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HBO’s Watchmen has been officially ordered to series, but that doesn’t mean there’s a lot of information out there about this mysterious project. This show, like justice, has gone hooded – its identity remains a well-kept secret.

However, a few new details have come to light. We knew that Oscar-winner Jeremy Irons had joined the cast, but /Film has learned that he is playing none other than the older version of Adrian Veidt, aka Ozymandias, a key character from the original Watchmen comic series. In addition, we can exclusively report that Legion and Fargo star Jean Smart has joined the cast of the show as a mysterious FBI agent.

Watchmen is being shepherded to the small screen by Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers), who previously revealed that the series won’t be an adaptation of the iconic comic, but a story set in the same universe decades later.

That time jump means a number of new characters and fresh faces, but it also means possibly catching up with some of the surviving members of the original cast. After all, the original Watchmen (both the comic and Zack Snyder’s film adaptation) concluded with virtually every surviving character compromised, forced to keep a devastating secret or risk the end of the world.

The original story is set in the 80s, so this will likely be a pick-up in modern times.

Exclusive: Jeremy Irons is Older Ozymandias in the ‘Watchmen’ TV Series, Jean Smart Joins the Cast as an FBI Agent