The Pilot & # 39; Watchmen & # 39; adds Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sara Vickers – Variety

The casting of HBO's "Watchmen" pilot continues to grow.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Sara Vickers both joined the project, which comes from Damon Lindelof. As with previous castings, HBO has not provided any details about the characters that the two will play.

They join previously announced actors Regina King, Don Johnson, Jeremy Irons, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Adelaide Clemens, Andrew Howard, Tom Mison, Frances Fisher, and Jacob Ming-Trent.

This project marks the second superhero property in which Abdul-Mateen will appear. He is also scheduled to appear as Black Manta in the upcoming movie "Aquaman" in front of Jason Momoa. The actor is also known for his disco gangster appearance in the Netflix series "The Get Down" and was recently featured in "The Handmaid's Tale." On the movie side, he played Sgt. Ellerbee in the recent movie "Baywatch" and played a role in the Oscar-nominated film "The Greatest Showman".

It is rewritten by Gersh and Anonymous Content.

Vickers is best known for his role as Joan on Thursday in "The Endeavor" of ITV's Morse Inspector, "The Alienist", "The Crown", "Man Down", " Bert & Dickie ", and" Privates ". She also appeared in the movies "Sunshine" on Leith, "" Breaking "," Thinking for a Day, "and" Connect. "

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It is rewritten by Curtis Brown Group.

Lindelof has already posted a letter to fans in which he sets out his vision of the series, which he says will not be a cover story of the original graphic novel. , but rather a new story in the same world with new characters in the present. The original story followed a group of criminals investigating the murder of one of their own. In the process, these characters – including Dr. Manhattan, Nite Owl, Silk Specter, and Rorschach – are discovering a conspiracy with enormous implications. We do not know which of these characters will appear in the Lindelof version.

"Some of the characters will be unknown," Lindelof wrote. "New faces, new masks to cover them." We also plan to revisit the past century of Costumed Adventuring through a surprising but familiar look … and it is here that we will take our greatest risks. .