Watchmen Teaser Reveals First Look At Regina King & New Look At Jeremy Irons

HBO has released a new Watchmen teaser, revealing brand new footage from the upcoming series including our very first look at Regina King, as well as a new look at Jeremy Irons who plays Adrian Veidt.

The new teaser, released today on Instagram reveals brand new footage from the world of Alan Moore’s Watchmen reimagined by Damon Lindelof, and offers a brief glimpse at Regina King’s character along with a new look at Adrian Veidt played by Jeremy Irons.

You can check out the promo below!

Very little is known about the plot of the upcoming HBO Watchmen series other than it taking place in contemporary times where superheroes are outlaws. However, it’s clear that Jeremy Irons takes on the role of a much older Adrian Veidt aka Ozymandias compared to Zack Snyder’s film version which was played by Matthew Goode.

when Jeremy Irons joined the cast of HBO’s Watchmen, his character was described as an “aging and imperious lord of a British manor.” It has since been confirmed that the Academy Award-winning actor will portray an older version of Adrian Veidt, the brilliant and wealthy industrialist who previously assumed the superhero name Ozymandias. In Alan Moore’ original Watchmen comic, Ozymandias orchestrated a fake alien invasion and killed thousands in an attempt to prevent nuclear armageddon and bring humanity together against a common but fictional enemy.

Furthermore, 24 and Legion star Jean Smart has been revealed as FBI agent Blake, who is tasked with tracking down vigilantes. Smart’s character shares the same surname as Watchmen character Edward Blake, who is more commonly known as The Comedian. In the original comic, The Comedian is a vigilante turned government operative whose death serves as the impetus for the story of Alan Moore’s comic. Whether or not Agent Blake and The Comedian are related is currently unknown.

Damon Lindelof created and wrote the new Watchmen series and also serves as an executive producer alongside Nicole Kassell, Tom Spezialy, Stephen Williams, and Joseph Iberti. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross will compose the score for the show. Kassell has directed the series pilot.

Based on characters from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ limited comic series, Watchmen is produced by White Rabbit in association with Warner Bros. Television. Here’s the official logline:

Watchmen stars Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Andrew Howard, Tom Mison, Frances Fisher, Jacob Ming-Trent, Sara Vickers, and Dylan Schombing. The series is produced for HBO by White Rabbit in association with Warner Bros. Television, based on characters from DC.

Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, WATCHMEN embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.

So what do you think? Are you excited to see Regina King and Jeremy Irons in Watchmen? Sound off in the comments below, and be sure to continue following Heroic Hollywood for all the latest news regarding Watchmen and other HBO and DC Comics television series.

Watchmen debuts in 2019 on HBO.

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