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DADOES Goes Theater – Fundraiser “Free Android Slaves on Mars”
Nov 14th
For Immediate Release
UNTITLED THEATER COMPANY #61
Presents:
UNTITLED THEATER COMPANY #61 TO HOST FUNDRAISER
TO FREE ANDROID SLAVES ON MARS
Tickets $40
Call 212-352-3101
Or visit www.untitledtheater.com
On December 4th, 2010 Untitled Theater Company #61 (UTC61) will host a benefit for the Free the Androids movement, a movement devoted to the plight of the enslaved androids on Mars. UTC61’s current production of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, a stage adaption of the Philip K Dick novel, which runs at 3-Legged Dog November 18th through December 12th was the inspiration for the fundraiser. Proceeds may also be used to help benefit the theater company.
When asked what first led him to consider the plight of artificial intelligence, Artistic Director Edward Einhorn said, “The more I dug into the material, the more aware I became of the plight of androids on Mars. We on Earth know only those androids who have escaped and gone rogue–driven rogue, I should say, by their enslavement. Mercer teaches us empathy for sheep, but what of electric sheep? What of electric humans? Empathy should extend to all.” When asked to comment on the rumor that Buster Friendly himself would leave his studio to appear at the event, Einhorn declined to respond but did note that “This will be a bounty hunter free zone. Androids can feel free to attend with an assurance of their own safety.” All androids and sympathizers are welcome to come dressed for the occasion.
DADOES goes Theater
Nov 6th
The Untitled Theater Company #61 will be showing their adaptation of “Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep” in New York from November 18′th to December 11 ( Download the Press Release .PDF )
An adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s sci fi classic about androids and a bounty hunter, Rick Deckard, who loves them/loves to kill them. The book inspired the film Blade Runner, but this adaptation returns to the original novel’s ideas about a post-apocalyptic world seeking resurrection through the rediscovery of empathy. The production uses innovative video techniques to blur the lines between humanity and technology, finding the soul within the machine..
More info and how to get tickets can be found here
Download the Press Release .PDF
Source: Alt.Fan.Blade-Runner & The Untitled Theater Company #61
BOOM! Studios publishes “Electric Sheep” prequel
Oct 22nd
BOOM! STUDIOS
& ELECTRIC SHEPHERD
PRESENT
THE AUTHORIZED PREQUEL TO
PHILIP K. DICK’S
DO ANDROIDS DREAM
OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?
PREMIERING MAY 26th
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF
ELECTRIC SHEEP?: DUST TO DUST
April 22, 2010 – Los Angeles, CA – This May, BOOM! Studios and Electric Shepherd bring you the debut of the authorized prequel to Philip K. Dick’s sci-fi masterpiece DO ANDROID DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? — the publishing event of the year is DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? DUST TO DUST!
Written by Chris Roberson, a John W. Campbell Award-nominee and writer of DC’s hit mini-series CINDERELLA: FROM FABLETOWN WITH LOVE, DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? DUST TO DUST will feature spectacular interior art by 48 STRON and STATUS 7 artist Robert Adler. The prequel makes a great companion to BOOM! Studios and Electric Shepherd’s Eisner Award-nominated DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? comic series or can be read completely on it’s own. More >
Web Series Tied to ‘Blade Runner’
Oct 20th
Back in June Ridley Scott announced that a new division of his commercials company, RSA Films was working on a video series called “Purefold.” which can be said is loosely related to Blade Runner. The series of linked 5 to 10 minute shorts, aimed first at the Web and then perhaps television will be released thru a “Creative Commons” license giving audience, brands and platforms rights to use anything released as they see fit and this will be the first time ever something like this happens.
Press Release
Purefold is the first product conceived by Ag8 and developed in partnership with Ridley and Tony Scott’s newly launched entertainment division Free Scott. Purefold is an open media franchise designed for brands, platforms, filmmakers, product developers and communities to collaboratively imagine our near future.
With a central theme ‘What does it mean to be human?’, the franchise explores the subject of empathy – a shared theme with Ridley Scott’s most compelling Science Fiction movie, Blade Runner.
