![]() ![]() ![]() 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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