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‘The Eternaut’ Producers to Adapt Philip K. Dick’s ‘The Future Is Ours’ For Netflix
After the success of apocalyptic sci-fi series “The Eternaut,” Deadline reports that the producers are reteaming with Netflix on “The Future is Ours,” a series adaptation of Philip K. Dick‘s dystopian novel The World Jones Made.
Mateo Gil is attached to the first Spanish-language adaptation of Dick’s work as showrunner.
The limited eight-part series is “set in South America in 2047. Ecological collapse has led to the creation of FedSur, a coalition of South American countries that applies extreme measures to protect nature and counteract social unrest. A new voice then emerges that can predict the future. Police officer Hugo Crussí discovers that behind the voice is a young preacher named Jonás Flores, who goes on to become a popular spiritual leader. Crussí, meanwhile, finds himself part of the resistance and is pursued accordingly.”
Emiliano Zurita, Delfina Chaves, Enzo Vogrincic, Marleyda Soto, and Marco Antonio Caponi star in the series. Brazilian directors Vicente Amorim (Senna) and Daniel Rezende (The Son of A Thousand Men) are attached to direct, alongside Argentine Jesús Braceras (Barrabrava).
K&S Films, which made Argentina-produced Netflix hit series “The Eternaut,” is producing “The Future is Ours” with Electric Shepherd Productions, the production arm of the Dick estate.
Isa Dick Hackett, the author’s daughter and an exec producer on the series, said in a statement: “Mateo’s adaptation of the novel is inventive and bold while retaining the essence of the original. I have long believed that the rich culture and incredible talent in Latin America provide an extraordinary setting for this sort of ambitious project, and the passion expressed by the entire team is truly inspiring.”
The World Jones Made, published in 1956, marks one of Dick’s earliest novels. It chronicled the rise and fall of a messiah, a mutant fortune teller from a carnival in a weird, post-nuclear setting that combined action with philosophy.
Best known to horror fans for playing Rupert Giles in 121 episodes of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” actor Anthony Head (aka Anthony Stewart Head) has passed away at 72 years old.
Daughters Emily and Daisy Head said in a statement to the BBC that their father “passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family.”
Their statement continues, “It has been, and forever will be, an honour and a privilege to be his daughters, and to have witnessed firsthand the impact both he and his work have had on so many. We know how dearly he will be missed by friends, colleagues, and fans of the shows he was in — he loved his job very much, and he always considered himself incredibly lucky, to have been able to work alongside such exceptionally talented people, in such wonderful productions, across a career that spanned several decades.”
Anthony Head more recently played Rupert Mannion in 18 episodes of “Ted Lasso,” with the English actor’s film and television credits dating back to 1978. On the horror front, Anthony Head starred in Darren Bousman’s Repo! The Genetic Opera, as well as 2011’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Let the Wrong One In, “Warehouse 13,” and “The Canterville Ghost.”
Also of note here in the world of horror, Anthony Head once played Dr. Frank-N-Furter in a London stage production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show back in the 1990s.
Outside the horror world, Anthony Head’s film and television credits well exceed 100 different productions and include “Highlander,” “NYPD Blue,” “Silent Witness,” “Doctor Who,” And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself, “Little Britain,” The Magic Door, “Sensitive Skin,” Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, “Free Agents,” The Iron Lady, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, “You, Me & Them,” “Dominion,” A Street Cat Named Bob, and Batman: Gotham by Gaslight.
“Buffy” actor James Marsters writes on Instagram, “There’s a hole in the World. Anthony Head has passed on from us. He was an unflaggingly kind and steady presence on the set of Buffy, and the best actor in the cast. He was the best of us. I was lucky to have known, and learned from him. He left the world a better place for his presence. Thank you Tony for all you gave.”
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