The cast of Watchmen is starting to come together as six actors have been cast in Damon Lindelof's HBO pilot today. Those are Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Adelaide Clemens, and Andrew Howard, with King described as the actual lead of the planned series. Unfortunately, specific details on who they'll all be playing having actually been revealed right now.
However, it's hard to ignore the fact that the core Watchmen team was made up of six characters -Dr. Manhattan, Ozymandias, Nite-Owl, Rorschach, Silk Spectre, and The Comedian. Recent comments from Lindelof have pointed to the show being set in the same world but with new characters in the present.
Some took his comments to mean that he'll reimagine the heroes listed above in a different setting but we simply don't know at this stage. With any luck, though, more details will start popping up soon.
King's credits include The Leftovers and The Strain. Johnson has shown up in cop shows like Miami Vice and Nash Bridges, Nelson is known for everything from The Incredible Hulk to Lincoln, while Gossett's career has spanned sixty years and he won an Oscar for his work in An Officer and a Gentleman. Clemens has popped up in Rectify and Parade’s End and Howard will be known to fanboys after starring in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. It's a pretty impressive ensemble!
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