HBO just snuck behind and released the Watchmen teaser trailer and it looks intriguing. Plus I’d really like to see more of older Ozymandias in the form of Jeremy Irons (Alfred in Justice League and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice).

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Watchmen is expected to premiere on HBO this coming August and will star Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Adelaide Clemens, Andrew Howard, Tom Mison, Frances Fisher, Jacob Ming-Trent, Sara Vickers, Dylan Schombing, Lily Rose Smith, and Adelynn Spoon.

The executive producers are Damon Lindelof, Nicole Kassell, Tom Spezialy, Stephen Williams, and Joseph Iberti. Damon Lindelof will also be serving as writer for the show, with Nicole Kassell directing the pilot, and Stephen Williams serving as director. Watchmen is produced for HBO by White Rabbit in association with Warner Bros. Television, based on characters from DC.

Here’s the official release:

Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.

Watchmen teaser trailer:

It looks like Rorschach left a very big crater of change for the world before being killed off by Doctor Manhattan. What the vigilantes didn’t know was that the man known was Walter Kovacs left his journal behind to be published by an alt-right publication.

Speaking of Rorschach

Can’t wait to see this series!

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