Stephen King’s THE JAUNT to Teleport Terror To Your TV
Mike Sprague
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Dave Erickson (Fear the Walking Dead) will adapt Stephen King’s The Jaunt into a TV series. No word on when or where it will hit – or when production will begin.
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Elise Henderson, President of MRC Television, shared in a statement: “We’ve long admired Dave’s visionary creative work and are thrilled to welcome him to MRC. A true master of his craft, he’s the ideal partner to build upon the work of Stephen King, and create and develop more originals as the studio continues to expand.”
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The Jaunt was first featured in The Twilight Zone Magazine. Then part of King’s Skeleton Crew. The story takes place in the future where we’ve developed a form of instantaneous teleportation called “the Jaunt”. A man and his family are transferring to a new posting on Mars. They prepare to be “jaunted”, and dad tells the kids a tale of the discovery and history of teleportation. After he finishes his story, the family ingest sleeping gas and jaunt to Mars. Terror ensues.
The term “Jaunting” is an homage to Alfred Bester’s The Stars My Destination.
Have you read King’s short story?
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