You might be tired of Earth, these people, tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives, but hopefully you’re not tired of big-budget HBO shows, because the network just has ordered Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen pilot to series.
Drawing from the well-known Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons comic-series-turned-graphic-novel of the same name, Lindelof has said his show is a “remixed†version of Watchmen, describing it as “original†and “contemporary,†i.e. probably following a different plot and/or featuring new characters. Says HBO in a release Friday: “Set in an alternate history where ‘superheroes’ are treated as outlaws, WATCHMEN embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.â€
The show, which will premiere in 2019, will star Regina King, Jeremy Irons. Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Adelaide Clemens, Andrew Howard, Tom Mison, Frances Fisher, Jacob Ming-Trent, Sara Vickers, Dylan Schombing, Lily Rose Smith and Adelynn Spoon. Look, are any of them Pagliacci? No, but let’s be honest: That guy has a lot of stuff going on, and some of them come pretty damn close.