like many geniuses, there’s a higher amount of crazy per square inch than most people. Whenever I see a comic […]
Movie Review – By Our Selves (2015)
By Our Selves, 2015. Directed by Andrew Kötting. Starring Toby Jones, Iain Sinclair, Alan Moore, Andrew Kötting. Synopsis: A surrealist film documenting the inner thoughts and wanderings of John Clare, both physically and mentally on his “Journey out of Essex”. A cinematic cognitive mapping of John Clare’s fractured and adopted identities; By Our Selves is an […]
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen reboot in development at 20th Century Fox
I’m not sure how Alan Moore will feel about this one (we can all make an educated guess) but this is one reboot that I definitely do want to see happen. According to The Tracking Board 20th Century Fox are keen to make a big screen adaptation reboot of one of Alan Moore’s best work […]
