Nothing Ever Ends, goes the famousWatchmentagline.
ButHBOsWatchmenseries might end sooner than fans expected.
Theres always going to be space for moreWatchmen.
Boris Martin/HBO
I feel like this world is so expansive hopefully more expansive now than it was before.
When I first spoke to HBO about [Watchmen], I used examples likeTrue DetectiveandFargo, Lindelof continued.
True Detectiveis a franchise, it has a feel and a tone.
Mark Hill/HBO
Does it need to have Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in it to call itselfTrue Detective?
Its bigger than that.
How is this going to feel like its the originalFargo?
And lo and behold, thats exactly what it was.
I dont have either of those things right now.
It doesnt mean that they wont come at some future point.
I just finished the show four weeks ago.
My antenna is up, but its like only getting static.
Thats kind of where my heads at.
Thats an HBO/Warner Bros. question, Lindelof replied.
Thats a good question.
Contractually speaking, I dont think its come up yet.
I dont know what the rules of the hold are.
Its not like the days ofLostwhere its, Sorry Matthew Fox, youre on lockdown for six years.
As for the writers … theyve gone on to other things.
But maybe Im naive about that.
(Sources say the deals with the shows top actors were made for an ongoing series).
Still, Lindelof answered many of our remaining post-finale burning questions (such as spoiler alertWhat about Lube Man?
And why did Dr. Manhattan allow himself to be killed?)
and you canread all his answers here.
