HBO’s superhero series Watchmen, which filmed scenes at Penrhyn Castle in Bangor, leads the way at this year’s Emmy Awards, with 26 nominations overall.
The nominations include Outstanding Limited Series and acting awards for Regina King and Jeremy Irons.
King was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie, and Irons was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in the same category.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jovan Adepo and Louis Gossett Jr. were nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series, while Jean Smart was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress.
The show also got three nominations for directing, three for single-camera editing and two for cinematography. Other Watchmen nominations include title design, original score, original music, sound editing, visual effects, production design, casting and costumes.
Watchmen is an American superhero drama limited television series that continues the 1986 DC Comics series Watchmen, created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. The TV series was created for HBO by Damon Lindelof, who also served as an executive producer and writer.
Filming took place at Penrhyn Castle for a month in September 2018, when the house and gardens were transformed into a ‘major film set’ for the first time.
Jeremy Irons, who plays Adrian Alexander Veidt a.k.a. Ozymandias, a main character in Watchmen series, was seen several times in the area during the month long filming in Bangor
The cast of Watchmen also includes Regina King, Don Johnson, Jean Smart, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Hong Chau, Andrew Howard, Tom Mison, Frances Fisher, Jacob Ming-Trent, Sara Vickers, Dylan Schombing, and James Wolk.
Watchmen is HBO’s first attempt at superheroes and it looks to be a slick, modern adaptation of the classic comic version, rather than the 2009 movie. Courtesy of Damon Lindelof, the series appears to be an enthralling mixture of new and old with quotes familiar to fans of the original comic.
The series is set in America in an alternate contemporary reality, with no internet or smart phones, 34 years after the story in the comic book finished. Superheroes and masked vigilantes were outlawed due to their violent methods, but some of them gather around to start a revolution while others attempt to stop it.
The 72nd Emmy Awards are scheduled for Sept. 20 on ABC, with Jimmy Kimmel hosting.
