New Republic Pictures, Francis Lawrence’s about:blank and Electric Shepherd Productions are teaming to adapt Philip K. Dick’s novel Vulcan’s Hammer for the big screen, with Hunger Games sequels helmer Lawrence is set to direct.Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer of New Republic will produce alongside Lawrence and Cameron MacConomy from about:blank, and Isa Dick Hackett from Electric Shepherd.Vulcan’s Hammer is set after a devastating world war, when the 70 nations of Earth form the Unity Party and cede global governance to the Vulcan AI system, which algorithmically dictates policies for Unity to carry out.
But after Vulcan is attacked and a special agent is murdered, Unity director William Barris is called to unravel the mystery to figure out
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