Who watches the Watchmen? Everybody, it seems – and they’re having a great time doing it.
HBO’s high-budget adaptation of – and sequel to – Alan Moore’s seminal comic Watchmen has been a smash hit, with critics praising the series for its storytelling and invention.
Naturally, fans of the show, which shows on Sky Atlantic in the UK, have started wondering whether Watchmen will be given a second series.
Creator Damon Lindelof (The Leftovers) has given interviews entertaining the possibility of another season, even though its initial nine-episode run was conceived as a standalone story.
Find out everything we know about Watchmen’s future below…
Will there be a second season of Watchmen?
Probably. Although nothing has been confirmed by HBO yet, or by series creator Lindelof, fans have reason to be optimistic.
“Obviously, there is a potential promise for the further exploration of the world,” the Lost writer said in an interview with Deadline, “But like the seasons of Leftovers that I did as opposed to Lost, which was designed to have cliffhanger finales and a promise of future storytelling.”
“Does that mean that there isn’t going to be anymore Watchmen? Not necessarily.”
Given that many of the characters manage to survive the events of season one, there’s still plenty of possibilities for extending the story. And with the reception as strong as it’s been, HBO will likely be sure to green-light a follow-up.
When will Watchmen season 2 air?
Assuming a second season does get produced, we might have to wait a while. Lindelof told metro.co.uk that the writing team hadn’t saved any ideas for use in a future season, instead cramming everything they could into the existing nine episodes.
Because Watchmen is a revisionist sequel, rather than a straight adaptation, there is the need to create an entirely new plotline – so filming on season two has to wait until the writing staff comes up with one.
“I haven’t had any ideas of what subsequent series of Watchmen would be,” the creator said. Until those ideas come, I’m content with just letting this one sit out there for a while.”
Will Damon Lindelof be involved in Watchmen season 2?
Not necessarily – even though Lindelof has been given most of the credit for translating Moore’s vision into a TV-ready story, he has refused to guarantee that he will be involved in the series going forward.
Speaking about the potential for further stories within his Watchmen world, Lindelof said: “Does that mean that I will be working on subsequent seasons of Watchmen? I don’t know is the answer to that question.”
That said, lengthy TV runs are nothing new to Lindelof. He stuck out all six seasons of Lost, and was the guiding hand behind The Leftovers for all three seasons of its HBO run. The network will be keen to tie down Lindelof for another run, and a second season could even be contingent on his involvement.
Who will be in the cast for season 2 of Watchmen?
The first season introduced a handful of new characters who weren’t in the original comic – chief among them Sister Knight, aka Angela Abar, the black-masked vigilante played by Regina King. Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) played Wade Tillman, known as Looking Glass.
Jeremy Irons, Jean Smart and Yahya Abdul Mateen II also portrayed three of the characters from Alan Moore’s original – Adrian Veidt (aka Ozymandias), Laurie Blake (Silk Spectre) and Doctor Manhattan respectively.
Any characters who survived the first season will probably return – along with, possibly, some more faces from the comics. The series’ inventive flashback structure leaves open the possibility of casting actors in both historical and present-day incarnations of the original Watchmen heroes.
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