In a lot of ways, Watchmen, the comic series that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons started publishing in 1986, is a story about the folly of human ambition. It’s about superheroes, and yet there are no actual heroes in the book, super or otherwise. The characters dress up in masks and costumes to serve as forces of good,…
These days, Trent Reznor seems to do way more work for film and TV soundtracks than he does making industrial rock music with Nine Inch Nails, and while he does always return to his first love, Reznor told Variety in a recent interview that he has thought about putting Nine Inch Nails to rest. He was talking about the…
We’ve known for months that Jeremy Irons will be in HBO’s Watchmen TV pilot, which is supposedly an “alternative reality” from the one depicted in the comic and takes place after that story, but all we knew was that he’d be playing an “aging and imperious lord of a British manor.” Now, it sounds like we might not have…
James Wolk has been in a lot of things. The guy’s had roles in Billions, Shameless, Political Animals, Zoo, and something called Tell Me A Story that mixes fairy tales with Trump (don’t ask). But no one associates his name with those shows. Instead, Wolk’s career has been linked to three small words, the now-universal…
Not counting casting announcements, the only thing we’ve seen from HBO’s “alternative reality” version of Watchmen were some leaked set photos that featured references to the “squid” that destroys New York at the end of the comic and a newspaper headline about the death of Adrian Veidt (the original story’s secret…
Damon Lindelof has said that the Watchmen TV show he’s making for HBO is a “remixed” version of the story rather than a direct adaptation or sequel, but that always seemed like code for “we’re telling a Watchmen story but please don’t get mad at us for changing things.” That being said, some set photos indicated that…
Zack Snyder’s Watchmen movie had a memorable soundtrack, with some direct lifts from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ original comic combined with My Chemical Romance covering “Desolation Row,” but HBO’s Watchmen sequel thing is going to go in a direction with a lot more droning industrial music. According to /Film, Trent…
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Welcome to Development Hell, the fiery pit into which we fling recent developments in casting, distribution, and everything else that’s new and mildly interesting in the Boschian phantasmagoria of the entertainment industry.
Welcome to Development Hell, the fiery pit into which we fling recent developments in casting, distribution, and everything else that’s new and mildly interesting in the Boschian phantasmagoria of the entertainment industry.
Welcome to Development Hell, the fiery pit into which we fling recent developments in casting, distribution, and everything else that’s new and mildly interesting in the Boschian phantasmagoria of the entertainment industry.
HBO has been very secretive about its Watchmen TV adaptation/sequel thing, with Damon Lindelof noting in a very lengthy Instagram post that it will be more of a “remixed” take than anything else, but some set photos obtained by /Film seem to have revealed a whole lot about the project. Like, so much so that it might…
According to Variety, HBO has chosen some surprising names for its Watchmen pilot, specifically Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Adelaide Clemens, and Andrew Howard. We don’t know who any of them will be playing, both because HBO is keeping details like that under wraps and because Damon…
It’s been almost a year since HBO cheerfully waded into the world of comic book sacrilege, announcing that it was working with The Leftovers’ Damon Lindelof on a TV adaptation of Alan Moore and David Gibbons’ Watchmen, still the sacred text for a certain breed of “comic books are art” fanatic. That’s enough time for…
There will be a mini-Leftovers reunion on the set of HBO’s Watchmen series—according to The Hollywood Reporter, Nicole Kassell will direct the pilot episode of Damon Lindelof’s adaptation. She will also executive produce the series, which has no start or release date yet, along with Lindelof’s WBTV-based White Rabbit …
Last night, former Leftovers showrunner Damon Lindelof shared an Instagram photo indicating that he was starting work on HBO’s new TV adaptation of Watchmen, and now we know why he suddenly decided to start writing. According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO has formally given Lindelof’s Watchmen a pilot order and…
A couple of months ago, HBO announced that it was putting a TV adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen into the works, with former Leftovers showrunner Damon Lindelof heading up the series’ creative duties. Things have been quiet since then, but if you were sitting around, wondering when Lindelof was going…
Jackie Earle Haley has had a long, diverse career: his early voice work, his pivotal role as The Bad News Bears’ star player Kelly Leak, his turn as Rorschach in Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Watchmen, and most recently starring as The Terror in Amazon’s The Tick. More than his IMDB credits, he’s also a joy to be…
Jackie Earle Haley has a thing for deconstructions of the superhero genre, having starred as Rorschach in Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Watchmen an The Terror in Amazon’s The Tick. Obviously Watchmen is a darker commentary of the superhero idea while The Tick is a more biting, satirical parody, but they both have a lot…
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