The times they are a-changin’, and lo and behold HBO is ahead of the curve when it comes to making sex scenes safer and more comfortable for the actors. The pay cable network has earned a reputation over the years for, well, graphic nudity. Shows like True Blood and Rome could get away with R-rated sex scenes, which would allow them to further stand out … Continue reading HBO Hires Intimacy Coordinator to Oversee All Sex Scenes!!!
The new Watchmen is coming, and it’s already got fans guessing. Damon Lindelof created and wrote a pilot based on the iconic graphic novel, which HBO picked up to series in August. Today, HBO announced that production has begun on the show in proper, and to celebrate they’ve released a curious new moving image. The photo debuted on the show’s official Instagram account, and shows … Continue reading ‘Watchmen’: HBO Reveals A Mysterious Teaser Image!!! Check It Out!!
Damon Lindelof’s new adaptation of Watchmen for HBO just keeps getting better and better. The network ordered the Lost showrunner’s “remixed” version of the iconic graphic novel to series in August after a promising pilot, and now Variety reports that Oscar winners Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross will compose original music for the series. Reznor and Ross are of course two members of the band … Continue reading ‘Watchmen’: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross to Score the HBO Series!!!
It looks like HBO has picked up Damon Lindelof’s adaptation of Watchmen to series. The network just released this ad teasing “Nothing Ever Ends…” and a 2019 release date: Nothing ever ends. #WatchmenHBO #DamonLindelof pic.twitter.com/ioJU0dQipw — HBO (@HBO) August 17, 2018 As we previously reported, the show stars Tom Mison, Jeremy Irons, Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Dylan Schombing, Lily Rose Smith, Adelynn … Continue reading HBO Finally Picks up ‘Watchmen’ to Series!! Check Out The First Ad!!!
The cast of HBO’s “Watchmen” pilot continues to grow. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Sara Vickers have both joined the project, which hails from Damon Lindelof. As with previous “Watchmen” casting announcements, HBO provided no details about the characters the two will play. They join previously announced cast members Regina King, Don Johnson, Jeremy Irons, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Adelaide Clemens, Andrew Howard, Tom … Continue reading ‘Watchmen’: HBO Show Adds Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Sara Vickers!!!
Though there may be some doubts and confusion over Damon Lindelof‘s “remixed” version of Watchmen for his HBO series, there is no doubt that the production has secured an A+ cast based on intrigue alone. We recently learned that Jeremy Irons will be joining the project, (which just wrapped its pilot — more on that in a moment), alongside Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, … Continue reading ‘Watchmen’: Tom Mison Joins Damon Lindelof’s HBO Series in a Lead Role!!
Production is already underway on Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen pilot for HBO, but the series has added another crucial actor: Jeremy Irons. Deadline reports that the esteemed performer will be filling a lead role in the potential series, and while character details are being kept under wraps, he’s said to be playing the aging imperial lord of a British manor. The HBO adaptation of Alan Moore’s … Continue reading ‘Watchmen’: Jeremy Irons Joins Damon Lindelof’s HBO Pilot in A Lead Role!!!
Leaked set images from Damon Lindelof’s HBO adaptation of Watchmen reveal the fate of a main character of the original comic book. We’ve previously reported on multiple leaked set images featuring new characters not previously seen in the original story by Alan Moore, and while Lindelof has already confirmed to fans that his Watchman series will not be a direct adaptation of the comic book, … Continue reading HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ Set Photos Reveal Spoilers About An Original Character!!! Check It Out!!
HBO has given its first pilot order to one of the several Game of Thrones spinoffs in development. Last year, with the final season of Game of Thrones looming, HBO revealed that it had tasked several writers with developing potential Game of Thrones spinoff series that could fill the void left by the pay cable network’s biggest show ever. One of those was spearheaded by … Continue reading HBO Orders First ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff to Pilot!!!
