Game of Thrones is ending in 2019 and HBO is already on the hunt for a replacement blockbuster. Damon Lindelof’s upcoming Watchmen adaptation has emerged as an early favorite. Warner Bros. adapted Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s seminal 1986 graphic novel into a film in 2009. But HBO is probably aiming for significantly more favorable reviews than Zack Snyder’s controversial movie - even if Moore himself would prefer the series didn't exist at all.

For the most part, the creative team behind the new Watchmen series has been intentionally coy with details. But enough information has emerged to sufficiently hype up fans of the source material - and to assure them that HBO's Watchmen will be unlike anything they've ever seen.