HBO is working on a new television adaptation of V for Vendetta, the iconic dystopian story originally created by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, according to Variety‘s exclusive report.
The upcoming series is being written by Pete Jackson, with James Gunn and Peter Safran from DC Studios among the executive producers, alongside Ben Stephenson (Poison Pen) and Leanne Klein (Wall to Wall Media, Warner Bros. Television Studios UK). The show will be produced under the Warner Bros. Television banner.
Set in a totalitarian Britain, V for Vendetta follows a masked anarchist known as V, who seeks to dismantle an oppressive regime with the help of Evey Hammond, a young woman he rescues from the authorities.
If it moves forward, the project will join HBO’s growing slate of DC series, following The Penguin and the upcoming Lanterns.
Jackson, who previously earned a BAFTA nomination for his work on Channel 4’s Somewhere Boy, is also behind The Death of Bunny Munro, an upcoming Sky Atlantic production starring Matt Smith.
The original 2005 film adaptation, directed by James McTeigue and written by the Wachowskis, starred Hugo Weaving and Natalie Portman and grossed over $130 million worldwide. The movie will be re-released in theaters in November 2026 to mark its 20th anniversary.
