V for Vendetta TV series in development at HBO

Variety reports that HBO is developing a TV series based on Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta. Pete Jackson (Somewhere Boy) is set to write the adaptation, with James Gunn and Peter Safran executive producing for DC Studios.

Set against the dystopian landscape of a totalitarian Britain, V for Vendetta tells the story of a masked anarchist named V, who wears a distinctive Guy Fawkes mask. He seeks to topple the government with he help of Evey Hammond, a young woman he rescued from the secret police. The comic, written by Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd, began as a serial in the British anthology Warrior. It was later acquired by DC Comics, which published the remainder of the story.

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