HBO's Watchmen

[djp14]

7 minutes ago, Zaximus said:

It had good ratings.   I'd be surprised if there isn't.   Might be a different director though.

HBO will definitely want another season. But it's unlikely that Damon Lindelof will be involved, and he was the creative force behind this series.

 

[Cary Kollins]

Lindelof hasn't ruled out a second season, he's just said he would only do it if/when he has something he wants to say thematically like he did with season one.

A truckload of HBO money makes me think it'll get the creative juices flowing for a season 2.

[djp14]

Lindelof has always marched to the beat of his own drum. If there is a 2nd season, it'll probably be a few years down the road. And might not have anything to do with Season 1.

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So is it fair to say that you are done telling a Watchmen story?
I don’t think that’s fair. I think that it would be foolish to say “never.” And to say “done.” Because every great heist movie is borne on the back of a character who is out of the game. If Clint Eastwood was done, then we never would have gotten Unforgiven. I know that it’s hubris to say, “I’m done with Watchmen,” and I wouldn’t want to wake up two years from now with divine interv— I mean inspiration. Interesting that I almost said “intervention.” If that were to happen, I would probably go for it. But I am comfortable saying, “Every single idea that we had is onscreen and presented in these nine episodes. And there isn’t anything that occurred to us that was like, ‘Oh, that would be a good Season Two. We should save that.'” Everything that we wanted to do, we did. So I feel like the plate is empty. There’s nothing rattling around in my brain right now that feels like a compulsion to do more. That said, I feel like Watchmen is bigger than me. Of course it is. It survived without me and endured as one of the greatest pieces of storytelling for 30 years before I had anything to do with it. So I got my turn at the wheel — just like I had a turn at the helm of Star Trek, and then I stepped back, and now others have taken it. I do have a desire for there to be more Watchmen. Maybe these nine episodes have demonstrated that the playing field is a little bit larger than previously thought. It may inspire someone else to tell a Watchmen story. But right now, I don’t have any more ideas.