Electric Shepherd Productions

Electric Shepherd Productions
Private
Headquarters Los Angeles
Key people
 Isa Hackett (CEO/President)
Kalen Egan (Development Executive)
Website www.philipkdickesp.com

Electric Shepherd Productions is the production arm of the Philip K. Dick Estate. ESP is exclusively devoted to bringing the work of author Philip K. Dick to film, television, graphic novels, animation and assorted other forms of media.

Film

ESP is a listed production company on a number of upcoming films, including The Adjustment Bureau[1] (starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, written and directed by George Nolfi, based on the Philip K. Dick short story Adjustment Team), and Walt Disney Animation Studios' upcoming 3D animated film King of the Elves[2] (directed by Chris Williams, based on the Philip K. Dick story of the same name).

Table of Contents for Orbit Science Fiction No. 4, September–October 1954. "Last Night Of Summer" by Alfred Coppel, "Beast In The House" by Michael Shaara, "Danger Past" by James E. Gunn, "Me Feel Good" by Max Dancey, "No More The Stars" by Irving E. Cox, Jr., "The Thinker And The Thought" by August Derleth, "The Image Of The Gods" by Alan E. Nourse, "Adjustment Team" by Philip K. Dick, "Intruder On The Rim" by Milton Lesser (best known by pen name, Stephen Marlowe) and Science Notes (column). Verifies true first publication of "Adjustment Team" by Philip K. Dick. Illustrates publication of stories by many notable SF authors in context of publishing era and presentation to readers of era. "Adjustment Team" is the inspiration for the movie The Adjustment Bureau scheduled for release in 2011. The movie's Executive Producer is the author's second daughter, Isa Dick Hackett.
The 1954 penultimate issue of Orbit Science Fiction featured stories by many notable authors. Philip K. Dick's daughter, Isa Dick Hackett, is Executive Producer of the movie The Adjustment Bureau which is loosely based on "Adjustment Team" and scheduled for release in 2011.

Graphic Novels

ESP participated in the release of Boom! Studios' maxi-series Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which incorporates the full text of Philip K. Dick's original novel in a graphic novel format, with original interior art by Tony Parker.[3]

In 2009, Marvel Comics and ESP released a 5-issue adaptation of Philip K. Dick's short story The Electric Ant, written by David Mack and illustrated by Pascal Alixie.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/ IMDb listing for The Adjustment Bureau
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217042/ IMDb listing for King of the Elves
  3. ↑ http://www.boom-studios.net/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep-1-cover-a.html Boom! Studios official site listing for Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? graphic novel
  4. ↑ http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.4315.SDCC_~apos~08~colon~_Philip_K~dot~_Dick~apos~s_Electric_Ant Official Marvel Studios site reference to development of The Electric Ant

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