{"id":88137,"date":"2016-06-15T10:04:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T09:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=88137"},"modified":"2016-06-15T10:04:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T09:04:47","slug":"another-earths-mike-cahill-to-direct-dash-shaws-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/another-earths-mike-cahill-to-direct-dash-shaws-doctors\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Earth’s Mike Cahill to direct Dash Shaw’s Doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re big fans of Another Earth<\/em> <\/strong>and I Origins<\/em><\/strong> director Mike Cahill, and the filmmaker has just signed on to another intriguing genre project.<\/p>\n

THR<\/a> reports that Cahill will direct the film of Dash Shaw’s graphic novel Doctors<\/em><\/strong>. It’s the story of “a doctor and his team who can go into a dead person\u2019s consciousness in the form of a memory and temporarily bring them back to life. When a woman hires the doctor to bring back her mother, the act poses an unintended question: What happens when the dead don’t want to return?”<\/p>\n

The film will be written by Ben Jacoby, whose credits include horror movies Bleed<\/em><\/strong> and the upcoming Borderland<\/em><\/strong>, and who is working with David S Goyer on the upcoming prequel to The Omen<\/em><\/strong> (which has currently has the awful title The First Omen<\/em><\/strong>). Goyer will produce Doctors\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>and will continue\u00a0to be described as one of the busiest people in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

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Brit Marling in Mike Cahill’s Another Earth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This sounds like a really interesting concept for a director like Cahill, who\u00a0has two beautifully made, ambitious and heartfelt sci-fi dramas under his belt. He’s also recently directed the pilot for The Magicians<\/em><\/strong>, as well as two episodes of acclaimed cult drama The Path<\/em><\/strong>. So, you know, hopefully this will be more like The Returned<\/em><\/strong> and less like The Lazarus Effect<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Read our interview with Mike Cahill about I Origins<\/em> here<\/a>. Keep up with the latest genre news with the new issue of SciFiNow<\/a>.<\/strong>
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