It might be time to dust off some of them Watchmen #1‘s again, or grab some if you do not have any because HBO is doing an adaptation of The Watchmen.
Hopefully it will include some of the elements that were left out of the movie, but another version of the Watchmen will be hitting the screen.
The series debuted with Watchmen #1, but some people list DC Spotlight #1
as the first appearance, and Question #17
as first Rorschach.
From The Hollywood Reporter
HBO is moving forward with Watchmen.
The premium cable network has officially handed out a pilot order and commissioned additional scripts for Damon Lindelof’s take on Alan Moore’s beloved graphic novel.
The news comes three months after The Hollywood Reporter broke that the Leftovers showrunner was developing a take on the DC Comics favorite. Lindelof also revealed on Instagram that the writers room for the potential TV series has officially been opened.
Lindelof originally read the comics as a kid in the 1980s and has said that the series continues to influence his work. “From the flashbacks to the nonlinear storytelling to the deeply flawed heroes, these are all elements that I try to put into everything I write,” he told Comic Book Resources in 2009 ahead of the feature-film take. Lindelof has read Watchmen multiple times and, at the time, praised director Zack Snyder’s film. “It’s the most married-to-the-original-text version of Watchmen that could’ve been made,” he told the Observer. “I want to keep it sort of insular,” Lindelof said, referring to the multiple translations that have come from trying to translate the source material. “It’s OK with me if people don’t understand it because they don’t deserve to understand it.”
Snyder, who directed the feature-film adaptation of Moore’s comic series, is no longer attached to the drama project from Warner Bros. Television, where both DC Entertainment and Lindelof are housed.
Oh shit. I just bought a near mint run of all twelve for $75.
So glad I bought them three days ago now.
Bargain
The Questions 17 is not his first but it is the first time A DC character interacts with a Watchmen Character through a comic book experience. It’s a pretty big key especially if the Watchmen are to be integrated into the merged DCU.