Once it airs the eighth and final time of year ofGame of Thrones,HBOwill be temporarily left without a tangible touch show . sure enough , it has some big series likeWestworld , Barry , andLast Week Tonight With John Oliver , butGame of Throneshas been its major tent pole for the good part of a decade and losing it will be a big hit for the cable internet .
It ’s presently making a prequel series to the show , but until that starts airing , HBO is subtly shifting its care to theWatchmenseries the electronic internet has been planning for some time . Based on the fabled graphic novel by Alan Moore of the same name , HBO recently created an Instagram account for the show and posted the first image from the production .
caption with thequote"Who Watches the Watchmen ? , " the unforesightful , soundless video has sent the internet into a fury trying to decipher who it depicts . The most popular theories are that it is either Rorschach , the mask protagonist of the original comic , or the Comedian , the jingoistic and militant Cuban sandwich whose death is the drive mystery behind the vivid novel .
While neither Rorschach or the Comedian are police force police officer and neither wears a yellow masquerade , Rorschach ’s famously morphing mask is similar in style and the yellow-bellied colour evokes imagery of the Comedian ’s iconic smiley look pin . Though the show shares a name and is based on Moore ’s vivid novel , showrunnerDamon Lindelofhas revealed that his series will take post in an alternating timeline that broadly speaking follows the events of the story .
While not much is get laid about the details of the series , the announced cast list include the the likes of of Regina King , Jeremy Irons , Don Johnson , Tim Blake Nelson , Louis Gossett Jr. , Yahya Abdul - Mateen II , Andrew Howard , Tom Mison , Frances Fisher , Jacob Ming - Trent , Sara Vickers , and Dylan Schombing .
