{"id":223110,"date":"2024-04-12T03:59:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T03:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/apple-tvs-dark-matter-series-takes-on-one-of-blake-crouchs-best-books\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:18:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:18:45","slug":"apple-tvs-dark-matter-series-takes-on-one-of-blake-crouchs-best-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/apple-tvs-dark-matter-series-takes-on-one-of-blake-crouchs-best-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple TV+&#8217;s Dark Matter series takes on one of Blake Crouch&#8217;s best books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Apple just dropped a trailer for another of its never-ending cavalcade of sci-fi shows. <em>Dark Matter<\/em> stars Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly. It also happens to be based on a fantastic book by author Blake Crouch, which <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/holiday-gifts-best-books-movies-music-of-the-year-130030165.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:we recommended in 2021 after publication;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">we recommended in 2021 after publication<\/a>. The show premieres on May 8 with two episodes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-iframe-wrapper\" data-embed-anchor=\"344417de-0099-5888-969b-dd0d93a3d0de\">\n<div class=\"caas-iframe youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\" data-type=\"youtube\">\n<blockquote data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j6ucGt_Xp14?si=kjmR32ldprb3T8KU\"><p><noscript><iframe title=\"Dark Matter \u2014 Official Trailer | Apple TV+\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j6ucGt_Xp14?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I\u2019ve read the book, and love it, but there will be no real spoilers here. <em>Dark Matter<\/em> follows a physicist as he gets involved with some serious sci-fi shenanigans. The trailer gives a bit of the plot away, enough to understand that these particular sci-fi shenanigans are of the multiversal variety. Again, the book is a rip-roaring page turner, so the show should follow suit. The rest of the cast includes Jimmi Simpson, Alice Braga, Dayo Okeniyi and Oakes Fegley.<\/p>\n<p>Crouch is actually the showrunner here, which is a first for the author. This isn\u2019t, however, the first TV show based on one of his books. <em>Wayward Pines<\/em> ran on Fox for two seasons and was based on a series of novels. <em>Good Behavior<\/em>, also pulled from a book series, aired on TNT back in 2016. The writer has penned a bunch of novels that haven\u2019t been turned into TV shows. We heartily recommend <em>Upgrade<\/em>, which made our list of the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/what-we-bought-our-favorite-books-of-2022-141533279.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:best books of 2022;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">best books of 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dark Matter<\/em> joins an absolutely stacked collection of sci-fi shows on Apple TV+. There are the heavy hitters like <em>Severance<\/em>, <em>For All Mankind<\/em> and <em>Silo<\/em>, but also a bunch of lesser-known programs like <em>Invasion<\/em> and the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/apple-just-dropped-a-mysterious-trailer-for-its-latest-sci-fi-series-constellation-164245481.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:recently-released Constellation;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">recently-released <em>Constellation<\/em><\/a>. I\u2019m not done. <em>Monarch: Legacy of Monsters<\/em> <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/apples-monarch-legacy-of-monsters-trailer-pits-kurt-russell-against-godzilla-154145455.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:put Kurt Russell up against Godzilla;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">put Kurt Russell up against Godzilla<\/a> and <em>Hello Tomorrow<\/em> is set in a retro-future wonderland. I\u2019m still not done. <em>See<\/em>, <em>Schmigadoon<\/em> and <em>The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey<\/em> all have sci-fi elements. Finally, there\u2019s that fantasy show about an American college football coach who <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ted-lasso-season-three-preview-080056592.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:somehow becomes a soccer sensation;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">somehow becomes a soccer sensation<\/a> in the UK without actually knowing anything about the sport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/apple-tvs-dark-matter-series-takes-on-one-of-blake-crouchs-best-books-174636542.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Apple just dropped a trailer for another of its never-ending cavalcade of sci-fi shows. Dark Matter stars Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly. 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