Mike Wuerthele
Apple has reportedly made a deal to bring Blake Crouch's "Dark Matter" to Apple TV+, with the author said to be doing the adaptation.
The move comes after a long period of pre-production at Sony, following a $1.25 million production deal with Sony in 2014. The property appears to be shaping up to be more of a series, rather than a feature film.
Other personalities associated with "Dark Matter" are Matt Tolmach and David Manpearl of Matt Tolmach Productions. Tolmach previousy produced "Jumanji," plus Hulu series "Future Man."
"Dark Matter" is a "high-concept sci-fi thriller int the vein of "Memento" and "Looper" says Collider who first broke news of the deal. Roland Emmerich was once attached to the project, but it isn't clear if he is still.
When asked to describe the premise of "Dark Matter," Crouch himself described the book as a cross-genre book, rooted in science fiction, and alternate realities.
A brilliant physicist named Jason Dessen is living in Chicago with his wife, Daniela, and son, Charlie. He is a true genius, and while there was a point in his late twenties when his research could have made him a star in his field, he instead chose a family-focused life. One night, while walking home, he's abducted by a mysterious masked man and injected with a drug. When he next awakes, his world has completely changed. He's no longer married, doesn't have a son, and has achieved professional success beyond his wildest dreams. This sets him on a thrilling, mysterious, and at times terrifying journey to learn what has happened to him, and to find his way home to the people and the life he loves.
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Great book, very much enjoyed this (much better than his Wayward Pines series). Done right, it'll make a great series.
Loved the book. Wife read it based on my enthusiastic recommendation, and loved it too. I'd love to see Crouch's "Recursion" made into a series, as it was excellent too. Here's hoping they do a good job with the material.
Novels are nearly always better as a streamed series of about 7-10 episodes. Subsequent series work if there are consistent follow up novels in a coherent story arc.
They can turn lame though if there is no story arc and the streaming services tries to further monetise it by a second series where they are just making shit up.
I rather Apple TV pickup the 4th Stargate TV project that been in the works for 12+ years and still not found a home! Stargate SG-1 ran for 10 seasons and was going strong when Si-Fy channel canceled it! Stargate Atlantis was a hit to and ran for 4 seasons. At least Stargate series has a built in audience of tens of millions of fans.
Sounds like this is unrelated to the Dark Matter series on SyFy a few years ago then? That won't be confusing... lol