Damon Lindelof Announces The Start Of Pre-Production On HBO's WATCHMEN TV Series With An Instagram Pic

Damon Lindelof Announces The Start Of Pre-Production On HBO's WATCHMEN TV Series With An Instagram Pic

It looks like that HBO watchmen TV series we first heard about last year is officially a go, as Damon Lindelof has taken to Instagram to announce that pre-production is now underway. More past the jump...

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By MarkCassidy - Sep 19, 2017 04:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Watchmen
Though we never had anything in the way of an official announcement regarding this, it seems that Watchmen HBO TV series we first heard about last year has not only been greenlit, but has actually entered into the pre-production phase already.

Lost creator Damon Lindelof was previously rumored to be involved with the small-screen adaptation of Alan Moore's classic tale, and earlier today he confirmed that he was indeed on board by giving us a glimpse into the writers' room. Fans of the graphic novel will no doubt recognize the base of that statue as the retirement trophy that was presented to Hollis Mason, a.k.a Nite Owl I.

We don't have any specific plot details beyond what we already know about the source material - however, last we heard this show will be completely separate to Zack Snyder's (who was originally involved) 2009 feature, which in turn means it'll most likely take quite a few liberties with the original story.

What do you guys make of this? Let us know in the comments section below.

 

Day One.

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Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 9/19/2017, 5:00 PM

Finally HBO...
darthgeekboy
darthgeekboy - 9/20/2017, 10:41 AM
@Doomsday8888 -
yes. hbo. but i was hoping more for y: the last man.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 9/19/2017, 5:00 PM
If Damon Lindelof is working on it, it should be good. Lost is a masterpiece.
Supercat6376
Supercat6376 - 9/19/2017, 5:02 PM
Don't cheap out on this please🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 9/19/2017, 5:04 PM
HBO is the standard for drama shows......so I am stoked!
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 9/19/2017, 5:06 PM
FINALLY. YES!

If you wanna see some of Lindelof's work, I HIGHLY recommend The Leftovers.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 9/19/2017, 5:08 PM
@L0RDbuckethead - Leftovers was awesome! Beyond awesome!
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 9/19/2017, 5:24 PM
@JoeMomma29 - Man, the 3rd season left me kind of underwhelmed (not gonna spoil it for others) but the first two seasons were masterfully written and acted.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 9/19/2017, 5:10 PM
I'm pretty excited for this. I liked Snyder's Watchmen quite a bit (in fact it is my favorite film of his), but it was limited by the runtime. It'll be cool to see what they can do with less of a time restraint.
maxx
maxx - 9/19/2017, 5:18 PM
@MrDandy - gotta agree with you, I can't stand Synder's DCEU decisions but Watchmen was incredible.
ArkhamClown
ArkhamClown - 9/19/2017, 7:18 PM
@MrDandy - Have you seen the ultimate cut? It almost have every single page from the comic. 3 1/2 hour runtime! I'm sure with this new series, it will get fleshed out more and, hopefully, a lot of new things added.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 9/19/2017, 7:24 PM
@ArkhamClown - I did. I thought it was bloated as a film and it kind of wrecked the pacing. I prefer the normal cut of the film. I think the longer take will work better (at least pacing wise) for a TV series.
ArkhamClown
ArkhamClown - 9/19/2017, 9:52 PM
@MrDandy - I agree. I like the director's cut the best because of the added scenes. I'm surprised the long runtime doesn't bother me. I actually prefer it over the graphic novel and I KNOW I'm in the minority haha.
ELAYEM
ELAYEM - 9/19/2017, 5:13 PM
DC Comics on HBO

It's a dream come true
Invasion96
Invasion96 - 9/19/2017, 5:13 PM
Hoping this will be special
Invasion96
Invasion96 - 9/19/2017, 5:14 PM
Hopefully this starts the trend to stop putting shit on CW
MarvelDCAllDay
MarvelDCAllDay - 9/19/2017, 7:14 PM
@Invasion96 - Or they could have network programming and programming on special platforms. Wink wink.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 9/19/2017, 5:19 PM
This project confuses me but I'm still intrigued.
ELAYEM
ELAYEM - 9/19/2017, 5:19 PM
Time to see some Watchmen goodness that wasn't in the movie
GilGalad
GilGalad - 9/19/2017, 5:27 PM
@Elayem - it will be very interesting how they achieve such a visually complex scenario, although we are in a golden age for fantasy on tv, so if you trust in good literary material, there will be a lot of money to achieve a cinematic texture of the GOT style.
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