6) Jumper
The Movie: Who remembers Jumper, the 2008 movie starring a post-Anakin Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell and Samuel L. Jackson? Only some of you? Well, that’s fair enough as, though, the movie did decent business at the box office, critics weren’t kind and it was mostly forgotten.
That’s a shame, though, as it sported a great premise. Christensen stars as David, a young man living the high life thanks to his knack for teleportation. Unfortunately for him, though, an evil secret society – The Paladins, led by Jackson – are out to exterminate the world’s “Jumpers.”
The TV Show: Part of the problem with the film was that the central idea was probably better suited to a TV series in the first place. For instance, there is a lot of mythology about the Jumpers and the Paladins that mostly gets lost in the breakneck pacing of the movie. In a TV series, this would have ample time to be explored. Director Doug Liman has also previously talked about his fascinating ideas for the abandoned sequel – which would have revealed that Jumpers can teleport into outer space and through time as well.
For TV, the concept could become Jumpers – based around a team of teleporters on the run from the Paladins, perhaps with different areas of expertise. Sounds kind of awesome, doesn’t it?
Published: Oct 17, 2016 01:03 pm