HBO的剧版《守望者》开始选角：雷吉娜·金(《美国重案》《守望尘世》)、唐·约翰逊(美剧版《迈阿密风云》)、蒂姆·布莱克·尼尔森(《逃狱三王》《无敌浩克》)、小路易斯·格赛特(《军官和绅士》)、阿德莱德·克莱蒙丝(《寂静岭2》《昭雪》)、安德鲁·霍华德(《血仇》)加盟。该剧主创Damon Lindelof刚写了长信给粉丝预警：剧集将是基于原作漫画世界的新原创故事，结合当今时代，会有一些新角色。剧中，“超级英雄”们仍被世界看做法外之徒。
Lindelof说的从这些角色也可知一二：这六名演员的角色尚未官宣，但外媒deadline透露：金饰演的是一个名为Angela Abar的人物，小路易斯·格赛特饰演Old Man，霍华德饰演Red Scare，克莱蒙丝饰演Pirate Jenny。有漫画已知的老角色，也有尚不知来头的新角色。

Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.