While some creators have come around to revisitng their properties with time, Lindelof seems to still be adament about wanting to leave it behind, having delivered a full story akin to the original he fell in love with.ĭespite Lindelof's disinterest in returning, however, there are still a number of paths for a potential Watchmen season 2 to explore should HBO find another creative mind with promising ideas like the former showrunner.

This isn't the first time Lindelof expressed a disinterest in returning as showrunner for a potential Watchmen season 2, having previously given his blessing to any showrunner who may have an idea to continue the show should HBO renew it. The creator of Watchmen, Alan Moore, didn’t want anybody to ever do anything with it, but things being what they are in the age of IP, or intellectual property, it was just a matter of time before somebody did, and I couldn’t stomach the idea that somebody else was going to work on Watchmen and I would be jealous that I didn’t work on it, or that it wasn’t any good, so I felt like if I’m going to be angry, at least I should take a stab at it.īut it was really important that it retain the character of the original Watchmen, which was that it had a beginning, middle and end, and so while I think the story could potentially go in new and exciting places, I don’t think that I should be working on any more Watchmen, because this is a car that you should get to drive, but it doesn’t belong to you. Watchmen was 12 issues of a comic book when I was growing up in the ‘80s and then they stuck it into something called a graphic novel and that was it, it had a beginning, middle and end, and people kind of left it alone.

When asked about a potential Watchmen season 2, the HBO show creator remained fervent he would not want to return to lead the charge on a continuation, despite wanting to see more of the series itself. Davis, Damon Lindelof caught up with Esquirefor their 'Explain This' series in which the creator is presented with a variety of things from his career and shares insight on them. In order to promote his Peacock series, Mrs.

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