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The Dispatcher: Zachary Quinto-Narrated Audiobook Set for Series Adapt

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John Scalzi's The Dispatcher started off as an audiobook narrated by Zachary Quinto will be adapted as a television series courtesy of producer Uri Singer. Singer, who previously worked Don DeLillo's Underworld for Netflix for a theatrical adaptation, acquired the rights according to Deadline Hollywood. 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. The audiobook won the Earphones Award Winner from AudioFile Magazine and Best Original Work in the 2017 APA Audie Awards.

The Dispatcher: John Scalzi Audiobook to Be Adapted to TV Series
Zachary Quinto on The Dispatcher. Image courtesy of Audible / Amazon.

The Dispatcher Author John Scalzi and Uri Singer's Previous Works

Scalzi, a former president of the Science and Fiction Fantasy Writers of America, is also known for his works including Redshirts and the Old Man's War series (currently being developed by Netflix). Three of his short stories were adapted as part of Netflix's Love, Death & Robots. He's currently also attached to A24's White Noise for Netflix, based on the Don DeLillo work and directed by Noah Baumbach. Adam Driver, Jodie Turner-Smith, Raffey Cassidy, and Don Cheadle will star. Scalzi serves as executive producer for the indie film Him & Her for Anam Cara Films. The producer was also attached on the 2020 Ethan Hawke-starred biopic Tesla for IFC, which was written and directed by Michael Almereyda and also starred Eve Hewson, Lucy Walters, and Kyle MacLachlan. Also notable was 2017's Marjorie Prime, also written and directed by Almereyda, that starred Geena Davis, Jon Hamm, and Tim Robbins for FilmRise.

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Tom ChangAbout Tom Chang

I'm a follower of pop culture from gaming, comics, sci-fi, fantasy, film, and TV for over 30 years. I grew up reading magazines like Starlog, Mad, and Fangoria. As a writer for over 10 years, Star Wars was the first sci-fi franchise I fell in love with. I'm a nerd-of-all-trades.
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