​ In an age where superhero movies dominate at the box office, Marvel owns its own private corner of Netflix, and DC has more or less taken over the CW network, HBO is preparing to throw its hat into the cape-and-cowl ring with a series based on Alan Moore’s anti-libertarian magnum opus, ‘Watchmen.’

Intended to be the spiritual successor to HBO’s popular ‘Game of Thrones’ series, company president Caser Bloys revealed in an interview with Variety that the pilot has already been written and cast with his total approval. The pilot is apparently already in development and Bloys hopes to air it “as soon as possible.”





While Alan Moore himself has never approved of any adaptation of his work, even going so far as to refuse payment from DC for the various expansions and reprints of the original 12-issue run, the series will not be a direct interpretation of his legendary comic. Rather, it will be a continuation picking up where Moore's politically-charged saga ended.

Showrunner Damon Lindelof described his work as a “remix” of the story rather than an adaptation, referring to the comics as the Old Testament to his show’s New Testament. Though casting announcements have been made, including the likes of Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Regina King, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, no release date has been unveiled yet for 'Watchmen.'