Hollywood veteran Francis Lawrence, director of three Hunger Games movies, is now set to adapt one a novel from legendary sci-fi author Philip K. Dick for the big screen. Along with the three Hunger Games movies, Lawrence has previously adapted other sci-fi classics, including Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend. The director is currently working on Slumberland, which will release on Netflix in 2022, and will follow it up with a prequel to the Hunger Games series based on Suzanne Moore’s The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Now, THR reports that Lawrence is joining forces with New Republic Pictures for a movie adaption of Dick's novel, "Vulcan’s Hammer." Lawrence has also signed on to produce the film alongside Cameron MacConomy, who runs the about: blank production company with Lawrence. Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer, who operate New Republic Pictures, will also serve as producers on the upcoming adaptation.
Many of Dick’s novels involved complex, abstract, and often prescient ideas which make them ripe for adaptation. "Vulcan’s Hammer" is one of Dick’s lesser known works, and was released in 1960 just before the author began to receive wider attention. The events of the novel take place in a future where Earth is controlled by a single Government run by AI following a third world war. With Lawrence’s busy schedule, nothing has been confirmed about the production of the film or its casting, filming, or release date, other than that Dick’s daughter Isa Dick Hackett will work as a producer on the film.
Source: THR