Edgar Wright is keeping himself pretty busy, with his thriller Last Night in Soho coming up this year. That’s followed by a sequel to his biggest hit, Baby Driver, at some point. But one film may get in the way of that, an adaptation of upcoming novel Set My Heart to Five, and it sounds, frankly, insane.
Set My Heart to Five is based on the book by Simon Stephenson, and it centers on a robot named Jared who goes on a remarkable journey of the soul. THR‘s synopsis attempts to explain it best:
“According to a synopsis, the story is “set in an all-too human 2054″ and follows Jared, an android that works as a dentist, as he undergoes an emotional awakening that is sparked by an introduction to ’80s and ’90s movies. He then embarks on a quest to convince humans that he and his kind should be permitted to feel. It’s a quest that leads to an unforgettable adventure across the West Coast of America, determined to meet to programmer that created him and write a film script that will change the world.”
I mean…what??? There is so much that sounds like it could go wrong from a storytelling standpoint. Perhaps that’s what makes Wright perfect for it? I can’t imagine anyone else who could’ve wrangled an overstuffed story like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and yet Wright did it with flair. He had some help in crafting that screenplay, however. Set My Heart to Five, on the other hand, will be adapted entirely by Stephenson.
It doesn’t matter. I’m down for anything Wright does. Curious if he’ll bring his Cornetto pals Simon Pegg and Nick Frost into this. It sounds like a story where they could play some of the colorful folks Jared meets along the way.
