K.T Simpson
Acclaimed director Edgar Wright (“Baby Driver”) has teamed with Working Title Films, Focus Features and Compete Fiction Pictures to direct “Set My Heart to Five”, which will be an adaptation of Simon Stephenson’s debut novel by the same name. They must have faith in the story, as the novel isn’t even released yet, slated for distribution later this year.
Stephenson will adapt the screenplay himself.
Deadline reports: The story is said to take place in an all-too human 2054 and introduces Jared, an android who undergoes an emotional awakening and embarks on a quest to convince humans that he and his kind should be permitted to feel. It’s a quest, sparked in part by Jared’s introduction to 80’s and 90’s movies, that leads to an unforgettable adventure across the West Coast of America, after he determines to write a film script that will change the world.
Wright’s next theatrical release will be “Last Night in Soho” starring Anya Taylor Joy, set for September.
