Charlize Theron Teams with Alfonso Cuarón for JANE, a Film About Sci-Fi Writer Philip K. Dick
Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road, Bombshell) and filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, Roma) are teaming up for a new film project titled Jane. Theron will star and Cuarón will direct and produce the movie which examines “the family life of trailblazing sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick.”
The project is set up at Amazon Studios, and they’ve partnered with Isa Hackett (The Man in the High Castle), who developed the work based on the lives of her father and his twin sister.
Jane is described as a story about “a woman’s unique relationship with her brilliant, but troubled twin, who also happens to be Philip K. Dick—the celebrated novelist behind Blade Runner source material Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, along with such iconic titles as A Scanner Darkly and The Man in the High Castle, which have likewise been adapted for the screen. While attempting to rescue her brother from predicaments both real and imagined, Jane plunges deeper and deeper into a fascinating world of his creation.”
Hackett said in a statement: “The story of ‘Jane’ has been with me for as long as I can remember. Jane, my father’s twin sister who died a few weeks after birth, was at the center of his universe. Befitting a man of his unique imagination, this film will defy the conventions of a biopic and embrace the alternate reality Philip K. Dick so desperately desired—one in which his beloved sister survived beyond six weeks of age. It is her story we will tell, her lens through which we will see him and his imagination. There is no better way to honor him than to grant him his wish, if only for the screen. I’m immensely grateful for the partnership and the brilliance Charlize and Alfonso bring. Their support, particularly with this deeply personal story, means more to me than they could know.”
This sounds like an incredible film project, and I love that Theron and Cuarón are the talented individuals who will be bringing the story to life. This is going to be a wonderful project for each of them. I can’t wait to see how this turns out!