Michel Gondry has revealed that he will be filming a big-screen adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s acclaimed 1966 science fiction novel Ubik. As with Dick’s other stories, expect lots of mind-bending, twists and intrigue. It should be familiar territory for Michel Gondry, who directed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep before the recently disappointing Green Hornet movie.
Ubik is one of Philip K. Dick’s most popular tales, voted by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels. The story involves an anti-psy security agency (whose operatives are hired out to protect people from telepathic attacks), fragments of reality slipping into the past, and a mysterious spray called Ubik.
A number of Dick’s other works have been turned into movies, including Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (which became Blade Runner), We Can Remember it For You Wholesale (Total Recall), Minority Report, Paycheck and A Scanner Darkly. Another adaptation, The Adjustment Bureau, starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, will be released in cinemas on March 4th and a remake of Total Recall with Colin Farrell is also in the works.
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