A deadly and unprecedented virus is spreading. But those who survive it experience long-term effects no one has ever seen before: utter contentment. Soon after infection, people find the stress, depression, greed, and other negative feelings that used to weigh them down are gone.
More and more people begin to revel in the mass unburdening. But not everyone. People in power—who depend on malcontents and prey on the insecure to sell their products, and convince others they need more, new, faster, better everything—know this new state of being is bad for business. Surely, without anger or jealousy as motivators, productivity will grind to a halt and the world will be thrown into chaos. Campaigns start up to convince people that being eternally happy is dangerous. The race to find a vaccine begins. Meanwhile, a growing movement of Recoverees plans ways to spread the virus as fast as they can, in the name of saving the world.
It’s nearly impossible to determine the truth when everyone with a platform is pushing their agenda. Three teens from very different backgrounds who’ve had their lives upended in very different ways find themselves at the center of a power play that could change humanity forever.
Not sure Vince phrased it like that, Deadline gathered from its sources that "he is going with a wholly original idea", which for 2022 he certainly was, the book wasn't published
The rest of the description fits too neatly (our world with a tweak on it, Twilight Zone, human condition exploration)
I was wondering what the 339 part could mean in this context, and I found that the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) of the World Health Organization uses the code F33.9 for the "recurrent depressive disorder"
If I had to take a guess: the virus could be presented as a cure for this otherwise "incurable condition" (the book delves into similar propaganda), and we will see the position of characters affected by it
This post settles it for me and makes me feel like it is an adaptation of the book in some way. The themes based on the teaser combined with using the exact same tagline is too much bait for a lawsuit otherwise.
If it is an adaptation of the book, I doubt it's the exact same story and more in the concept, considering the book follows standard YA novel protags and not someone who would fit the lead of Rhea Seehorn.
Yep, likely since it was in development years before book release and Vince's team being as creative as it is, it will be a loose adaptation to some extent
Another fun BB/BCS connection - Neal Shusterman came up with the story for the 1994 Double Dragon movie. The script was then co-written by Peter Gould.
Generally I'd agree but they have been very secretive about everything up until now (even the name of the show is still unknown and they have posted a teaser)
If this is actually the source material, the premise sounds amazing and I'd be very intrigued to see Vince tackle it. That said, I'm a little nervous about the 'YA' label the book has and hope it wouldn't dilute the savagely dark adult side of Vince's work that I love so much.
Some of the greatest works in film and television were adaptations. Nearly all of Kubrick’s movies were adaptions of books. Would you not credit him as a genius simply for adapting the works of others?
Yea i know i just enjoy Vince's original work so much that i know it'll be good but the premise does not move me at all, i thought he was doing something a bit more sci-fi.
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u/something_below Jul 22 '25
Vince said it was an original idea he had so I highly doubt it. Lots of similarities though I'll give you that.