There's a JUMPER Series in Development With Jamie Bell Reprising His Role from the Film

Remember that 2008 sci-fi movie Jumper? It told the story of certain individuals would have the ability to transport themselves any place they can imagine. it starred Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, and Jamie Bell. It was a fun movie, but I've never had the urge to watch it again.

That series is now being turned into a TV series and Jamie Bell is coming on board to help develop it and reprise his role from the film. Doctor Who's writer and director Julian Simpson is also involved with the development of the project, which is set up at Lionsgate and New Regency.

There are no details on why the story for the series would entail, but I imagine it will continue the story of Bell's character if he's reprising his role. There is a series of novels that have been written by Steven Gould, so there's plenty of source material to pull from.

This wouldn't be the first time that there has been an attempt to adapt Jumper into a series. Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) was attached to direct for YouTube Red that would have focused on the third book in the series. I assume that project is dead if this separate series is now in development. Who knows, though, maybe we'll end up with two Jumper series.

Even though the movie was pretty forgettable, I still think that this could be a solid series if done right.

Source: Deadline