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HBO and Damen Lindelof’sWatchmenTV show has lay out a March 2018 filming start for its pilot episode . The small projection screen adaption of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons ' landmarkWatchmencomic Scripture mark the second coaction between HBO and Lindelof , following their work together on the TV adaptation of Tom Perrotta ’s novelThe Leftovers . Although HBO put in an official lodge for Lindelof’sWatchmenpilot this past September , there have not been any schematic cast declaration for the series , as of yet .
TheWatchmencomics were published from 1986 - 87 and later adapt for the big screen by film maker Zack Snyder ( 300,Batman V Superman : Dawn of Justice , Justice League ) in 2009 . DC Comics Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns is currently making wave withDoomsday Clock , a comic book subsequence toWatchmenthat was announced earlier this year and began its run back in mid - November . Whereas the originalWatchmenis a superhero story correct primarily in an substitute version of Cold War - earned run average New York in the 1980s , Doomsday Clocktakes place in 1992 in the same reality . It ’s not yet clean , however , if Lindelof has any plans to suck up from Johns ' sequel for his telly looping of theWatchmenuniverse .
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THSis reporting that theWatchmenTV original will begin production in March , indicate that spue announcements for the show will start arriving over the next two to three month . HBO has n’t orderedthe projection to serial publication just yet , but the meshing did tell additional episode scripts togo along with theWatchmenpilotback in September .
Snyder’sWatchmenstars Patrick Wilson ( The invocation ) , Jackie Earle Haley ( The Tick ) , Malin Åkerman ( Billions ) , Billy Crudup ( Justice League ) , Matthew Goode ( The Crown ) , and Jeffrey Dean Morgan ( The Walking Dead ) as the typically very damaged and/or serious superheroes of theWatchmenuniverse . The film was a mixed success upon its initial release in theaters , drawing mostly positive - if split - reviews from critics and earning $ 185 million at the global box office against a $ 130 million production budget . Over metre , however , Snyder ’s adaptation has taken on semi - cult status , thanks in no lowly part to the firing of aWatchmenDirector ’s Cut that restores much of the original tale subject matter of Moore and Gibbons ' source stuff .
Lindelof is no stranger to polarizing work either . The Leftoversran for three season and , depending on who you ask , was eithera lyrically drear speculation on griefor a uncheerful waste of time . The film writer also divided audience and critics alike with hisLostfinale , as well as his ambitious scripts for sci - fi films like Ridley Scott’sPrometheusand Brad Bird’sTomorrowland . He ’s never been one to back away from challenging textile , in that respect .
AWatchmenadaptation requires a willingness to both push people ’s button and hand-to-hand struggle with often morose and sometimes downright horrifying study matter , regardless of what medium it ’s for . Based on his late work , Lindelof fits the circular on both counts and is as certified as anyone else to try out his hired man at a tv set version of the belongings . Perhaps the interrogative now is , who will watch the Watchmen … on the small screen ( apologies ) ?
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Stay tune up toScreen Rantfor moreWatchmen - related update ( include , casting news ) over the next few months .
Source : THS
