Philip K. Dick alternate-reality biopic starring Charlize Theron, Jane, announced

A new film for Amazon will answer the hypothetical question of what could have happened to Philip K. Dick’s real-life twin sister if she hadn’t died at a young age, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Produced by Charlize Theron, Alfonso Cuarón, and Dick’s daughter Isa Hackett, Jane is currently “being developed with an eye for Cuarón to direct and Theron to star,” The Hollywood Reporter says.

“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,” Hackett told THR.

Amazon describes Jane as “a moving, suspenseful and darkly humorous story about a woman’s unique relationship with her brilliant, but troubled twin, who also happens to be the celebrated novelist Philip K. Dick. She tries to rescue her brother, from both imagined and real predicaments. Jane plunges deeper and deeper into a fascinating world of his creation.”

Dick, who was born 1928, became an acclaimed science fiction writer in 1962. The man in the high castleHe made a name for his self with novelists such as What Do Androids Think of Electric Sheeps?His contributions helped to shape much of sci-fi and inspired tentpoles like Blade RunnerAnd Minority Report.

Cuarón is known for directing films such as Y tu mamá también, Harry Potter and Prisoner at AzkabanAnd Roma. Theron is well-known for his roles in movies such as Mad Max: Fury RoadAnd The Fate of the FuriousRecently, he joined the ranks as an actor in Marvel Cinematic Universe.