Minority Report set for new adaptation in 2024
Minority Report is getting a stage adaptation in 2024.
Based on the 1956 near-future novella by Philip K. Dick, Minority Report was made famous by Steven Spielberg's 2002 movie, which starred Tom Cruise and Samantha Morton.
Adapted for the stage by David Haig and directed by Max Webster, the play will open at the Nottingham Playhouse, where it plays from February 16 to March 9, before moving on to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre between March 22 and April 6. It will conclude at London's Lyric Hammersmith from April 19 to May 18.
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Unlike the book and the movie, the stage production moves the action to London and changes the central character to a female neuroscientist named Dame Julia Anderton.
"In 2050, neuroscientist Dame Julia Anderton is about to launch the next phase of her pioneering Pre-Crime programme, detaining people for crimes before they are committed. But when Julia is accused of pre-murder, she's in a race against time to save herself from her own system," reads the synopsis.
"This thrilling adaptation of Phillip K Dick's iconic story challenges our beliefs about justice and free will in a real-time chase through London of the future."
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Speaking about the stage play, producer Simon Friend said: "I'm delighted to announce the world premiere stage version of Minority Report, based on Philip K. Dick's short story, adapted by David Haig. We commissioned this project several years ago, but with its prescient central theme of personal technological surveillance, it has only become more alarmingly relevant to the world in which we live, despite the original story having been written in 1956.
"I'm also excited to reunite with director Max Webster, after the continued success of our production of Life of Pi, to create another entertaining, ambitious, and thought-provoking piece of theatre, and to partner with some of the country's best producing theatres."
Minority Report opens at the Nottingham Playhouse on February 16.
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