"Total Recall," "Blade Runner," "Minority Report," "Paycheck" – for years Hollywood has mined the twisted tales of science-fiction author Philip K. Dick to craft blockbuster movies. Now, seemingly, it's the author's own life that's all the rage.
While "Your Name Here," an unlicensed biography starring Bill Pullman and Taryn Manning, eyes a Sundance debut, Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti is setting his sights on a competing Dick project, titled "The Owl in Daylight."
"There's a guy writing a script right now," Giamatti told us.
The "The Owl in Daylight," which Dick was unable to finish before his death in 1982, is a complicated tale that involves Ed Firmley, a B-movie composer, a race of aliens that have evolved without the ability to hear sounds, and our deeply held believes about art, happiness, and, oh yeah, heaven. You know, light stuff.
But if reading the wiki synopsis makes the story sound complicated, that's nothing compared to how Giamatti and Co. are handling Dick's life – as a sort of Charlie Kauffman-esque experiment in blurring fiction and reality. Read More...
With his stint as Marvel's mean green machine, Eric Bana hasn't shied away from playing complex characters...which is good, because that's precisely what he's walking into with "The Time Traveler's Wife." The film -- adapated from the popular novel by Audrey Niffenegger -- tells the story of Henry DeTamble, a man who suffers from a rather unique disorder: without notice, he shifts back and forth in time. 
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