WATCHMEN: The First Set Photos From The HBO Series Have Surfaced Featuring Don Johnson As [SPOILER]
The first photos from the set of HBO's Watchmen have surfaced featuring Don Johnson's mystery character but what do they reveal about the still very mysterious series? Hit the jump to take a look...
Filming has commenced on HBO's new Watchmen TV series and we're now starting to get our first look at the show's impressive cast of characters. As you can see by heading on over to Hollywood Pipeline (we can't share the photos here as they're copyrighted), Don Johnson has been spotted suited up as a police sergeant surrounded by officers whose faces are covered by yellow masks of some sort.
So, who is he playing? Well, it's hard to say but the site has described what they saw as follows: "Don Johnson appears to head some form of parapolice organization in an alternative universe city of Tulsa." This lines up with reports that the series will focus on cops in Oklahoma as opposed to the comic's original characters, something which is bound to disappoint fans of Alan Moore's epic.
It is, however, worth noting that Hollis Mason was a cop in the 1930s so perhaps Johnson is playing the original Nite-Owl, a member of the Minutemen who later passed on the mantle to Daniel Dreiberg. That seems like a stretch, though, and it seems far more likely that we're getting a sequel which reveals what became of this world after Dr. Manhattan left (wait, isn't that called Doomsday Clock?).
What do you think of these first set photos? As always, let us know your thoughts in the usual place.
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