Casting for the new Watchmen TV show has begun, and it’s off to a great start. Yesterday, creator/showrunner Damon Lindelof released a lengthy, candid note to fans of Alan Moore’s graphic novel in which he revealed that this new adaptation would be a “remix” of the source material, not a retelling or even a straight adaptation. It felt like Lindelof was getting in front of something, … Continue reading ‘Watchmen’: Regina King, Don Johnson, and Tim Blake Nelson to Star in HBO Pilot!!!
Damon Lindelof took to Instagram today to give an update on his long-percolating Watchmen project for HBO. And boy howdy, it’s something. The writer made a five-slide post of a letter written in a voice like that of Doctor Manhattan to try and get across his idea for his new series, as a way (it seems like) to try and head-off rabid fans who are primed … Continue reading Damon Lindelof Promises a Remixed, New Testament Version of the ‘Watchmen’ Story!!!
Damon Lindelof is making a Blumhouse movie! The co-creator of Lost and The Leftovers is teaming with the production company behind last year’s mega-hit (and Oscar-winning) thriller Get Out to craft a thriller of his own, and he’s brought along some friends. THR reports that Lindelof has co-written an action thriller called The Hunt with Nick Cuse, the son of Lost co-showrunner Carlton Cuse. The … Continue reading Damon Lindelof Teams with Blumhouse for Politically Charged Action-Thriller ‘The Hunt’!!!
HBO is getting The Leftovers gang back together for their new Watchmen series adaptation. Showrunner Damon Lindelof was recruited to create a pilot based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons‘ iconic graphic novel, and now, THR reports that Lindeloff has tapped director Nicole Kassell to helm the pilot. Kassell made her directorial debut with the bracing, Spirit Award-nominated 2004 drama The Woodsman and went on … Continue reading ‘The Leftovers’ Director Nicole Kassell to Helm Damon Lindelof’s ‘Watchmen’ Pilot!!!
HBO is being incredible sardonic in a new press release about the return of Game of Thrones. “Your readers may be interested to know,” it begins, which is really the biggest possible understatement. The network is confirming what Sophie Turner spilled the beans on last month, which is that Game of Thrones‘ six-episode eighth and final season will premiere in 2019. The TV night will … Continue reading ‘Game of Thrones’: HBO Confirms Final Season Will Air in 2019!!!
Looks like it’s happening, folks. Damon Lindelof is getting to work on HBO’s series adaptation of Watchmen. The Leftovers showrunner is riding off the critical success of dearly departed series, which will go down in the books as one of the boldest, most imaginative pieces of television ever put to screen, and now he’s getting to work adapting one of the boldest, most imaginative graphic novels … Continue reading Damon Lindelof Teases the Start of HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ Series on Instagram!!!
Len Wein, the influential comics writer who co-created Marvel’s Wolverine and DC’s Swamp Thing, and who helped revive the “X-Men” series in the 1970s, has died, his friends and industry colleagues said Sunday. He was 69. The cause of death was not immediately known, but since March, his Twitter feed has detailed several health issues, including a spinal surgery and an abscess on his heel … Continue reading Len Wein, Wolverine Co-Creator and ‘X-Men’ Reviver, Dies at 69!!!
Now that The Leftovers has departed, Damon Lindelof is gearing up for his next project and it’s a big one. Back in 2015, we broke the news that HBO was developing a Watchmen TV series based on Alan Moore‘s iconic graphic novel with Zack Snyder, who previously helmed the 2009 film adaptation for Warner Bros., but no deals were in place and the project dried up. … Continue reading Damon Lindelof in Talks to Develop ‘Watchmen’ Series for HBO!!
Update: HBO has confirmed our exclusive with this statement: “Preliminary discussions regarding Watchmen have occurred but we have no additional information and no deals are in place.” Our original story follows. In 2009, during the early days of the current wave of superhero cinema, Zack Snyder brought Alan Moore’s acclaimed comic book limited series Watchmen to life for Warner Bros. Moore’s work is a beast … Continue reading Zach Synder in talks for HBO for ‘Watchmen’ TV series!!
