When it comes to upcoming DC movies and upcoming DC TV shows, James Gunn and Peter Safran, the heads of DC Studios, are very much letting us have our cake and eat it too. Along with the DC Universe franchise providing a new shared continuity with projects like Creature Commandos and Superman, there’s also still plenty of standalone stories being told onscreen, like Matt Reeves’ The Batman Epic Crime Saga. It’s a good bet that the latest DC TV show that’s now in development at HBO will fall into the latter category.
According to sources who spoke with Variety, the premium television network is putting together a V for Vendetta TV series. Gunn and Safran, who will be among the series’ executive producers, have tapped Pete Jackson, the writer behind British TV fare like Somewhere Boy and The Death of Bunny Munro, to pen this small screen adaptation. UK network Channel 4 had previously tried to develop a V for Vendetta TV series, but it was ultimately scrapped.
