The Hunger Games and Red Sparrow helmer Francis Lawrence has signed on to direct a feature adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s1960 novel Vulcan’s Hammer.
As per Deadline, the story takes place “after a devastating world war, when the 70 nations of Earth form the Unity Party cede global governance to the Vulcan AI system, which algorithmically dictates policies for Unity to carry out. But after Vulcan is attacked and a special agent is murdered, Unity director William Barris is called to unravel the mystery to figure out who — or what — wants to destroy the system to which he has dedicated his life.”
“We’re very pleased to partner with the passionate team at New Republic and thrilled by Francis’s ambitious vision for bringing Vulcan’s Hammer to the big screen,” said Isa Dick Hackett of Electric Shepherd, who will produce the film with Lawrence and Cameron MacConomy of about:blank and Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer of New Republic Pictures.
Vulcan’s Hammer joins a long list of Dick’s works translated to the screen, including the films Blade Runner, Total Recall, Screamers, Minority Report, Paycheck, A Scanner Darkly and The Adjustment Bureau, and the TV series The Man in the High Castle and Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams.
