US EditionV for Vendetta Is Reportedly Getting an HBO TV Series
The series adapts the iconic dystopian comic by Alan Moore and David Lloyd with James Gunn and Peter Safran as executive producers for HBO.
- Variety reports HBO is developing a V for Vendetta TV series produced by Warner Bros. Television, with James Gunn and Peter Safran executive producing.
- The property began as a comic serial by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, and a film adaptation later boosted its profile, grossing over $130 million worldwide.
- The series follows V, an anarchist protagonist, who fights the fascistic Norsefire party with help from Evey Hammond, while Peter Jackson is attached to write the adaptation.
- If the project proceeds, it would join HBO's DC Studios live-action slate as the latest show, but no premiere date has been set at this time.
- Earlier TV attempts tied to the property did not fully materialize, including a Channel 4 effort and Pennyworth's canceled prequel link, while HBO has adapted graphic novels like Watchmen and The Penguin.
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