WATCHMEN: The First Set Photos From The HBO Series Have Surfaced Featuring Don Johnson As [SPOILER]

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...

By JoshWilding - Jun 03, 2018 07:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Watchmen
Source: Hollywood Pipeline
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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Toonstrack
Toonstrack - 6/3/2018, 8:02 AM
I dont see anything..
QuiGonsGhost
QuiGonsGhost - 6/3/2018, 8:02 AM
Please don’t suck please don’t suck
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 6/3/2018, 8:02 AM
Don’t get worked up, it’s obvious they’re just messing with us. This is gonna be cool, probably. It’s like how infinity war had fake set photons.
rebellion
rebellion - 6/3/2018, 8:08 AM
i was so excited for this. but then the casting sheet came out. and lindelofs letter. why even call it watchmen? if you're gonna 'remix' it beyond recognition? i guess i have to wait and see.
BloodyBed
BloodyBed - 6/3/2018, 8:40 AM
@rebellion - maybe this is a huge misunderstanding. Maybe this is just about men who watch things.
Cyclone1993
Cyclone1993 - 6/3/2018, 8:50 AM
@rebellion - It’s a sequel to the original Watchmen Kind of showing what happens after the ending and how the world changed.
rebellion
rebellion - 6/3/2018, 9:08 AM
@Cyclone1993 - i now that. but it seems so far removed from the original story that i dont think it needs to be associated with it at all.
BullyFU
BullyFU - 6/3/2018, 10:43 PM
@rebellion - Lindeloff's letter actually gave me hope, the casting sheet took it away. Not sure what to make of this. I'll try it, but I'll give any HBO series a shot. Not really hoping for too much of a "Watchmen" type vibe though. I'd rather they went back in time instead of forward.
Pantherpool
Pantherpool - 6/3/2018, 8:20 AM
OT: Infinity War now at $1.965B, $35M away from $2B.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=marvel0518.htm
EZBeast
EZBeast - 6/3/2018, 8:39 AM
Did josh just post an article saying the “first photos have surfaced” and not actually attach the photos to it?

That mother [frick]er!
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/3/2018, 10:16 AM
@MrNegative - Gotta defend my homeboy Josh here, because I'm pretty sure I read ''we can't share the photos here as they're copyrighted'' in the article
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 6/3/2018, 8:44 AM



Man, i wanted to use this pic for so long... :P
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/3/2018, 8:47 AM
Nightmare
Nightmare - 6/3/2018, 8:51 AM
@BlackBeltJones -
*Insert Don Johnson Django gif where he says N word*
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/3/2018, 8:53 AM
@Nightmare -

Nightmare
Nightmare - 6/3/2018, 8:48 AM
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/3/2018, 8:52 AM
@Nightmare -

jerryblake
jerryblake - 6/3/2018, 8:51 AM
future ? past ?

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