More than ten of sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick’s novels and short stories have been adapted into films, including Blade Runner, Minority Report and The Adjustment Bureau. Now another of his stories, Now Wait for Last Year, has been optioned by Lila 9th and Electric Shepherd Productions, with Ted Kupper adapting.
Published in 1966, the novel takes place on a future Earth, which has teamed up with an alien race called “the starmen” from the planet Lilistar, who are at war against another extraterrestial species known as “the Reegs”. The story follows organ transplant doctor Eric Sweetscent, who gets caught up in the interstellar politics as he treats the elected leader of Earth.
Barrie M. Osborne (The Lord of the Rings), Cameron Lamb and Philip K. Dick’s daughter Isa Dick Hackett are producing the film. They are now looking for a director and have plans to start shooting towards the end of next year.
A number of other Philip K. Dick adaptations are currently in the works as well. Len Wiseman’s Total Recall remake with Colin Farrell and Kate Beckinsale is due out next August, The BBC is developing The Man in the High Castle as a miniseries, and Michael Gondry is working on Ubik.
Originally published December 7, 2011. Updated April 10, 2018.
