14 Films Trapped in Development Hell
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4. Ubik
Ubik is one of Philip K Dick’s most popular and mind-boggling books. Michel Gondry is one of the most popular and mind-bending directors. A match made in geek heaven, or so we thought back in 2011. What could go wrong? It seems that the source material eventually defeated Gondry as writing a workable script for Ubik proved too difficult. Gondry recently stated to Telerama that “The book is brilliant, but it’s good as a literary work. Having tried to adapt it with several screenwriters… at the moment I don’t feel up to doing it. It doesn’t have the dramatic structure that would make it a good film. I received a script that disheartened me a bit, and that was it. It was a dream, but in life you can’t always have what you want.” Back it goes to the pile marked unfilmable.
