Watchmen
2019 American superhero drama television series
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| 2022 | Alan Moore claims Damon Lindelof sent him a 'neurotic rambling' letter about the Watchmen adaptation, which Moore rebuffed, reiterating his desire to not be associated with the series. |
| 2021 | Watchmen served as a catalyst for increased interest in the Tulsa race massacre, leading to the production of at least four separate documentaries ahead of the 100th anniversary of the event. |
| 2020 | Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson won Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for the episode 'This Extraordinary Being'. |
| 2020 | Watchmen led the Primetime and Creative Arts Emmy Awards nominations for the 2019–20 television season with 26 total nominations. |
| 2020 | The series won 11 awards at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, the most for any show in 2020, receiving widespread critical acclaim for its performances, writing, and expansion of the original comic's source material. |
| October 2020 | DC Comics began publishing the comic book limited series Rorschach, which is explicitly set after the events of the HBO Watchmen series. |
| June 19 2020 | HBO made the series freely available for streaming across its platforms in observation of Juneteenth, highlighting the show's exploration of systemic racism |
| June 2 2020 | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment released the series on Blu-ray as 'Watchmen: An HBO Limited Series' |
| February 2020 | HBO reclassified Watchmen as a limited series, leaving open the possibility of future installments. |
| January 2020 | Damon Lindelof stated he had passed on a second season of Watchmen, giving his blessing to potential future showrunners. |
| 2019 | Reported as deceased, with his company acquired by Lady Trieu (later revealed to be his daughter), though he was actually in isolation. |
| 2019 | Lady Trieu sent an automated craft to recover Adrian Veidt from Europa and bring him to Earth, with the intention of completing her quantum centrifuge plan. |
| 2019 | Watchmen television series is set in the same canon as the original comic book series, taking place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
| 2019 | Damon Lindelof addresses controversy about Rorschach's character interpretation at the New York Comic Con, explaining that the character's image has been misappropriated by the Seventh Kavalry. |
| 2019 | Lindelof and the writing team developed the series with a focus on racial tensions, purposely creating a diverse writing staff with half the writers being Black and half being female to provide proper perspective on the themes. |
| 2019 | Police Chief Judd Crawford's force attempts to crack down on the Seventh Kavalry, with Detective Angela Abar finding herself at the center of competing plots to kidnap Doctor Manhattan. |
| December 2019 | Series released on digital media for purchase and streaming |
| December 29 2019 | Barack Obama named Watchmen among his favourite television series of the year, highlighting the show's significant critical impact and cultural relevance in his annual list released on Twitter. |
| December 16 2019 | Reznor and Ross released the third volume of the Watchmen soundtrack on vinyl and streaming services. |
| December 15 2019 | Watchmen concluded its nine-episode run on HBO, with Damon Lindelof completing his intended narrative arc for the series. |
| November 25 2019 | Reznor and Ross released the second volume of the Watchmen soundtrack on vinyl and streaming services. |
| November 4 2019 | Reznor and Ross released the first volume of the Watchmen soundtrack on vinyl and streaming services. |
| October 2019 | By episode 9, HBO reported 7 million total viewers, making it the network's most viewed new series since Big Little Lies. |
| October 2019 | First episode broadcast at 9 p.m. EDT attracts 800,000 viewers, becoming the most viewed debut episode for a premium-cable show in 2019. |
| October 2019 | The second episode drew about 1.3 million viewers across the first night, with 765,000 watching the first broadcast, airing alongside Game 5 of the 2019 World Series. |
| October 20 2019 | HBO premiered the Watchmen TV series, created by Damon Lindelof as a sequel to the original 1986 comic series, featuring an ensemble cast including Regina King as Angela Abar/Sister Night. |
| September 3 2019 | Watchmen series premiere date of October 20, 2019 is officially announced. |
| July 2019 | Reports circulated about Robert Redford potentially playing a fictionalized version of himself, which were later debunked by showrunner Lindelof. |
| June 19 2019 | Principal photography for the pilot concluded in Cedartown, Georgia, after nearly a year of filming. |
| June 19 2019 | Principal photography for the pilot concluded, having lasted from May 30, 2018. |
| May 8 2019 | HBO released the first teaser for the Watchmen TV series, named 'Tick Tock', marking the initial marketing push for the show. |
| January 2019 | Hong Chau and Dustin Ingram cast in recurring roles for the series. |
| December 2018 | Production worked out of Union City, Newnan, and the Georgia World Congress Center, with interior shooting at Atlanta Metro Studios in Union City. |
| November 2018 | Shooting moved to locations such as Palmetto, Chamblee, McDonough, and the West Lake MARTA station. |
| November 2018 | Jean Smart cast in a starring role, James Wolk in a recurring role. Confirmation of Jeremy Irons as Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias, Tim Blake Nelson as Looking Glass, and Sara Vickers and Tom Mison joining the cast. |
| October 2018 | Filming for the remainder of the first season began in various Georgia locations including Palmetto, Brookhaven, Peachtree City, Decatur, and the MARTA station in Chamblee. |
| September 2018 | Country manor scenes were filmed at Penrhyn Castle in Wales, completed before most episode scripts were finished. |
| September 20 2018 | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails were announced as the composers for the Watchmen TV series. |
| August 17 2018 | HBO greenlights a full season of Watchmen, scheduling the premiere for 2019. |
| August 7 2018 | Announcement of Dylan Schombing, Adelynn Spoon, and Lily Rose Smith joining the pilot's cast. |
| June 2018 | Additional casting of Jeremy Irons, Tom Mison, Frances Fisher, Jacob Ming-Trent, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Sara Vickers for the pilot. |
| June 2018 | Pilot episode is filmed in locations around Atlanta, Georgia. |
| May 31 2018 | Filming continued on the 97th anniversary of the riots, marking the second day of production. |
| May 30 2018 | Principal photography for the Watchmen TV series pilot began in Cedartown, Georgia. The first day of filming coincided with the historical significance of the filming location. |
| May 23 2018 | Initial cast announcement for the Watchmen TV series, including Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Adelaide Clemens, and Andrew Howard joining the pilot. |
| May 22 2018 | Damon Lindelof posts an open letter to fans about his vision for the Watchmen series, intending to create a 'remix' of the original comic that tells a new story within the same universe. |
| January 30 2018 | Nicole Kassell is announced as the director and executive producer for the Lindelof pilot. |
| September 20 2017 | HBO officially greenlights the production for a pilot and additional backup scripts. |
| September 19 2017 | Writing for the Watchmen series officially begins. |
| June 2017 | HBO begins negotiations with Damon Lindelof to develop the Watchmen series, after Zack Snyder's departure from the production. |
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