The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television. Louis Leterrier will direct the first four episodes. Dark Matter is about the choices we make, the paths not taken, and how far we will go to claim the lives we dream of. A brilliantly plotted tale with twists and turns that are at once sweeping and intimate, wildly strange and profoundly human. Matt Tolmach and David Manpearl of Matt Tolmach Productions will also executive, with Tolmach having set up the series at Apple. Dark Matter is author Blake Crouch’s exploration on the nature of identity. Edgerton will executive produce in addition to starring. In this labyrinth of mind-bending realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.Ĭrouch is adapting the book for the screen and will also serve as executive producer and showrunner. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the multiverse of lives he could have lived. The nine-episode series will follow Jason Dessen (Edgerton), a physicist, professor, and family man who – one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago – is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Apple is adapting the Blake Crouch novel “Dark Matter” as a series with Joel Edgerton set to star, Variety has learned.
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