Remember, Remember: HBO Is Developing a V for Vendetta TV Series
HBO is developing a series adaptation of Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta, with DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran attached as executive producers.
Well, this could be a spicy one: HBO is cooking up a TV take on 'V for Vendetta'. Yes, the one with the Guy Fawkes mask.
What is actually happening
Variety says HBO is developing a series based on Alan Moore and David Lloyd's classic. Pete Jackson, whose credits include 'Somewhere Boy', is set to write the adaptation. James Gunn and Peter Safran are on board as executive producers for DC Studios.
The premise (for anyone who skipped the comic)
It is set in a brutally controlled, near-future Britain. A masked anarchist known only as V targets the authoritarian government and recruits an ally in Evey Hammond, a young woman he saves from the regime's secret police. The mask is the point: V hides his face behind that stylized Guy Fawkes grin while he burns the system down.
Quick background
Before it ever had the DC logo on it, 'V for Vendetta' started life as a serial in the British anthology 'Warrior'. DC Comics later picked it up and published the rest of the story in the U.S. The writing is by Alan Moore; the art is by David Lloyd. If you like a little media history baked into your dystopia, there it is.
Who is involved so far
- Network: HBO
- Writer: Pete Jackson ('Somewhere Boy')
- Executive producers: James Gunn and Peter Safran for DC Studios
- Source material: 'V for Vendetta' by Alan Moore and David Lloyd (originated in 'Warrior', completed by DC Comics)
No casting or timeline yet; the project is in development, and details are being kept close. More as it comes together.