Francis Lawrence, New Republic Adapting Philip K Dick Vulcan’s Hammer – The Hollywood Reporter
Vulcan’s Hammer, a novel by sci-fi writer and Blade Runner creator Philip Ok. Dick, is getting the film remedy.
New Republic Footage, the banner run by producers Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer, and filmmaker Francis Lawrence and his about:clean firm, have teamed as much as adapt the 1960 novel.
Lawrence, who helmed three Starvation Video games motion pictures in addition to the post-apocalyptic I Am Legend, will direct the mission.
The title was picked up from the Dick property underneath about:clean’s first look take care of New Republic, which lately wrapped taking pictures the most recent Michael Bay motion film, Ambulance.
Hammer is ready after a devastating world conflict, when the nations of Earth kind the Unity get together and cede world governance to the Vulcan AI system, which algorithmically dictates insurance policies for Unity to hold out. Nonetheless, after Vulcan is attacked and a particular agent is murdered, Unity director William Barris known as to unravel the thriller to determine who, or what, desires to destroy the system he has devoted his life to.
Dick’s novel tackled concepts of synthetic intelligence and society being managed by laptop expertise, notions which have come to the fore in fashionable instances. The deal reveals that the writer’s work continues to fascinate Hollywood, which past Blade Runner, has translated his work into two Complete Recall motion pictures, the Steven Spielberg-Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller Minority Report, and TV collection, The Man within the Excessive Fort.
Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer of New Republic will produce Hammer alongside Lawrence and Cameron MacConomy of about:clean. Additionally producing is Isa Dick Hackett from Electrical Shepherd.
Lawrence’s motion pictures have generated over $2.2 billion worldwide and embrace, on prime of the Starvation Video games and Legend motion pictures, the Keanu Reeves-starring Constantine and interval drama, Water for Elephants, amongst others. He’s in submit on Slumberland, Netflix’s adaptation of the seminal sketch Little Nemo’s Adventures in Slumberland that stars Jason Momoa, Marlow Barkley and Kyle Chandler. He additionally directed a number of episodes and acts as an exec producer on See, the post-apocalyptic Apple TV collection.
Lawrence is repped by CAA, 3 Arts and Hansen, Jacobson. The property of Philip Ok. Dick and Electrical Shepherd Productions are repped by Christopher Tricarico of Tricarico Chavez LLP.
