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V for Vendetta is a British graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd (with additional art by Tony Weare). Initially published between 1982 and 1985 in black and white as an ongoing serial in the British anthology Warrior, its serialisation was completed in 1988–89 in a ten-issue colour limited series published by DC ...
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V for Vendetta is a 2005 dystopian political action film directed by James McTeigue (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by the Wachowskis. [a] It is based on the 1988–89 DC Vertigo Comics limited series of the same title by Alan Moore, David Lloyd, and Tony Weare.
V for Vendetta: Directed by James McTeigue. With Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry. In a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.
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In the near future, England, emerging out of the anarchy of the latest world war, has become an authoritarian fascist police state, while the once powerful United States is still mired in that anarchy.
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- The graphic novel was inspired by Margaret Thatcher. “Our attitude toward Margaret Thatcher’s ultra-conservative government was one of the driving forces behind the fascist British police state we created in Vendetta,” illustrator David Lloyd explained of his and Moore’s original story for V for Vendetta, which was written in the early 1980s.
- The writer of Road House got the first crack at adapting the story. Hilary Henkin (Road House, Romeo is Bleeding) wrote an early adaptation of the graphic novel, which was singled out as one of Hollywood's best unproduced scripts in a 1993 Los Angeles Times article.
- The Wachowskis wrote a script for V For Vendetta before they worked on The Matrix trilogy. Lana and Lilly Wachowski acquired the rights to V for Vendetta in the mid-1990s, then promptly wrote their own screenplay.
- V for Vendetta marked James McTeigue's directorial debut. James McTeigue was first assistant director on the Matrix movies, as well as on Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), and was picked by the Wachowskis to take charge.
Feb 22, 2022 · Alan Moore and David Lloyd began the "V For Vendetta" graphic novel in 1982. Published in short chapters in a British anthology, it features the dark, fascist future of 1997 England after a...
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When V saves a young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) from the secret police, he discovers an ally in his fight against England's oppressors. Watch V for Vendetta with a subscription on Prime...
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