Deadline|London is reporting that Ridley Scott will produce a mini-series for BBC adapted from the political thriller The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick. Scott previously directed another Dick adaptation, 1982's Blade Runner starring Harrison Ford (which was somewhat loosely based on the short story "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?")
The author's novels and short stories have been a frequent source for film and television adaptations, and include The Minority Report, Total Recall ("We Can Remember It For You Wholesale"), Next ("The Golden Man"), and next year's The Adjustment Bureau.
In the alternate reality presented by The Man in the High Castle, it is 1962 and the United States and its allies have lost World War II, the US now occupied by the Germans and the Japanese. But the two countries cannot agree on how the occupied territory should be governed ... leading to unintended -- but not unexpected -- conflict.
The book won the 1963 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Read the first chapters of TheMan in the High Castle below.
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