Edgar Wright is an interesting filmmaker. His movies are super genre-focused, and while he’s been a big part of the geek community for a long time, only Baby Driver managed to kill it at the box office. His Cornetto Trilogy performed modestly well, and Scott Pilgrim mostly bombed. And, if you can believe it, he’s only released six feature films — and only five were widely released.

His seventh feature, Last Night in Soho is set to come out this coming September, but we’ll see whether or not that happens. With that film seemingly ready to go, he’s already readying his next movie. This time, he’s adapting another existing I.P. in the form of novel Set My Heart to Five by first-time novelist Simon Stephenson, which is about a robot who learns to love. Pretty much, it’s a tale as old as time in the world of sci-fi, so there’s a lot of room there for fun.

Adapting the script is Simon Stephenson himself, who wrote the book. With that in mind, this may be first Edgar Wright movie that isn’t written by him. Then again, for all we know, Wright may put his hand in the script before it gets in front of cameras. 

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Sadly, if you’re hoping to get your hands on this book, you won’t be able to until late May, at the earliest. This is one of those books that has somehow been acquired before its release. Regardless, based on its synopsis, it does seem like a book whose humor is very much in line with Wright’s sensibilities. Check out the synopsis down below!

“Jared does not have friends.

Because friends are a function of feelings.

Therefore friends are just one more human obligation that Jared never has to worry about.

But Jared is worrying. Which is worrying. He’s also started watching old films. And inexplicably crying in them. And even his Feelings Wheel (given to him by Dr Glundenstein, who definitely is not a friend) cannot guide him through the emotional minefield he now finds himself in.

Soon his feelings will send him fleeing across the country, pursued by a man who wants to destroy him and driven by an illogical desire to share pathogens with the woman who bamboozles him the most.

And Jared cannot!

Because feelings will ruin your life, especially if you aren’t supposed to have them…”

What do you think of this story? Does it seem like the perfect fit for Edgar Wright? Let us know your thoughts down below!

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SOURCE: THR