Are There Any TV Series Based On Scalzi Author'S Books?

As a big fan of John Scalzi's science fiction universe, my friends and I debate which book-to-TV adaptations really captured his humor and social themes.
2025-05-29 03:08:31
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Scott Larson
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The works of John Scalzi have been adapted into a few things (audio drama for The Dispatcher and a film in development for Old Man’s War) but as yet, no TV series has been aired. There’s certainly plenty of hope for those of us who love science fiction on TV, though. Meanwhile, I’ve been gorging on Savage Sons MC Books 1-5, a connected series of gritty, motorcycle club romance novels. These novels follow the whole saga of the members of a motorcycle club as they grapple with issues of loyalty and face high-stakes drama, all in a single, complete set of books. They offer a great, character-driven, episodic read in book form.
2026-07-21
Bella
Bella
Scalzi’s books are begging to be made into films. The audio drama of “The Dispatcher” was great, a fantastic story which translated well to an episodic structure. I think “Old Man’s War” would make a great TV show, with wonderful visuals and great dialogue. I also heard that “Redshirts” is currently in the works to be optioned, which would be wonderful for a fan of meta, quirky sci-fi such as myself.
2025-05-31
Kiera
Kiera
John Scalzi wrote the short story “The Dispatcher,” which was adapted into an Audible Original drama. It’s a really great audio drama that follows the story quite closely and captures the author’s usual blend of science fiction and humor.

The other long-in-development work by Scalzi is an adaptation of his novel Old Man’s War. The scope of this work is so epic, the number of philosophical issues that it raises so deep and so various, that it could form the basis of a wholly new and different sort of science fiction television series. And then there’s Redshirts. While it’s not as obviously aimed-at-television as The Dispatcher, Scalzi has said that his “novel about a group of meteor-ishally destined-to-die-in-action heroes at a Star Trek-like universe’s antithesis” was “written to be sort of, fairly easily, a TV show,” with lots of dialogue and a strongly visual story. So it would not be surprising to find his other novels adapted for the small screen as well.
2025-06-02
Jack
Jack
Science fiction author John Scalzi has written so much great source material for visual and narrative purposes that it’s a wonder none of it has been adapted yet. As an audio drama, his new short work “The Dispatcher” is brilliant, but I’d love to see “Old Man’s War” made into a big, expensive television series, bringing all that action, and humor, and heart to the small screen. And “Redshirts” is just so much fun as a send-up of all science fiction’s clichés. Here’s hoping someone in Hollywood gets on that soon.
2025-06-02
Malcolm
Malcolm
Yes, TV adaptations of John Scalzi’s books are currently in development. The Audible original drama The Dispatcher is already complete, and there are TV adaptations in development for Old Man’s War as well as other works by Scalzi, including a potential series based on his novel Redshirts. The sharp writing and fully-realized worlds of Scalzi’s fiction would translate very well to TV as a series.
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