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The Dead Zone is a science fiction thriller novel by Stephen King published in 1979. The story follows Johnny Smith , who awakens from a coma of nearly five years and, apparently as a result of brain damage, now experiences clairvoyant and precognitive visions triggered by touch.
The Dead Zone was initially under production by Lorimar Film Entertainment. After King's novel The Dead Zone was released in 1979, Lorimar Film Entertainment began developing a film adaptation. Producer Carol Baum gave the book to screenwriter Jeffrey Boam and asked him to write a screenplay.
In the movie adaptation starring Walken, a "dead zone" is a blind spot that only appears in precognitive visions, representing that the future can be altered. In the TV series starring Hall, the "dead zone" is not his brain damage but instead the previously dormant part of Johnny's brain that awakens and activates his psychic abilities.
The Dead Zone, a 1979 novel by Stephen King The Dead Zone (film) , a 1983 film adaptation of the novel, starring Christopher Walken and directed by David Cronenberg The Dead Zone (TV series) , a television series on USA Network that ran from 2002 through 2007, loosely based on the King novel
The Dead Zone was expected to be renewed for a seventh season, but due to financial concerns and fear of low ratings on the part of the producers, the series was cancelled on a major cliffhanger in December 2007 without a series finale. Syfy was rumored to possibly pick up the series after it was cancelled by USA, but it did not occur. [4]
The Zone of Death is the 50-square-mile (130 km 2) area in the Idaho section of Yellowstone National Park in which, as a result of a reported loophole in the Constitution of the United States, a person may be able to theoretically avoid conviction for any major crime, up to and including murder.