Damon Lindelof has quite the impressive track record as a showrunner collaborating with the folks at HBO. In 2014, in the wake of Lost, he created The Leftovers, which earned both terrific reviews and a cult following through its three-season run, and two years after that show ended, he performed a miracle in the creation of the phenomenal limited series Watchmen. Sadly, it’s been a minute since Lindelof has personally spearheaded a new show for the premium cable channel, but that streak is now ready to end thanks to the development of his new project: The Chain.
The show was announced via press release this morning and has been given an eight-episode, straight-to-series order – so don’t get fret getting your hopes up for a production that doesn’t end up materializing. It’s part of a two-year overall deal that HBO signed with Lindlof last fall, and it will be based on the novel of the same name by author Adrian McKinty (first published in 2019). It’s unclear if it’s going to be a straight adaptation, as it’s said that the filmmaker will be “expanding the mythology” of the source material, which is something he did to great acclaim with the aforementioned Watchmen.
