Jake Dela Cruz asked David Wong:

So with Futuristic Violence getting picked up, are you hoping for the same for the JDaTE series? And if that theoretically happens, would there be any changes you'd like to make to the stories? Or do you feel that they're perfect as they are?

David Wong Well, the property exists out there to be picked up, of course - in the case of JDATE the TV rights are with Don, not me. But if it were to get picked up - if a network was willing to take a risk on something that R-rated and decided it wasn't too similar to other "dudes fight ghosts" shows, they surely wouldn't be thinking in terms of just playing out the events of the book. You're setting it up as a story that can go on indefinitely, with a core group of cast members (where in the novels, characters often come and go). Like I could easily see them keeping the plot of the book for a pilot episode, but from then on it'd be up to their writers' room to decide where they want to take it next. But also remember, TV gets altered in the process, too - I could easily imagine them in a room of executives saying, "We like it, but we want the two leads to be a guy and a girl" or "we want this to take place in New York." And it could turn out great! I'm not a creative supergenius or anything, it could turn out their version is way better.

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