Actress Rosario Dawson has been cast as the lead role in the upcoming HBO adaptation of the comic book DMZ
Variety.com is reporting that Dawson will take the lead role in the show based on the comic by Brian Wood Art Riccardo Burchielli.
The caharacters and concepts first appear in DMZ #1 from DC imprint Vertigo comics. (There was also a free convention edition given away in 2008.)
From Variety:
Rosario Dawson has been cast as the lead in the upcoming HBO Max pilot “DMZ,” which has Ava DuVernay on board as a director and Roberto Patino in place as writer-showrunner.
The prospective series, which is based on the DC comic books of the same name, is described a futuristic drama set in an American civil war. Filming on the Warner Bros. Television pilot is set to begin in soon.
In the near future, the aforementioned civil war leaves Manhattan a demilitarized zone (DMZ), destroyed and isolated from the rest of the world. “DMZ” chronicles the journey of female medic Alma Ortego (Dawson) who saves lives while desperately searching for her lost son. She has to contend with the gangs, militias, demagogues and warlords that control the lawless no man’s land.
She is a great actress when she’s given a role that works for her. I think this is some solid casting.
I like her.
Wait, what? Isn’t the female medic named Zee in the comic? They are changing the name…did I read that right?