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Best Laid Plans to Get World War Z Into China Despite Zombies
Instead, Damon Lindelof was brought in to rewrite the ending as Brad Pitt did not like the darker downbeat abrupt version, and employ reshoots too The movie cost a lot but did well, over half a billion dollars worldwide – but not in China. Feeding The Dragon by Chris Fenton is published by Post Hill Press[...]
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While Damon Lindelof has received much of the upfront attention (and deservedly so) for the success of his "remix" pseudo-sequel to The-Writer-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, David Gibbons, and John Higgins' comic book classic Watchmen, he's never missed an opportunity to give much of the credit to his writers' room: Cord Jefferson, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Christal Henry, Lila Byock, Carly Wray,[...]
A scene from Watchmen (Image: HBO)
HBO's Watchmen creator Damon Lindelof, series star Regina King (Angela aka Sister Night), and the entire team behind the "remix" pseudo-sequel to The-Writer-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, David Gibbons, and John Higgins' comic book classic are having a pretty good week The ground-breaking series not only took the title for most nominations, but saw those nods include the series overall[...]
Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen (Image: HBO).
Before we move on with a look at series creator Damon Lindelof's reaction to his "remix" pseudo-sequel to The-Writer-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, David Gibbons, and John Higgins' comic book classic walking away with 26 Emmy nominations on Thursday morning, we here at BCTV just need to take care of something first Feels like we got something stuck in our[...]
Angela takes that next step on Watchmen, courtesy of HBO.
I already "know" how it should all go down: series creator Damon Lindelof takes some time to relax and recharge the batteries, even though he still has to promote the series for awards season By now, WarnerMedia has made him a sweet FX/Fargo-like deal for more seasons The deal would have him overseeing the extension of[...]
Watchmen: The Art Of Storytelling | HBO
It feels like Damon Lindelof's Watchmen is as much in the pop culture conversations of Summer 2020 as it was when it first debuted in October 2019 Much of that has to do with the way the series eerily reflected our society six months before we would see it play out for ourselves in real life[...]
Damon Lindelof and Regina King speak on Watchmen winning a Peabody Award (Image: HBO).
Damon Lindelof's Peabody Award-winning series Watchmen has been a focal point of HBO's Juneteenth weekend programming, with an emphasis on honoring those murdered in the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and the destruction of Black Wall Street as well as educating the nation on a tragic part of this nation's history that's been ignored The cable network[...]
A scene from Watchmen (Image: HBO)
In honor of Juneteenth and in memory of those murdered during the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, HBO will be offering all nine episodes of Damon Lindelof's Peabody Award-winning series Watchmen for free Starting Friday, June 19, and running through Sunday, June 21, Lindelof's pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore, David Gibbons, and John Higgins' comic book classic starring Academy[...]
Damon Lindelof and Regina King speak on Watchmen winning a Peabody Award (Image: HBO).
A little more than a month after series creator Damon Lindelof and star Regina King learned that the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors had selected the series as a nominee, the "remix" pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore and David Gibbons' comic book classic Watchmen now has a new title: Peabody Award-winning HBO series In a citation released[...]
A look at the police force in Watchmen (Image: HBO)
We've made no bones about the fact that we have a huge ton of respect for Watchmen series creator Damon Lindelof, starting back during the Lost days As much as we obsess over whether or not he'll be returning to the universe of his pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore, David Gibbons, and John Higgins' comic book classic, we[...]
Lady Trieu and Adrian Vedit meet on Watchmen, courtesy of HBO.
Thankfully, we're able to take a break or our "will he/won't he" obsession over Damon Lindelof possibly returning to the universe of his "remix" pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore, David Gibbons, and John Higgins' comic book classic for a little more appreciation of the original series Currently streaming on HBO Max and set to hit Blu-ray and[...]
Watchmen: Damon Lindelof Helps HBO Max with Big Blue Rhyme for Bilbo
When we're not obsessing over whether or not Watchmen creator Damon Lindelof would be returning to the universe of his "remix" pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore, David Gibbons, and John Higgins' comic book classic, we take a moment to appreciate the Lost co-creator's Instagram account It's that perfect mix of expected promotion, entertainingly personal, and socially aware that[...]
Angela takes that next step on Watchmen, courtesy of HBO.
Watchmen series creator Damon Lindelof took some time to relax and recharge the batteries, and then WarnerMedia made him a sweet FX/Fargo-like deal for more seasons The deal would have him essentially overseeing the Watchmen universe in a nearly-all-powerful executive producer position but opening up the creative opportunities to new, unique, and diverse voices[...]
Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen (Image: HBO).
While most of us are still riding waves of hope that WarnerMedia and series creator Damon Lindelof announce a deal for more Watchmen via HBO Max through an FX/Fargo-like deal (same universe but not necessarily a direct sequel), let's not forget that the original (first of more than one season?) is still receiving well-deserved honors[...]
Angela takes that next step on Watchmen, courtesy of HBO.
Watchmen series creator Damon Lindelof's been making the most of the social distancing/self-quarantining time we're finding ourselves in First, there was the "Washmen" video reunited a large chunk of the cast to push everyone into safer hand-washing practices (more on that in a moment) Now, the creator of HBO's pseudo-sequel/"remix" of Dave Gibbons/ Alan Moore's classic comic[...]
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Just because it's been a few months since we last visited HBO and Damon Lindelof's pseudo-sequel/"remix" of Dave Gibbons/ He-Who-Doesn't-Want-To-Be-Named's classic comic book series Watchmen doesn't mean the cast has stopped thinking about us. In this time of social distancing and self-quarantining caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Regina King, Tim Blake Nelson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jean[...]
The Hunt, Watchmen, Damon Lindelof and a Critique of Liberal Elites [SPOILERS]
Luckily, it's by the same writers: Watchmen's Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse. That being said, if it's not clear, we're going to get into spoilers for The Hunt and HBO's Watchmen. In The Hunt, billionaire liberals led by Athena (Hillary Swank) kidnap a group of strangers, including Crystal (Betty Gilpin) and hunt them Why? Despite what Fox[...]
Universal’s Back into “The Hunt”, New Trailer, Poster
blue state.'" Written by Nick Cuse and Damon Lindelof, the film stars Betty Gilpin, Ethan Suplee, Emma Roberts, Justin Hartley, Ike Barinholtz, and Hilary Swank. The Hunt comes to theaters on March 13th. Universal and Blumhouse Productions came under fire for The Hunt when it was scheduled for release in September 2019 The main source of the[...]
Angela and Dr. Manhattan meet again and for the first time on Watchmen (Image: HBO).
of Speculation" to keep track of all the hints, rumors, and allegations being throw around about a second season of Damon Lindelof's pseudo-sequel/"remix" of Dave Gibbons/ He-Who-Doesn't-Want-To-Be-Named's classic comic book series. Following up on yesterday's post covering Regina King's thoughts on a second-season return to the popular HBO series, we have the perfect news item to[...]
Angela takes that next step on Watchmen, courtesy of HBO.
Damon Lindelof's sequel-"remix" of classic Dave Gibbons/ He-Who-Doesn't-Want-To-Be-Named's Watchmen ended 2019 and started 2020 with a ton of praise (even topping our The Bleeding Cool TV Top 10 Best of 2019 list) – and a ton of speculation on if there will be a second season… or if there should even be one. Well, we've heard[...]
Universal’s Back into “The Hunt”, New Trailer, Poster
Directed by Craig Zobel and written by Nick Cuse and Damon Lindelof, the film stars Betty Gilpin, Ethan Suplee, Ike Barinholtz, Emma Roberts, and Hilary Swank Variety spoke with Lindelof and producer Jason Blum about the film's second chance You can check out the interview here. The Hunt comes to theaters March 13th (tentatively). Looks like[...]
Angela takes that next step on Watchmen, courtesy of HBO.
Now that HBO's wonderfully authorized pseudo-sequel to [REDACTED] and Dave Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen has been unveiled to the world – the world likes what it sees from Damon Lindelof's "remix" Even die-hard Watchmen purists appear to be slowly coming around – as they should So much so that the series fought its[...]
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here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here), Bleeding Cool TV Editor Ray Flook explains why Damon Lindelof's pseudo-sequel to the comic book classic earned the crown by being the very thing Lindelof envisioned – and none of us expected. #1 "Watchmen" (HBO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymgtV99Rko&t=13sVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Watchmen | Official Tease | HBO[...]
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To his credit, showrunner Damon Lindelof knows that genre fiction works best when it looks outward to explore political and social ideas, not just indulgent fanfiction Lindelof used the superhero genre and the Watchmen dynamic of deconstructing ideas to explore Race in America and put the show firmly into the zeitgeist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2QGhpoxDcEVideo can't be loaded because[...]