Shouldn’t Ridley Scott be focusing all of his attention on the Alien prequels? Well, apparently he thinks he can keep on adding projects to his schedule and that’s more fine by me. A couple of days ago I read on guardian.co.uk that Scott is will be executive producing BBC’s new 4-hour miniseries based on Philip K Dick’s The Man In The High Castle. I don’t know about you guys but that’s great news for me!
In case you’ve never heard of Dick’s sci-fi novel, I can tell you now it’s a must-read one: the story is set in an alternative future (even though it occurs in 1962) in which the Nazis won the Second World War. Yes, you can relate the novel to George Orwell’s 1984 since the novel takes us to the daily life under totalitarian Fascist imperialism fourteen years after the end of a longer Second World War (1939–1948) won by Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany. Well, I won’t be giving you more details about The Man In The High Castle, if you’re interested go buy the book or borrow it from a friend… Also you can always read a little bit more about the novel at 
Wikipedia.
A number of Dick’s novels and short stories have been made into films including Total Recall and Minority Report. And let’s not forget about Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the novel that loosely inspired Scott’s Blade Runner.
“It is a joy and a privilege to be back in Dick’s world. I’ve been a lifelong fan of Philip K Dick. He is the master of creating worlds which not only spark the imagination but offer deeper commentary on the human condition.”, said Scott.
