HBO is developing a “V for Vendetta” TV series, Variety has learned exclusively.
According to insiders, Pete Jackson is attached to write the adaptation, while James Gunn and Peter Safran of DC Studios will serve as executive producers. They’ll be joined by Ben Stephenson via Poison Pen and Leanne Klein of Wall to Wall Media, part of Warner Bros. Television Studios UK. Warner Bros. Television will produce the project.
Both HBO and DC Studios declined to comment, and representatives for Jackson did not immediately respond.
Originally created by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, V for Vendetta debuted in 1982 in the British anthology Warrior before being published by DC Comics in 1988. The dystopian story follows an anarchist known only as V, who dons a Guy Fawkes mask while attempting to overthrow a fascist regime in future Britain with help from Evey Hammond, a woman he saves from the secret police.
If the series moves forward, it will join HBO’s expanding slate of DC live-action dramas, following the Emmy-winning The Penguin starring Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti, as well as the upcoming “Lanterns” series featuring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as Hal Jordan and John Stewart.
HBO previously scored critical acclaim with its 2019 series “Watchmen”, also based on a DC graphic novel by Moore and Dave Gibbons.
Writer Pete Jackson, known for the BAFTA-nominated series “Somewhere Boy” and the upcoming Sky Atlantic project “The Death of Bunny Munro” starring Matt Smith, will pen the adaptation.
The original 2005 film adaptation, directed by James McTeigue and written by The Wachowskis, starred Hugo Weaving as V and Natalie Portman as Evey. The film grossed over $130 million worldwide and remains a cult classic. Warner Bros. plans to re-release it in theaters in November 2026 to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
A previous attempt to adapt V for Vendetta for television was made by Channel 4, but it never advanced past development. The canceled HBO Max/Epix series Pennyworth, about Alfred Pennyworth in 1960s London, was also loosely connected to the Vendetta universe before being discontinued after three seasons.
Source: Variety
