November 24, 2022: A Dark Matter update of sorts!

Had a chat with Jay Firestone (President of Prodigy Pictures) about Dark Matter the other day.  The show has moved off Netflix and over to CW Seed which has the potential to be a very good thing – provided enough viewers check it out.  In an unlikely best case scenario, the show gets so many eyes on the platform that CW approaches us about more Dark Matter.  I still pretty good scenario would see moderate enough traffic coming to the platform to check out the show that, if and when the time comes and the network is approached about more Dark Matter, they may actually be receptive to the idea.  There are a couple of IF’s there, but the situation is certainly a lot more promising today than it was this time last year.

Of course the big question is IF we do get the go-ahead for more Dark Matter, what form would it take?  A full season would be unlikely – but ideal.  A wrap-up movie would be a stronger possibility.  Not my first choice, but I’d take it.  No, my first choice would be a 6-8 episode miniseries that would allow me to cover the alien invasion arc planned for the show’s fourth season.  And, if that miniseries does well, maybe we’d get a second that would, in turn, allow me to cover the android rebellion arc planned for the show’s fifth and final season.  In all of the aforementioned cases, rather than picking up the series were we left off, I’d look to do a 5 Years Later/Getting the Band Back Together storyline.  I do have a few ideas.

At this point, I wouldn’t say it looks promising – but it certainly looks interesting.  So, if you’re in the U.S. head on over to CW Seed and stream Dark Matter.  Let’s see if we can nudge things along.

But even in the event we can’t offer closure in the form of a movie, miniseries. or full season (or two), there are a couple of other options we discussed.

The first, and perhaps simplest, would be Dark Matter coming back in comic book form.  Appropriate given that the series actually launched as a comic book before its adaptation to the small screen.  I do like this idea in that it offers a creatively expansive alternative to completing our journey, one unconstrained by budgetary concerns or production realities.  Surprisingly, this wasn’t truly an option before, but it is now.

Another option which was floated – that was mentioned before but I never really warmed to – was the possibility of going the audio drama route for somewhere like Spotify.  In an ideal scenario, we would bring the entire cast back to reprise their roles.  In this case, we would be able to pick up our story directly on the heels of the season 3 cliffhanger.

Anyway, that’s the update.  No firm news but, suddenly, a few possibilities.

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