Sci-fi's track record on TV is probably more miss than hit in recent years, but the potential for this novel to work as a TV show really shouldn't be ruled out, especially if the right writer or team of writers took an interest in tackling what could be an incredibly complicated, but equally compelling TV series. Or maybe breaking the story up to focus on a few Jasons, and forcing the viewer to try to figure out which one to root for. But a Dark Matter TV show would not only have time to explore even more realities than what we saw in the book, but it could also explore other Jasons' perspectives, perhaps picking a few alternate Jasons (including Jason-2) to serve as supporting characters. It's impossible to avoid Sliders flashbacks when thinking about a TV show that centers on a guy taking a spin around the multiverse, just trying to get back to his own reality. In the book, Jason visits various alternate realities, and there are others referenced that we don't actually get to experience with him. Dark Matter seems prime to be a TV show, or at the very least, a limited series. It's not just because Blake Crouch's Wayward Pines took the TV route, earning positive reviews. While we wait for updates about the movie, it seems only natural to consider the TV series alternative. ( This section contains book spoilers! If you haven't read the book, consider yourself warned!) Wouldn't Dark Matter be better off as a TV series anyway? The key ingredient would be range, especially when we factor in the many sides of this character. Basically, anyone who can play someone of above average intelligence, who's also kind of down to earth, as Jason is both those things. If they wanted to go a bit older, Josh Duhamel, Idris Elba or Matt Damon would be great picks. If they went with someone in his mid-late thirties, Joseph Gordon-Levitt could be a good option, or maybe Jake Gyllenhaal or Ryan Gosling.

Right now, it appears to be in development limbo.

But hopefully now that the book is out, we'll hear something soon that suggests the project is moving forward. Unfortunately, there have been no recent updates about the plans for the movie. And the place-holder IMDB page for Dark Matter is presently looking pretty bare. There's no mention of Dark Matter on his IMDB page right now, so it's unclear if he's still attached to the project. Tolmach has a number of credits lined up as of Summer 2016, including Spider-Man: Homecoming and the Jumanji 'not-a-reboot' followup starring The Rock. Whether or not that's still the case is unknown. They picked it up based on a 150-page manuscript, and Deadline says that Matt Tolmach was lined up to produce it. Sony Pictures got the jump on the movie rights for the Dark Matter book movie back in 2014, well before the book hit shelves.

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