HBO DRAMA SERIES WATCHMEN DEBUTS IN OCTOBER; FROM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND WRITER DAMON LINDELOF

Nicole Kassell Directs The Pilot From A Script Written By Lindelof

July 24, 2019

Set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, WATCHMEN, from executive producer Damon Lindelof (Emmy winner for Lost ; HBO's The Leftovers ) embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own. Nicole Kassell directs the pilot from a script written by Lindelof.

Debuting in October, WATCHMEN reunites Lindelof with Regina King (HBO's The Leftovers ; Oscar winner for If Beale Street Could Talk ; Emmy winner for Seven Seconds and American Crime ). King leads the cast as Angela Abar, who wears two masks; one as a lead detective in The Tulsa Police Force and another as wife and mother of three. The cast also includes Jeremy Irons (Oscar winner for Reversal of Fortune ; Emmy winner for Big Cat Week and Elizabeth I ) as the aging and imperious Lord of a British Manor; Don Johnson (Golden Globe winner for Miami Vice ) as Judd Crawford, Tulsa Chief of Police; Jean Smart (Emmy winner for Samantha Who? and Frasier ) as FBI Agent Laurie Blake; Tim Blake Nelson as Detective Looking Glass; Louis Gossett Jr. (Oscar winner for An Officer and a Gentleman ; Emmy winner for Roots ) as Will Reeves; Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Cal Abar; Tom Mison as Mr. Phillips; Frances Fisher as Jane Crawford and Sara Vickers as Ms. Crookshanks. Additional cast include Hong Chau as Lady Trieu, the mysterious trillionaire, Andrew Howard, Jacob Ming-Trent, Dylan Schombing and James Wolk.

Produced for HBO by White Rabbit in association with Warner Bros. Television; executive producer/writer Damon Lindelof; executive producer/director, Nicole Kassell; executive producer, Tom Spezialy; executive producer/director, Stephen Williams; executive producer, Joseph Iberti. Based on the iconic graphic novel co-created and illustrated by Dave Gibbons and published by DC.

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