Earlier this year saw it announced that Damon Lindelof was developing a Watchmen TV series, and now comes word on when the pilot episode will start filming.

As revealed by ThatHashtagShow, the pilot is due to start shooting in March 2018. At this stage, HBO has ordered a pilot episode for the small-screen adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ famed graphic novel – obviously with the hope of moving forward with a full series order should the pilot be up to scratch.

Watchmen began life back in 1986 as a 12-issue miniseries, soon going on to become a hugely acclaimed classic and a tale regularly cited as one of the greatest comic book/graphic novel stories of all time. A big screen adaptation finally happened in 2009, with Zack Snyder directing a huge blockbuster starring the likes of Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Expect more on this Watchmen series as it continues to develop.