![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Given the very different scales of the two productions, doing a one-to-one comparison of the Dead Zone television show and the David Cronenberg movie is not practical. (Image credit: Lionsgate Television) How The Dead Zone TV Series Differs From David Cronenberg’s Movie It was created with the idea of taking a single narrative from the book – the search for the killer known as the Castle Rock Strangler – and morphing it as a season-long arc, but the industry was trending away from serial shows (crazy to think about now) and UPN put the idea on the backburner before putting it up for sale. Given the episodic-like structure of the novel, it made sense as source material for a show, and after getting the greenlight Segan brought on writer and Star Trek veteran Michael Piller – who was ultimately credited as creator and showrunner along with his son, Shawn Piller.Īfter The Breakfast Club star Anthony Michael Hall was brought aboard to star as Johnny Smith, a pilot was shot… but it didn’t exactly grease the tracks to an on-going commitment as hoped. According to Scott Von Doviak’s Stephen King Films FAQ, producer Lloyd Segan pitched executives at the Paramount-owned UPN network on the idea of turning The Dead Zone into a TV series – the company already owning the rights to the book, having produced David Cronenberg’s 1983 feature adaptation. ![]()
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