Philip K Dicks Electric Dreams

In a world without advanced technology mutant telepaths have become humanity’s only mechanism for long distance communication, but their powers have unintended implications. When the public begins to embrace mysterious, telepath-blocking hoods, two detectives with an entangled past are brought in to investigate.

Jack Reynor (Macbeth, Free Fire, Jungle Book) and Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange, The Martian, Top Boy), lead the cast of “Impossible Planet”, based on the short story by the same name, as two disillusioned, disenchanted and indifferent space tourism employees who take up an elderly woman’s (Geraldine Chaplin, A Monster Calls, Doctor Zhivago) request for a trip back to Earth… the existence of which is a long-debunked myth. She appears easily confused, plus she’s rich – so, for the right payment, what’s the harm in indulging her fantasies? As the journey unfolds, however, their scam begins to eat away at them and they ultimately find themselves dealt a bittersweet surprise. Based on the Philip K. Dick story by the same name, the episode is written and directed by David Farr (The Night Manager, Hanna, McMafia).

A man hangs dead from a billboard, apparently murdered and inexplicably ignored by passersby, after a politician makes a shocking statement encouraging violence. When one man dares to question the situation he becomes an instant target.

As average a man as ever there was, when approached by a gorgeous synthetic woman with an illegal plan that could change his life completely, a smitten Ed decides to help. That’s when his world really begins to crumble.

A future policewoman shares headspace with a brilliant game designer as each pursue violent killers whose plans could have shattering consequences. In a race against time, sharing a bond that no one else can see, they learn the very device that connects them can also destroy them.

A woman suffering in a loveless marriage suddenly finds that the psyche of her emotionally abusive husband has been replaced by something alien... yet surprisingly kind. This cuts to the heart of Philip K. Dick’s core concern-- what truly defines us as human?

Despite society and the world as we know it having collapsed, a massive, automatic product-manufacturing factory continues to operate according to the principles of consumerism - humans consume products to be happy, and in order to consume continuously, they must be denied freedom of choice and free will. When a small band of rebels decide to shut down the factory, they discover they may actually be the perfect consumers after all.

A small-town girl, already gripped with social anxiety, moves to a big futuristic city with her mother. Exposed for the first time to urban society’s emphasis on security and terrorist prevention, it isn’t long before her school days are consumed by fear and paranoia. She soon finds guidance and companionship in the most unexpected of places.

The world is under attack as aliens quietly invade our homes. Charlie, our young hero must make the most difficult decisions imaginable as he is among the first to realize that humans are being replaced by dangerous monsters. As much a gut-wrenching view of a child losing faith in his father, as it is an energizing battle to save humanity from alien invaders.

A humble employee at the local city transit center is alarmed to discover that some daily commuters are taking the train to a town that shouldn’t exist. When he investigates for himself, he comes face to face with an alternate reality that forces him to confront his own struggles around his relationship with his wife and his very troubled son.