Despite the fact that it garnered $225 million worldwide against its $85 million budget at the box office, Liman’s movie was undeniably overshadowed by other far better genre flicks. It also didn’t help that critics couldn’t drag it through the mud fast enough<\/a>, highlighting its various shortcomings in painstaking detail. Yet despite its tarnished legacy, “Jumper”s imaginative premise has the potential to be successfully revived either with a sequel or complete reboot that could present it in a new light. In fact, what many might not know is that it already received a spin-off TV series in 2018.<\/p>\n Read more: This Is How Most Life On Earth Will End<\/a><\/p>\n Impulse was an unexpected non-canon entry in the Jumper universe Henry Coles looking surprised in Impulse – Amazon Prime Video\/YouTube Premium<\/p>\n Jeffrey Leiber’s two-season television series, “Impulse” (executive produced by “Jumper’s” Doug Liman, who also directed the pilot and season 2 opener), was made for YouTube Premium<\/a> and served as a spin-off to the 2008 original. Based on another Stephen Gould book (the third novel in the “Jumper” series), Lieber’s show follows high-schooler Henrietta ‘Henry’ Coles, who accidentally discovers her power to teleport while getting sexually assaulted in the car of her school’s basketball star. Unfortunately for “Jumper” fans, that (and an action sequence in the pilot) is pretty much the extent to which “Impulse” was willing to go to establish its loose connection to the “Jumper” universe.<\/p>\n From that point onward, it becomes more of a character study and meditation on trauma, delving into the complicated feelings of a young girl trying to cope with the aftermath of a sexual assault while realizing that her body’s defense mechanism to emotionally overwhelming situations is literally teleporting her out of them.\u00a0“Impulse” may not be what most people expected from a series that shares ties with “Jumper,” but that narrative unpredictability might also be its biggest strength.<\/p>\n Combined with an impressive lead performance by Maddie Hasson, it was enough to elicit praise from critics and a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> \u2014 although, among viewers, the series fared with worse results.\u00a0Still, if “Jumper” ever gets a worthy sequel or complete overhaul, “Impulse” might not be the worst thing to draw inspiration from. Either way, the success of the book series and initial financial returns suggest that there’s probably an audience out there for a proper “Jumper” follow-up.<\/p>\n Enjoyed this article? Sign up to BGR’s free newsletter<\/a> and add us as a preferred search source<\/a> for the latest in tech and entertainment, plus tips and advice you’ll actually use.<\/p>\n![\"Henry](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/82c193efd543462864939443f3a5bf0b.jpeg\"\/)
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