A fresh look at -- and the vaguest of details about -- HBO's new Watchmen TV series were revealed this week, including a glimpse of what is apparently the show's new Rorschach, Jeremy Irons' aged take on the character of Ozymandias, and teases of some creepy, mask-wearing dudes -- include a yellow-masked police force and more. The series, which comes from Lost and The Leftovers' Damon Lindelof, will debut sometime in 2019.
The brief preview aired during HBO's Golden Globes tease the other night, and versions of it can also be found on Instagram and YouTube. Lasting about six seconds in non-Instagram form, it starts with Jean Smart (Legion), who reportedly plays an FBI agent investigating a murder. We see her driving towards a large home, apparently in Oklahoma (based on the Tulsa badges on the yellow-masked cops -- who have also popped up in earlier HBO Watchmen marketing materials -- seemingly guarding the place). This would track with previous reports about the show's locale, including that James Wolk (Mad Men) has a recurring role in the show as a junior senator from Oklahoma. It's also an interesting change of location for the Watchmen universe in general, which in the original story by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (as well as in the film version directed by Zack Snyder) was mostly set in Manhattan, Washington D.C., Antarctica and, oh yeah, on Mars.
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The brief preview aired during HBO's Golden Globes tease the other night, and versions of it can also be found on Instagram and YouTube. Lasting about six seconds in non-Instagram form, it starts with Jean Smart (Legion), who reportedly plays an FBI agent investigating a murder. We see her driving towards a large home, apparently in Oklahoma (based on the Tulsa badges on the yellow-masked cops -- who have also popped up in earlier HBO Watchmen marketing materials -- seemingly guarding the place). This would track with previous reports about the show's locale, including that James Wolk (Mad Men) has a recurring role in the show as a junior senator from Oklahoma. It's also an interesting change of location for the Watchmen universe in general, which in the original story by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (as well as in the film version directed by Zack Snyder) was mostly set in Manhattan, Washington D.C., Antarctica and, oh yeah, on Mars.
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