If you watched sci-fi thriller Source Code this year and thought it seemed similar to the likes of cult telly series Quantum Leap, you might be wondering why producer Mark Gordon thinks that Code needs to make the jump to the small screen. But that’s exactly his plan, selling a weekly outing for the movie’s technology to US network CBS.
There’ll be a slight twist in the action this time around, of course, since Jake Gyllenhaal’s Colter Stevens won’t be appearing. Instead, the weekly series will follow three former federal agents recruited for a top-secret program. But their mission will be very similar: jumping into the consciousness of people involved in tragic events in the hopes of preventing them.
If you’ve yet to see the film, you’ll want to skip the following paragraph because of spoilers. We’ll meet you at the next one… Still with us? We doubt that the three leads will be in the same condition as Stevens, what with him turning out to be brown bread (or at least damn near close to it) all along.
Welcome back, spoilerphobes! Right now, it’ll likely have to go to the pilot stage with Lie to Me/Lost veteran Steve Maeda hired to write the script. Director Duncan Jones has already tweeted that he’s not involved, but given Gordon’s track record on the small screen (he’s helped shepherd the likes of Criminal Minds and Grey’s Anatomy), we’re sure it has a shot. And even though it does feel like a new take on Dr Sam Beckett’s adventures or the lesser-known and shorter-lived series Seven Days, there’s always room for more decent sci-fi on TV.