I found an interesting thread in a forum I visit about books and stories people think should get the film treatment, esp. in sci fi and fantasy now that good special effects are accessible to small budgets.

I decided to dig around if anything was planned around some of the stories I would put on my wishlist. One of my first stops was at the Philip K Dick foundation website. He must the second most “adapted” writers in scifi after King…

I also noticed that John Alan Simon has optioned a few stories. Upon digging I found out he mostly does the scriptwriting/adaptation and then tries to sell it to studios. Found some very interesting news about one of my top wishes: “My adaptation of PKD’s “Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said” was optioned by Paramount for Tom Cruise’s production company and I did a re-write under Oliver Stone’s supervision.” (see http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/3661/dick/interv.htm)

I also found an interesting story about a small budget film in the works from “a scanner darkly”, which seems very promising ( http://www.philipkdick.com/films_scanner-061204.html
). Then i found the page on the PKD foundation which lists all the stories sold recently for film adaptation. Quite a lot! I guess we can thank “minority report” for reminding the film industry of the power of some of his stories.

Philip K Dick stories sold for film use:

“A Scanner Darkly”

“Time Out of Joint”
Purchased by Warner Bros.

“Valis”, “Radio Free Albemuth”, and
“Flow My Tears the Policeman Said”
Purchased by independent producer
John Alan Simon

“Ubik”
(Provisional purchase agreement)

Philip K Dick stories under option

“King of the Elves” - Short Story
“The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford” - Short Story
“Adjustment Team” - Short Story
“The Golden Man” - Short Story