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Watchmen TV Show (2019)

Watchmen
TV-MA
Superhero
Drama
Crime
Mystery
Science Fiction

Release Date
October 20, 2019
Cast
Regina King , Jeremy Irons , Tom Mison , Yahya Abdul-Mateen II , Louis Gossett Jr. , Tim Blake Nelson , Jean Smart
Main Genre
Drama
Seasons
1
Studio
DC Comics, Home Box Office (HBO), Paramount Television
Franchise
DC

Summary

Set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws and must embrace the nostalgia, Detective Angela Abar investigates the reemergence of a white supremacist terrorist group inspired by the long-deceased moral absolutist Rorschach.

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