{"id":13541,"date":"2020-07-31T10:11:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T14:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/submarine-options-sci-fi-novel-echo-boy\/"},"modified":"2020-07-31T10:11:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T14:11:26","slug":"submarine-options-sci-fi-novel-echo-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/submarine-options-sci-fi-novel-echo-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Submarine Options Sci-Fi Novel Echo Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Submarine has optioned the rights to Matt Haig\u2019s best-selling science-fiction novel <em>Echo Boy<\/em> to adapt as a hybrid live-action\/animated series.<\/p>\n<p>Set in the year 2115, <em>Echo Boy<\/em>\u00a0follows teenager Audrey Castle whose life is shattered after her parents are murdered by a malfunctioning Echo\u2014a humanoid robot designed to assist with every aspect of daily life. When Audrey crosses paths with a thinking and feeling Echo prototype named Daniel, she is forced to grapple with her prejudices, fears and the idea of what it means to be human.<\/p>\n<p>For the series, Submarine is partnering up with long-time collaborator Tommy Pallotta, who co-developed the animation technique used in <em>A Scanner Darkly<\/em>, <em>Waking Life<\/em> and <em>Undone<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Femke Wolting, co-founder and co-managing director at Submarine, said: \u201cSubmarine is already the largest studio in the Netherlands, but what we have been building with <em>Undone<\/em>, <em>Apollo 10 \u00bd<\/em> and now with <em>Echo Boy<\/em> is a truly global slate of high-end, innovative projects that aim to push the medium of animation forward. Matt\u2019s book is futuristic but also intensely human\u2014and has the combination of an original world and resonant truth we look for in a story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haig added: \u201cI am very excited that Echo Boy is being developed for the screen by Submarine. It is a novel with a level of scope and ambition which needs to be factored into the adaptation, and I am confident Submarine\u2019s visual flair and imaginative creativity make them equal to the challenge. 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