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May 09, 2019 Watchmen By Christopher Roberts

HBO has shared the first teaser trailer for Watchmen, which is due out this fall and is based on the iconic DC Comics miniseries/graphic novel from 1986 and 1987 that was written by Alan Moore and drawn by Dave Gibbons. Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers) is behind the TV series, which is not a straight up adaptation of the source material, but is more of a sequel set in the world of Watchmen, but perhaps set many years after the events of the original. Watch the teaser below and the show debuts on HBO this fall. Perhaps it will fill the void left by Game of Thrones.

Watchmen was previously faithfully adapted into a 2009 feature film by Zach Snyder, prior to his work with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Justice League. The new series stars Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Jeremy Irons, Frances Fisher, Jean Smart, and others. There have been various comic book prequels and sequels to Watchmen in the last few years, but none of them had the involvement of Moore or Gibbons (Moore has long since severed ties with DC over disagreements due to ownership issues).

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