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| Information | |
| Title: | Watchmen |
| Format: | Live-action |
| Running time: | 60 min. |
| country: | USA |
| Network: | HBO |
| Seasons: | 1+ |
| Episodes: | 9+ |
| Production | |
| Production company: | DC Entertainment White Rabbit Productions Warner Bros. Television Paramount Network Television |
| Principal cast: | Regina King; Jean Smart; Don Johnson; Tim Blake Nelson; Hong Chau; Yahya Abdul-Mateen II; Andrew Howard; Jacob Ming-Trent; Tom Mison; Sara Vickers; Dylan Schombing; Lou Gossett, Jr.; Jeremy Irons |
| Air dates | |
| First aired: | October 20th, 2019 |
| Last aired: | December 15th, 2019 |
Watchmen is an American live-action television series of the superhero fantasy and alternative history genres. It is based on the Watchmen comic book series originally published by DC Comics from 1986-1987. The series was developed for television by Damon Lindelof and produced by Warner Bros. Television, DC Entertainment, White Rabbit Productions, and Paramount Television. It began airing on HBO on October 20th, 2019 with a nine-episode season order.
Watchmen takes place in an alternative, contemporary reality in the United States, in which masked vigilantes became outlawed due to their violent methods. But with the threat of a terrorist organization known as The Seventh Kavalry grows on a massive scale, The Keene act was abolished and The Watchmen Program was reactivated in order to stop the threat before it is too late, as a greater question rises above them all - Who watches the Watchmen?
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Regina King as Sister Night, Angela Abar
- Jean Smart as Laurie Blake
- Don Johnson as Judd Crawford
- Tim Blake Nelson as Looking Glass, Wade Tillman
- Hong Chau as Lady Trieu
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Doctor Manhattan, Jon Osterman and Calvin Abar
- Andrew Howard as Red Scare
- Jacob Ming-Trent as Panda
- Tom Mison as Mr. Phillips
- Sara Vickers as Mrs. Crookshanks
- Dylan Schombing as Topher Abar
- Lou Gossett, Jr. as Will Reeves
- Jeremy Irons as Adrian Veidt
Guest Stars[]
- Frances Fisher as Jane Crawford
- Jessica Camacho as Pirate Jenny
- James Wolk as Senator Joe Keene
- Adelynn Spoon as Emma Abar
- Lily Rose Smith as Rosie Abar
- Cheyenne Jackson as Hooded Justice
- Jolie Hoang-Rappaport as Bian
- Dustin Ingram as Agent Dale Petey
- Jovan Adepo as Will Reeves
Episodes[]
Season One[]
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1x01 | "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" | October 20th, 2019 |
| 1x02 | "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship" | October 27th, 2019 |
| 1x03 | "She Was Killed by Space Junk" | November 3rd, 2019 |
| 1x04 | "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own" | November 10th, 2019 |
| 1x05 | "Little Fear of Lightning" | November 17th, 2019 |
| 1x06 | "This Extraordinary Being" | November 24th, 2019 |
| 1x07 | "An Almost Religious Awe" | December 1st, 2019 |
| 1x08 | "A God Walks Into Abar" | December 8th, 2019 |
| 1x09 | "See How They Fly" | December 15th, 2019 |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Watchmen, and all related characters and concepts were created by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons. Copyright ownership on the franchise belongs to DC Comics. The original comic series ran for twelve issues from September, 1986 to October, 1987. The series received widespread critical acclaim and has been adapted into a feature film in 2009, a television series in 2019 and a motion comic.
- The tagline for this series is "Nothing Ever Ends..."
- Watchmen airs on Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom.
- Franchise creator Alan Moore has always expressed an extreme dislike of adaptations of his work, and has actively distanced himself from such projects, even going so far as to request that his name be removed from films and programs based on his work. As such, Alan Moore's name appears nowhere in the credits of this series.
- Damon Lindelof stepped away from the series following its initial nine-episode arc, citing that "These nine episodes are sort of everything that I have to say at this point about Watchmen", raising questions as to the future of the project. Although nobody has been appointed to replace Lindelof, HBO has not given confirmation as to whether the series would continue. In light of this, Watchmen was re-classified as a limited series in February, 2020 pending further decisions.
- The events of this show take place in the continuity of the Watchmen comic book series, and not necessarily the continuity of the 2009 Watchmen feature film. So yes, there are squiddies.
- The events of this series takes place thirty-four years after the events of the Watchmen comic book series.