Zachary Quinto-Narrated Audiobook THE DISPATCHER Being Adapted Into TV Series

Zachary Quinto (Star Trek, NOS4A2) has narrated an audiobook for Audible titled The Dispatcher, which is now being adapted into a series for TV. The book was written by John Scalzi, who has signed on to pen the adaptation. Uri Singer, the producer behind Netflix’s feature film adaptation of Don DeLillo’s Underworld, has acquired the rights to the story.

Deadline reports the following synopsis:

“The Dispatcher takes place in Chicago in a distant future in which it becomes almost impossible to murder anyone – 999 times out of a thousand, anyone who is intentionally killed comes back. The ongoing series follows Tony Valdez, a Dispatcher – a licensed, bonded professional whose job is to humanely dispatch those about to die, so they can have a second chance to avoid the reaper. He teams up with Chicago PD detective, Nona Langdon, to help save those at death’s crosshairs and solve the crimes that put them there.”

This sounds like a super interesting and original story, and I am interested in checking it out. I don’t know anything about the main character yet, but if Quinto was entrusted in voicing him, maybe they would consider casting him in the lead role as well. I’m a big fan of Quinto, so I’d be stoked if it worked out that way. Regardless, I’ll be watching this series when it debuts. Stay tuned for the updates on The Dispatcher.