Last week it was Bill Pullman in negotiations to play Philip K. Dick in an indie film production entitled Panasonic.

This week, according to Variety (requires a login ID), the August 8 entry on Production Weekly and PhilipKDick.com, Paul Giamatti will play PKD in another biopic written by Tony Grisoni, the screenwriter for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. This latest as-of-yet untitled Dick flick is unrelated to Pullman's indie Panasonic and will be produced by Giamatti's new production company Touchy Feely Films and Anonymous Content's Steve Golin and Lenny Bekerman working together with Dick's daughters.

The story will combine Dick's life with his fictional works, particularly his last unfinished novel, The Owl in Daylight, often considered to be the real third volume in the VALIS trilogy.

Just to note, Giamatti also narrates the audiobook of Dick's A Scanner Darkly.

Movies | Paul Giamatti | Philip K. Dick | PKD
Tony Grisoni | The Owl in Daylight | Grouchogandhi

Giamatti photographed by Sarah Dunn.

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