Netflix’s New Philip K. Dick Show Adapts 1 Of His Most “Unfilmable” Sci-Fi Stories

Published Jul 19, 2026, 8:45 PM EDT Dhruv is a Lead Writer in Screen Rant's New TV division. He has been consistently contributing to the website for over two years and has written thousands of articles covering streaming trends, movie/TV analysis, and pop culture breakdowns. Before Screen Rant, he was a Senior Writer for The Cinemaholic, covering everything from anime to television, from reality TV to movies. After high school, he was on his way to become a Civil Engineer. However, he soon realized that writing was his true calling. As a result, he took a leap and never looked back. Netflix will soon be the streaming home of an ambitious Philip K. Dick show which will adapt one of the most "unfilmable" stories written by the sci-fi author. Instead of adapting one of his better known books, the show seems to pick up a relatively obscure story that is remembered more as a cult classic. Adapting the story will not be an easy feat, but the Netflix sci-fi show might pull it off. Even though it has always been challenging to translate Philip K. Dick's prose to the screen, many filmmakers and showrunners have not shied away from adapting his works. In the past, quite a few compelling Philip K. Dick adaptations, like Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, The Man in the High Castle, and Blade Runner, have seen the light of day. The long line of above-average adaptations proves that even Netflix's upcoming take on a classic Philip K. Dick story will not disappoint. However, considering the complex storytelling in the source material, the Netflix show in question might struggle to accurately bring the original story to the screen. Netflix Is Adapting Philip K. Dick’s The World Jones Made The upcoming Netflix sci-fi show titled, The Future Is Ours, is based on Philip K. Dick's The World Jones Made. It is set to be an 8-part limited series and is set to become the first-ever Spanish-language screen adaptation of a Philip K. Dick work. As reports reveal, the show's main cast will include Enzo Vogrincic, Emiliano Zurita, Delfina Chaves, Marleyda Soto, and Marco Antonio Caponi. Mateo Gil (of the Open Your Eyes and Vanilla Sky fame) serves as the upcoming Netflix sci-fi series' showrunner and primary screenwriter, with Laura Santullo also involved as its writer. Interestingly, Philip K. Dick’s daughter, Isa Dick Hackkett, is also heavily involved with the project as an executive producer. K&S Films, which is known for its work on Netflix's The Eternaut, is teaming up with Electric Shepherd Productions to coproduce the Netflix sci-fi series. While the show does not have a confirmed release date yet, it is expected to premiere towards the end of 2026 or sometime in the first quarter of 2027. On paper, a lot seems to be going in the favor of the upcoming Philip K. Dick adaptation on Netflix. It is being adapted by creative powerhouses who have a well-established line of work in the sci-fi genre. Even its producing companies' previous work in sci-fi and Philip K. Dick adaptations spells a lot of promise for the upcoming series. However, a closer look at the show's premise reveals how it will potentially change the original story, which raises some skepticism surrounding how it will turn out. Like Most Philip K. Dick Adaptations, The Netflix Show Is Seemingly Simplifying The Original Story Unlike Philip K. Dick's The World Jones Made, which unfolds in a post-nuclear war setting, the series is set in 2047 in the aftermath of a global ecological disaster. The show will also introduce an authoritarian coalition of South American countries called FedSur, which will enforce ruthless measures on the masses to combat hunger and the remnants of nature on the planet. This is when the show will introduce its own version of Jones, named Jonás Flores, who acquires the ability to look one year into the future. With his ability, he foresees the reversal of climate change after the fall of FedSur, triggering the inception of a massive rebellion against the government body. The show will also feature a counterpart to the central police officer, Doug Cussick, from the Philip K. Dick story, who sets out to stop the titular lead. In the show, the officer's name has been changed to Hugo Crussí. One of the more controversial changes in the Netflix sci-fi adaptation revolves around an alien species called "The Drifters" in the original story. Surprisingly, the show's creators have decided to ground it in more realism by completely removing the alien plot altogether. This over-simplification of the original Philip K. Dick story could potentially make or break the series. Hopefully, it will work in its favor.