13 Most Anticipated Upcoming New Comic Book TV Shows

3. Watchmen

Watchmen Damon Lindelof
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30 years on, Alan Moore's Watchmen stands strong as a seminal piece of work, and even though it was only adapted as a film back in 2009, talk has continued to swirl of a TV version.

Now there's some more concrete news on that front: Not only is a Watchmen series happening, but it's being made by HBO, and Damon Lindelof is the man bringing it to the small screen.

The comic, a darkly satirical and dystopian take on the genre, takes place in an alt-future where most superheroes are retired or working for the government, who are pulled out of retirement by a murder of one of their own.

That's the sort of story that could unfold much better over the course of a TV series than one (admittedly quite lengthy) film. Lindelof has show with The Leftovers that he can write a complex story around morally ambiguous characters, with a satisfying ending too, while a HBO budget should deliver the style to go with it.

Air Date: TBC

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