‘V for Vendetta’ TV Series in the Works at HBO (EXCLUSIVE)

A “V for Vendetta” TV series is currently in development at HBO, Variety has learned exclusively.

According to sources, Pete Jackson is attached to write the series adaptation. James Gunn and Peter Safran of DC Studios will executive produce, as will Ben Stephenson via Poison Pen and Leanne Klein of Wall to Wall Media, which is part of Warner Bros. Television Studios UK. Warner Bros. Television will produce.

Jackson previously wrote the Channel 4 series “Somewhere Boy,” which aired in 2022. He was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for writing for a drama series for that show, while he also shared in its nomination for best drama series. He is also the writer behind the upcoming Sky Atlantic series “The Death of Bunny Munro” starring Matt Smith, which is based on the book of the same name by Nick Cave.

He is repped by UTA.

Channel 4 had attempted to develop a “V for Vendetta” TV series, but it ultimately did not move forward. The HBO Max/Epix DC series “Pennyworth,” which followed Bruce Wayne’s famous butler Alfred during his life in 1960s London, was also meant to serve as a prequel to “V for Vendetta,” though it was canceled after three seasons before that storyline could be fully fleshed out.