class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-19336″ title=”ridley scott” src=”https://www.heyuguys.com/images//2010/04/ridley-scott.jpg” alt=”” width=”220″ height=”150″ />He’s a tasty morsel of news for both fans of Ridley Scott (particularly his earlier work) and famed sci-fi novelist Philip K. Dick.
Deadline are reporting that Scott is producing a new BBC miniseries based on Dick’s The Man In The High Castle, which is being adapted by the British playwright Howard Brenton (who’s had experience on the small screen, having previously written a number of episodes for Spooks).
The book presents an alternative historical timeline where Japan and Nazi Germany have taken over the word, having defeated the Allies in the Second World War.
The last time Scott worked on a Dick adaptation was way back in 1982 for Blade Runner – arguably his greatest piece of work. This has also come at a time where there is a resurgence in interest of the novelist’s work, with whispers of Ubik been turned into a feature, and both Matt Damon and Emily Blunt are starring in an adaptation of his short story The Adjustment Bureau, which is due to be released early next year.
With talk of the difficulties he’s having with bring his new version of the Alien series to the big screen, maybe Scott should take control of the directorial reins here too.
