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

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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 […]

The End is Nigh in trailer for HBO’s Watchmen

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After months of short teasers and little information, HBO has finally released the first teaser trailer for the Watchmen TV series. From Lost showrunner Damon Lindelof, the series will be both a sequel and original story to the graphic novel from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Watch the teaser below… Watchmen followed an alternate history where superheroes […]

HBO reveals new Watchmen teasers

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HBO has released a few short teasers for its upcoming Watchmen series. Via the series’ Instagram account, the teasers include references to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ original series, such as the popularity of pirate comic books over superheroes with The Black Freighter and Vietnam becoming the 51st American state after a US victory in the Vietnam […]

First image from HBO’s Watchmen TV series showcases a mystery hero

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HBO has released the first image from their upcoming Watchmen television series. The network revealed the image through their newly launched Instagram page for the series that showcases a new, unknown hero. Check out the image below…   Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while […]

HBO orders Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen to series

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HBO has announced that it has granted a series order to Watchmen, Damon Lindelof’s (Lost, The Leftovers) small screen adaptation of the seminal superhero comic book series from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Nothing ever ends. #WatchmenHBO #DamonLindelof pic.twitter.com/ioJU0dQipw — HBO (@HBO) August 17, 2018 As previously revealed, the series will not be a direct […]

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

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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 […]

The cast of HBO’s Watchmen pilot has been revealed

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After Damon Lindelof posted a lengthy letter to fans yesterday, we are now met with even more news regarding HBO’s Watchmen pilot which Lindelof has crafted. Variety has reported several actors have been cast in the pilot, including Regina King in the lead role. King previously worked with both Lindelof and HBO on the series The Leftovers. […]

Damon Lindelof pens lengthy letter on HBO’s Watchmen series, says “new story must be original”

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For the past few months, Damon Lindelof, the creator of Lost and The Leftovers as well as the co-writer for Prometheus and Star Trek Into Darkness, has been hard at work on a pilot for HBO on one of the most celebrated and famous graphic novels ever: Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s Watchmen. There are scant details on what the pilot will […]

UPDATE: Damon Lindelof teases start of Watchmen series at HBO

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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 […]