HBO Backstories: "Watchmen"

Damon Lindelof developed Watchmen for HBO and scooped up an armload of Emmy awards. Now he tells his story of loving comic and being introduced to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' masterpiece in this animated short.

Animated by Studio Showoff and directed by Ivan Dixon.

Watchmen is the 2019 HBO TV series based on concepts and characters found in DC Comics/Vertigo graphic novel of the same name, which was created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

Set in an alternate history where "superheroes" are treated as outlaws, the series embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name while attempting to break new ground of its own. Regina King stars as Sister Knight, one of the few authorized costumes, all of whom are now police. Jeremy Irons continues the role of Ozymandias, who has mysteriously relocated to a place unknown. 

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Also cast are Don Johnson, Jean Smart, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Hong Chau, Andrew Howard, Tom Mison, Frances Fisher, Jacob Ming-Trent, Sara Vickers, Dylan Schombing, and James Wolk.

The series was developed by Damon Lindelof.

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