Overview
- HBO passed on the script Pete Jackson delivered for the V for Vendetta TV reboot, a development first reported by Jeff Sneider's The InSneider on Thursday.
- Sources say Jackson's draft was a period piece that leaned on the original Thatcher-era setting while HBO had wanted a modern reimagining, which contributed to the network declining the script.
- An anonymous HBO insider told Sneider the property could still be redeveloped with a different writer, but the current Jackson-led iteration is stalled and has no official comment from HBO or DC.
- Industry pressures cited in coverage include the recent commercial underperformance of DC projects such as Supergirl and the pending Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount merger, factors that could reprioritize which adaptations move forward.
- V for Vendetta is based on the Alan Moore and David Lloyd graphic novel and was adapted into a 2005 film; Moore's longstanding refusal of screen credit or payment and fan expectations for any new take complicate future development plans.