A Scanner Darkly is Coming!

The film’s release date hasn’t been announced yet, but the trailer for Richard Linklater’s adaptation of Philip K Dick’s A Scanner Darkly is now online: here’s the Apple trailer. I knew the film was in the works, but I had no idea they were doing a rotoscoped animation style. Check out the trailer - it’s real eye candy.

Dick’s daugthers have said this “will be the very first faithful adaptation of a Philip K. Dick story.” Other film adaptation of his books (Blade Runner, Minority Report, and Total Recall) were good films, but took tremendous liberties with the storylines. Judging by the trailer, I’m impressed. I read the book over Christmas break, so it’s still fairly fresh in my mind - I recognized some of the lines, and the voiceover is taken directly from the portion of the book that explains the meaning of the title. So my expectations are now raised - can’t wait to see it.