The franchise contains infinite interlinked story lines, turned into short-format episodes by global talent pool of directors, and informed by real-time online conversations from the audience, which are harvested through FriendFeed, the world’s leading ‘life streaming’ technology site FriendFeed
Purefold content will be distributed according to the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license, giving both audiences, brands and platforms unprecedented equal use rights through their participation.
Purefold is supported by commercial and academic pillars, such FriendFeed., Creative Commons, WPP, Aegis, Publicis and Naked Communications
If you have questions, please contact David or Tom by email, or post a message in the Purefold discussion group on FriendFeed
Nothing has as of yet been released as of yet but it will be very interesting to see what will come out of this project.
Source: Ag8 Purefold Press release
“Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep” Comics comming this June
Apr 23rd
PHILIP K. DICK’S
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?
24 ISSUE MAXI-SERIES
STARTS THIS JUNE
Issue #1 Includes Backmatter by Warren Ellis
First Issue Features Covers by Denis Calero, Bill Sienkiewicz, Scott Keating & Moritat
“Philip Dick, to my mind, was the great visionary writer of the 20th Century.” – Warren Ellis
“After I finished reading the screenplay for BLADE RUNNER, I got the novel out and looked through it. The two reinforce each other, so that someone who started with the novel would enjoy the movie and someone who started with the movie would enjoy the novel.” – Philip K. Dick
April 7th, Los Angeles - BOOM! Studios, in partnership with Electric Shepherd Productions, proudly announces that worldwide best-selling sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick’s award-winning DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? is coming to comics this June. Called “a masterpiece ahead of its time, even today” and having served as the basis for the film BLADE RUNNER, BOOM! Studios is honored to present the complete novel transplanted into the comic book medium, mixing all new panel-to-panel continuity with the actual text from the novel in an innovative, ground-breaking 24-issue maxi-series.
The first issue will include backmatter by Warren Ellis and ships with three covers in a 50/25/25 split by Denis Calero, Bill Sienkiewicz and Scott Keating. A fourth cover by Moritat will be offered as a 1 in 25 incentive.
“I have been a huge fan of Philip K. Dick’s for years. I subscribed to the PKD Newsletter when I was in high school and have early editions of all his works,” said BOOM! Studios Marketing and Sales Director Chip Mosher. “You can’t imagine how excited I am personally, and BOOM! is as a whole, to be working on this project. I can’t wait to bring a whole new generation of fans to Dick’s original vision that has inspired so many.”
“We are thrilled that DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? is being adapted for this audience by such a talented team. We’ve been incredibly impressed with BOOM!’s ability to create such a faithful interpretation of the original work without sacrificing their own original instincts and artistic sensibilities,” said Laura Leslie and Isa Dick Hackett of Electric Shepherd Productions. “Through this medium, readers will now have visual access to parts of the novel not explored in the film adaptation BLADE RUNNER.”
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? takes place in a world where San Francisco lies under a cloud of radioactive dust. The World War has killed millions, driving entire species to extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn’t afford one, companies built incredibly realistic fakes: horses, birds, cats, sheep… even humans. Rick Deckard is an officially sanctioned bounty hunter tasked to find six rogue androids — they’re machines, that not only look, sound, and think like humans, but are clever, and most of all, dangerous just like humans.
Rick Deckard, Pris, The Voight-Kampff Test, Nexus 6 androids, the Tyrell Corporation: join us for the publishing event of the year!
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? ships this June, Diamond Code APR09 0725.
About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios (http://www.boom-studios.com) is a unique publishing house specializing in high-profile projects across a wide variety of different genres from some of the industry’s biggest talents. In its inaugural year, Wizard Magazine named BOOM! “Best New Publisher.” Founded by the creator of the TV show EUREKA, Andrew Cosby, and his partner Ross Richie, BOOM! Studios continues to be on the leading edge of comic and graphic novel publishing.
About Electric Shepherd Productions
Electric Shepherd Productions (http://www.electricshepherdproductions.com) was founded by Laura Leslie and Isa Dick Hackett, daughters of the late Science Fiction author Philip K Dick. “ESP” is the production arm of the Dick Estate, dedicated to the stewardship and adaptation of the Philip K. Dick library across all media.
Source: Phillip K. Dick Offical Site
