Hey folks, Harry here with news that is just... flatly cool. A SCANNER DARKLY was always, to me, the most surreal of Phillip K. Dick's science fiction... the dual personality split, drug chased, compound eyed aliens, all sorts of trippy as hell imagery. I love this novel, and have always thought that it would be a mistake to try and do it live action as, well it really needed to be told in a more fluid medium. One where reality isn't so grounded, which personally i think makes it perfect CG material. I'm sure you have an opinion on this too...
hey harry...saw this in the trades today and not on your sight...thought I'd give you the heads up. Warner Brothers has just gotten the rights to Phillip K. Dick's brilliant novel "A Scanner Darkly" for a $200,000 against $2 million dollar deal. The deal is with WB-affiliated Section 8 films. That's Soderburgh and Clooney's company. "Scanner" like many Dick stories has a long history in development. Even being associated with Chris Cunningham, Leo Di Caprio among others. One interesting tidbit in the article...it said that sources close to the deal say that it's being thought of as a full CGI animated movie or traditional animated movie. Interesting...(or heresy, if you're like me) Anyway...
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