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MARTIAN TIME-SLIP: Dee Reeves is Film Adaptating Philip K. Dick Novel

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Martian Time Slip Film Adaptation Coming. The Philip K. Dick novel entitled Martian Time-Slip will be the author’s latest work adapted into a motion picture. The movie adaptation will be written and directed by Dee Reeves. “Isa Dick Hackett, daughter of Philip K. Dick, will produce for Electric Shepherd Productions, [the production studio] run by Dick’s children.”

On the history of Martian Time-Slip:

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Martian Time-Slip is a 1964 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. The novel uses the common science fiction concept of a human colony on Mars. However, it also includes the themes of mental illness, the physics of time and the dangers of centralized authority.

The novel is expanded from Dick’s original novella All We Marsmen, published in three parts in the August, October and December 1963 issues of Worlds of Tomorrow magazine.

On the plot of the novel Martian Time-Slip:

On an arid Mars, local bigwigs compete with Earth-bound interlopers to buy up land before the UN develops it and its value skyrockets. Martian Union leader Arnie Kott has an ace up his sleeve, though: an autistic boy named Manfred who seems to have the ability to see the future. In the hopes of gaining an advantage on a Martian real estate deal, powerful people force Manfred to send them into the future, where they can learn about development plans. But is Manfred sending them to the real future or one colored by his own dark and paranoid filter? As the time travelers are drawn into Manfred’s dark worldview in both the future and present, the cost of doing business may drive them all insane.

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Source: Slashfilm, Wikipedia

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Rollo Tomasi

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, TV show, short film, Blu-ray, and 4K-Ultra reviews. His reviews are published in IMDb's External Reviews and in Google News. Previously you could find his work at Empire Movies, Blogcritics, and AltFilmGuide. Now you can find his work at FilmBook.
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