Michel Gondry is attached to adapt and direct Philip K. Dick's classic science fiction novel "Ubik," according to Deadline Hollywood. Gondry's "The Green Hornet" is in theaters now, and has done respectable business. He also directed "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
Dick was premature when he was born in 1928, and he died prematurely at the age of 53. Dick died on March 2, 1982, the result of a combination of recurrent strokes accompanied by heart failure. His writing was largely ignored by both critics and mainstream readers during his life, but his popularity has mushroomed in the past three decades, thanks in part to Ridley Scott's 1982 movie "Blade Runner," which was based on Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Since then, the list of movies adapted from Dick's often trippy literary works is impressive, including Paul Verhoeven's "Total Recall" (which is soon to be remade), " Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report" and John Woo's "Paycheck," to name a few. "The Adjustment Bureau," opening next month, is also based on a Philip K. Dick story.
"Ubik" was called one of the 100 greatest novels of all time by Time Magazine. According to the official Philip K. Dick website, "Ubik" is "Philip K. Dick's searing metaphysical comedy of death and salvation (the latter available in a convenient aerosol spray) is [a] tour de force of paranoiac menace and unfettered slapstick, in which the departed give business advice, shop for their next incarnation, and run the continual risk of dying yet again."
Steve Zaillian and Steve Golin are producing "Ubik" through Film Rites and Anonymous Content. Zaillian's Film Rites has a first look deal with DreamWorks, so the project could end up there.
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