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Soderbergh's Section 8 to make Dick's A SCANNER DARKLY as a full CGI film'

Hey folks, Harry here with news that is just... flatly cool. A SCANNER DARKLY was always, to me, the most surreal of Phillip K. Dick's science fiction... the dual personality split, drug chased, compound eyed aliens, all sorts of trippy as hell imagery. I love this novel, and have always thought that it would be a mistake to try and do it live action as, well it really needed to be told in a more fluid medium. One where reality isn't so grounded, which personally i think makes it perfect CG material. I'm sure you have an opinion on this too...








hey harry...saw this in the trades today and not on your sight...thought I'd give you the heads up. Warner Brothers has just gotten the rights to Phillip K. Dick's brilliant novel "A Scanner Darkly" for a $200,000 against $2 million dollar deal. The deal is with WB-affiliated Section 8 films. That's Soderburgh and Clooney's company. "Scanner" like many Dick stories has a long history in development. Even being associated with Chris Cunningham, Leo Di Caprio among others. One interesting tidbit in the article...it said that sources close to the deal say that it's being thought of as a full CGI animated movie or traditional animated movie. Interesting...(or heresy, if you're like me) Anyway...

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by eviltwin
Feb 14th, 2002
02:38:32 PM
I fristed your mom last night
by Truman_Burbank
Feb 14th, 2002
02:41:23 PM
SCANNER Is Well & Good, But The Dick Novel They Should Film Is 1
by Buzz Maverik
Feb 14th, 2002
02:47:39 PM
Well I think that animation would suck.....
by gg
Feb 14th, 2002
02:50:17 PM
SCANNER Is Well & Good, But The Dick Novel They Should Film Is 1
by Buzz Maverik
Feb 14th, 2002
02:51:21 PM
Frist you all
by fladnaG
Feb 14th, 2002
02:54:44 PM
"Neuromancer"
by Mr. Anderson
Feb 14th, 2002
02:54:55 PM
soderbergh is banging jules asner from e news daily
by jon-e-blaze
Feb 14th, 2002
02:56:51 PM
Wasn't Kaufman Working On a Script For This?
by Anton_Sirius
Feb 14th, 2002
03:08:43 PM
A Scanner Darkly? That's some good Dick.
by Ambrose Chappell
Feb 14th, 2002
03:11:37 PM
Mr. Anderson, remember in Neuromancer when...
by Ambrose Chappell
Feb 14th, 2002
03:15:47 PM
who is the animation company ?
by wotsit
Feb 14th, 2002
03:22:42 PM
Emma-Kate Crogan was set to direct this for Jersey Films.
by Cash Bailey
Feb 14th, 2002
03:46:25 PM
Solartaco Has a Bomb in his FRIST!!!
by FUZZCO66
Feb 14th, 2002
04:01:36 PM
Can't wait 'til my damn Victorian Novel class is over...
by SK909
Feb 14th, 2002
04:19:15 PM
Ambrose, what Bjork video?
by Mr. Anderson
Feb 14th, 2002
05:02:05 PM
CGI
by poohead
Feb 14th, 2002
06:01:03 PM
I'd Like To Ask My Fellow Talkbackers Not To Make Fun Of Ave
by Buzz Maverik
Feb 14th, 2002
06:14:07 PM
Whip Whirler & SK909, As To Feminists Being Women...
by Buzz Maverik
Feb 14th, 2002
06:16:12 PM
No, Harry, an all-CGI Scanner is a friggin' STUPID idea
by Kuenjato
Feb 14th, 2002
06:30:02 PM
Darjon Fett
by Kuenjato
Feb 14th, 2002
06:36:00 PM
SK909
by fladnaG
Feb 14th, 2002
06:41:57 PM
One of the best novels ever written
by Lazarus Long
Feb 14th, 2002
07:16:24 PM
Timothy Leary once said
by Billy Talent
Feb 14th, 2002
08:47:21 PM
A Scanner Darkly........DON"T DO IT! (details below)
by Skippy
Feb 14th, 2002
10:58:33 PM
Sounds badass, but...
by Wino-Forever
Feb 14th, 2002
11:56:07 PM
yes Slaphappydildo...
by EliCash
Feb 15th, 2002
01:34:52 AM
CG is the perfect medium for this.
by Lobanhaki
Feb 15th, 2002
02:24:23 AM
Holy crap - this could be amazing!
by w5h
Feb 15th, 2002
06:25:26 AM
I need some serious Dick action
by SpacePervert
Feb 15th, 2002
06:26:36 AM
Help! Novels Similar To "A Scanner Darkly"?
by Retard Power
Feb 15th, 2002
07:38:41 AM
CGI, misogyny, drugs,
by hatchling
Feb 15th, 2002
07:59:16 AM
Soylent Green / Make Room, Make Room
by MonkeyBytes
Feb 15th, 2002
08:35:49 AM
Oh boy am I a dumbass!
by SpacePervert
Feb 15th, 2002
08:56:59 AM
hatchling, do you actually have the slightest idea what you'
by SpacePervert
Feb 15th, 2002
09:20:42 AM
Well, Retard Power FIGHT CLUB Comes To Mind...
by Buzz Maverik
Feb 15th, 2002
01:52:11 PM
We could all use a little more Dick.
by twan_deeth_ree
Feb 15th, 2002
01:53:39 PM
CGI, Misogyny & Drugs? Oh My! Now That's A Party Invitation
by Buzz Maverik
Feb 15th, 2002
02:46:13 PM
Snow Crash
by Anton_Sirius
Feb 15th, 2002
03:00:45 PM
A Scanner Darkly is the best Dick book to make into a movie
by PKD
Feb 15th, 2002
05:10:52 PM
Is the Bjork video everyone is talking about the one with the ki
by holidill
Feb 15th, 2002
06:31:33 PM
Thanks Sleaze
by holidill
Feb 15th, 2002
08:01:34 PM
Time to start filming Bester & Zelazny
by Redbeard_NV
Feb 15th, 2002
11:20:35 PM
Chris Cunningham/Bjork video
by Redbeard_NV
Feb 15th, 2002
11:28:13 PM
CG-Why?
by Merkin Muffley
Feb 16th, 2002
03:01:53 AM
dual personality stories
by Henry Jones Jr.
Feb 16th, 2002
01:11:16 PM
Substance D
by Fleagle
Feb 16th, 2002
05:33:55 PM
this sounds interesting (and time's arrow)
by JohnnyBlue
Feb 16th, 2002
10:54:51 PM
Neuromancer
by Caine
Feb 17th, 2002
01:55:39 PM
ASD Yes! CGI, God No!
by emvan
Feb 18th, 2002
09:44:58 PM
A better PKD novel to translate for an all CGI movie...
by w5h
Feb 19th, 2002
06:25:12 AM

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