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Instead of faithfully adapting the Watchmen series from DC Comics into live-action, Damon Lindelof wanted to introduce new characters and plot threads that exist in the same continuity. DC Comics’ Watchmen explored an alternate history where superheroes emerged in the 1940s and changed the course of history so that the United States won the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal was never exposed. HBO’s Watchmen picked up three decades after the 1985-set comic series, set in present day, where the anonymous members of the Tulsa Police Department fight against the white supremacist group known as the Seventh Kavalry.
Watchmen stars Regina King as Angela Abar, a detective who wears a nun’s habit and balaclava as Sister Night. She works alongside Tim Blake Nelson’s Looking Glass, Andrew Howard’s Red Scare, Louis Gossett Jr.’s Hooded Justice, and Jean Smart’s Laurie Blake to fight the Seventh Kavalry. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II also has a key role in the series as Angela’s husband who is revealed to be Doctor Manhattan, a central figure from the original Watchmen story, and one of DC’s most powerful characters. Performances are incredibly strong across the board, making Watchmen a truly unique superhero series.
