Editing V for Vendetta (section)

===Television===
{{main|Pennyworth (TV series)}}
On 4 October 2017, it was announced that [[Channel 4]] was developing a television series based on the ''V for Vendetta'' comic book, which ultimately entered [[development hell]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Rich|title=SCOOP: Channel 4 Developing A {{'}}''V For Vendetta''{{'}} TV Series|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/10/04/scoop-channel-4-v-for-vendetta-tv-series|website=[[Bleeding Cool|BleedingCool.com]]|date=4 October 2017|access-date=4 October 2017|archive-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005051453/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/10/04/scoop-channel-4-v-for-vendetta-tv-series/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 29 July 2019, the day following the [[series premiere]] of ''[[Pennyworth (TV series)|Pennyworth]]'', previously presented ostensibly as solely a direct [[prequel]] to [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] series ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'' (2014–2019),<ref>{{cite web|title=New "''Pennyworth''" Series Confirmed Same Universe as "''Gotham''"|url=https://bleedingcool.com/tv/new-pennyworth-series-confirmed-same-universe-as-gotham|work=[[Bleeding Cool]]|last=Kade|first=Leigh|date=19 July 2019|access-date=19 July 2019|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101075525/https://bleedingcool.com/tv/new-pennyworth-series-confirmed-same-universe-as-gotham/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzkjsG0UYSg|title=Pennyworth ''Season Two Cast & Producer Interview – EPIX''|date=12 October 2020|last=Heller|first=Bruno|author-link=Bruno Heller|access-date=12 October 2020|via=[[YouTube]]|work=Popverse|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012090737/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzkjsG0UYSg&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> series co-showrunner [[Danny Cannon]] confirmed that ''Pennyworth'' would also serve as a loose [[prequel]] to ''V for Vendetta'', with the [[Alternate history|British Civil War]] depicted in the series' [[Pennyworth (season 1)|first season]] eventually leading to the formation of the [[Norsefire]] government of ''V for Vendetta'',<ref name="V">{{cite web|last=Gomez|first=Manny|title=EPIX'S ''Pennyworth'': Setting Up 60's DC London And The Road To ''V For Vendetta'' – SDCC2019|url=https://lrmonline.com/news/epixs-pennyworth-setting-up-60s-dc-london-and-the-road-to-v-for-vendetta-sdcc2019|work=LRMonline|date=29 July 2019|access-date=29 July 2019|quote="The arcing story this season is about a civil war that is brewing, and that came from a conversation from myself and [[Bruno Heller|Bruno {{no italic|[}}Heller{{no italic|]}}]] where we were considering doing ''V for Vendetta'', we were like "that is much a very 80s 90s kind of show, what would it be in the 60s?’ What kind of world would be have to create, like in ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'' there would eventually be Batman in this there would eventually be ''V for Vendetta'' {{no italic|[}}[[Norsefire]] and [[V (character)|V]]{{no italic|]}}. So we took that brewing civil war as a stepping stone". – [[Danny Cannon]]|archive-date=11 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811204201/https://lrmonline.com/news/epixs-pennyworth-setting-up-60s-dc-london-and-the-road-to-v-for-vendetta-sdcc2019/|url-status=live}}</ref> a sentiment echoed by co-showrunner [[Bruno Heller]] on 11 December 2020, on the day of the [[Pennyworth (season 2)|second season]] premiere,<ref name="CBR">{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZYpfXsWIJ8|title=''(Video)'' Pennyworth'': Bruno Heller Talks Season 2,'' V For Vendetta'', & The War That Breaks London''|date=11 December 2020|last=Heller|first=Bruno|author-link=Bruno Heller|access-date=11 December 2020|via=[[YouTube]]|work=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR Presents]]|quote=The ''V For Vendetta'' world conceptually – it's [like] where this world may or may not end up. What [''V for Vendetta'' creators [[Alan Moore]], David Lloyd and [[Tony Weare]]{{no italic|]}} did so well was to create a {{no italic|[}}[[Fascism|Fascist]]{{no italic|]}} version of England that felt like England. It wasn't [[Nazi Germany]] imposed on that world. It was very much the parochial, familiar world of England transformed into something dark. That's what we've tried to do, and what [Cannon] did so brilliantly with the visuals, particularly in this season. It's England with this shadow across its face." – [[Bruno Heller]]|archive-date=14 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214004157/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZYpfXsWIJ8|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CBR2">{{cite web|last=Zachary|first=Brandon|title=(Article) ''Pennyworth'': Bruno Heller Talks Season 2, ''V For Vendetta'', & The War That Breaks London|url=https://www.cbr.com/pennyworth-bruno-heller-season-2-v-for-vendetta|work=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=13 December 2020|access-date=13 December 2020|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213234123/https://www.cbr.com/pennyworth-bruno-heller-season-2-v-for-vendetta/|url-status=live}}</ref> and again on 5 February 2021, in the lead-up to the [[Hiatus (television)|mid-season premiere]].<ref name="SciFiNow">{{cite web|last=Harper|first=Rachael|title=''Pennyworth'' Season Two Secrets: What's It All About, Alfie?|url=https://www.scifinow.co.uk/interviews/pennyworth-season-two-secrets-whats-it-all-about-alfie|work=[[SciFiNow]]|date=5 February 2021|access-date=5 February 2021|url-status=live|quote=One of the few stories that have been told in this kind of world is ''V For Vendetta'' [and] conceptually, this {{no italic|[}}[[civil war]] is a] [[prequel]] to ''V For Vendetta''. God, I wouldn't hold us up against [[Alan Moore]], but with comic books you have to find a throughline, and that's very political [for ''Pennyworth''].|archive-date=20 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020033318/https://www.scifinow.co.uk/interviews/pennyworth-season-two-secrets-whats-it-all-about-alfie/}} Quoting [[Bruno Heller]].</ref> Characters wearing [[V (character)|V]]'s [[Guy Fawkes mask]] were later introduced in the series' 2022 [[Pennyworth (season 3)|third season]], set five years after the first two seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/trailer-for-season-3-pennyworth-wild-comic-book-cameo-1849511853|title=Trailer for the third season of ''Pennyworth'' has a truly confounding comic book cameo|first=Sam|last=Barsanti|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=8 September 2022|access-date=8 September 2022|archive-date=8 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908164530/https://www.avclub.com/trailer-for-season-3-pennyworth-wild-comic-book-cameo-1849511853|url-status=live}}</ref>