Twenty years after director James McTeigue’s movie, and five days after the actual fifth of November, Variety has announced that a V for Vendetta TV series is in the works at HBO.
Variety details in their exclusive report, “According to sources, Pete Jackson is attached to write the series adaptation. James Gunn and Peter Safran of DC Studios will executive produce, as will Ben Stephenson via Poison Pen and Leanne Klein of Wall to Wall Media, which is part of Warner Bros. Television Studios UK. Warner Bros. Television will produce.”
“The story is set in Britain in a dystopian, not-too-distant future in which the country is controlled by the fascistic Norsefire party,” the outlet goes on to remind. “An anarchist named V, known for his distinctive Guy Fawkes mask, seeks to topple the government with the help of Evey Hammond, a young woman V rescued from the country’s secret police.”
Many years before finding itself up on the big screen, the topical tale of V for Vendetta began as a British graphic novel that was written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd.
The comic series was originally published between 1982 and 1985.
Watch the trailer for the 2005 movie starring Hugo Weaving and Natalie Portman below. The feature film adaptation of the comic book tale was notably written by the Wachowskis.