Watchmen: Season 1 — New Official Trailer

source:   www.hbo.com

added: Fri, Sep 13th '19

Check out a new official trailer for "Watchmen," the eagerly anticipated HBO original series inspired by Alan Moore's groundbreaking 1986 graphic novel of the same name, which offered a gritty and brutal deconstruction of the superhero genre.

Featuring a stellar ensemble cast that includes Oscar-and-Emmy winner Regina King, Oscar-winner Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Hong Chau, Emmy-winner Jean Smart, and Oscar-winner Louis Gossett Jr., the series asks the question: If everyone wears a mask then who is the real criminal and who is the real hero?

Created by Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers) and executive produced by director Nicole Kassell (The Leftovers, Westworld, The Americans) who helms the first episode, "Watchmen" is set in an alternate world and also in an alternate timeline where masked superheroes have existed for decades but are now regarded as outlaws.

Because of the recent wave of terrorist attacks on police officers, the entire U.S. police force has decided to wear masks to protect their identity. The series follows Regina King's character Angela Abar, a masked police detective who is trying to stop the rise of a new masked terrorist group called the Seventh Cavalry. They wear masks that resemble the inkblot mask of famed Watchmen vigilante Rorschach.

"Watchmen: Season 1" is slated to premiere October 20th, only on HBO.