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Watchmen ’s King of Kings , Ozymandias , is dead . Or at least he will be in Damon Lindelof ’s new HBO series , which is set in theWatchmenuniverse . Lindelof , who co - createdLostandThe Leftovers , only has a pilot order for hisWatchmenseries with HBO . However , the writer is hard at work in creating the next chapter in the dark superhero universe .
The showrunner has confirm that his series will not accommodate the original graphic novel . consort to Lindelof , Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’Watchmenwill be process like the " Old Testament " of the serial publication and canon . This suggests that the series will ( mostly ) take place after the events of the original floor . In that period of prison term it seems like Adrian Veidt A.K.A. Ozymandias will have died or wants everyone to cogitate that he is dead .
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The word of Ozymandias ' passage get along from placed photograph of theWatchmenseries , uncover by / Film . On the exercise set , a paper can be seen . The headline of the paper boldly declares that " Veidt Officially Declared Dead . "
On the surface this seems to confirm that Ozymandias wo n’t be around by the time of the Watchmen serial set about , having died shortly before the events of the series . Yet it ’s potential that it suggest much , much more about the series .
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As a prompt refresherthe originalWatchmenends with Ozymandias saving the world … by killing 3 million hoi polloi . During the course of the story , Adrian Veidt comes up with a schema to stop the Cold War and arise atomic tension by creating a fake exotic attack . This culminate in the decimation of New York City where zillion of innocent people die . However , the threat of a common ( outside ) foe bring down the countries of the world and end the potential atomic holocaust . However , consort to this paper Veidt wo n’t be around to see the fruits of his working class inWatchmenTV series , whenever it might take place .
The following should be taken with some grain of common salt because it ’s all venture . There ’s a possibility that headline will never be shown clearly on camera and that is more of a playfulness Easter egg for fans . Yet accept the headline is real , it does tell us quite a lot about HBO’sWatchmen .
If Adrian Veidt is go that might completely change the world ofWatchmen . Ozymandias is n’t just humanity ’s " savior , " he ’s a hugely successful businessman and influencer . If he ’s gone , there could be a huge power emptiness in the human race ofWatchmenwithout Veidt and/or the mystery of what happened in New York City could also add up out , if it ’s not out there already . Although based on the composition ’s accompany headline that seems improbable .
Next to the newspaper headline about Ozymandias ' passing , there ’s a small article about a " Boise Squid shower . “Watchmenfans will remember that Ozymandias practice a gigantic calamari - alike creature as his fake alien invaders . Perhaps the New York City attack ofWatchmenwasn’t enough to leave lasting peace . To keep up appearance , Veidt could ’ve orchestrated multiple fake Squid alien attacks . If Ozymandias is unfeignedly move , that also means that these alien attacks could stop as well , which create even more intrigue around the original character ’s demise .
Of of course , there ’s also a chance that Veidt is n’t in reality dead at all . Instead the supergenius might ’ve fudge his death , for any number of cause . The newspaper headline does seem to suggest there was some manner of secret or confusion besiege Veidt ’s destruction as he ’s been " officially declared dead . " If Ozymandias follow to much more dewy-eyed or natural terminal , the newspaper headline would likely be much dissimilar .
Again this is all just dead reckoning and theorizing . The only thing that can be submit with any amount of confidence is that HBO intimately beak upWatchmento a serial publication - if no other reasonableness than so the fact that all the many doubtfulness about the labor can be answer .
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