Director Alex Proyas gave us Dark City and I, Robot.
Now he’s looking to take audiences to another sci-fi world with the big-screen version of Robert Heinlein’s The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag.
Proyas would write and direct the film version of the 1942 novella.
Heinlein’s story follows the title character as he suddenly realizes he has no idea what he does for a living and has no memory of his daytime activities. Understandably freaked out, he contacts a husband-and-wife detective agency and hires them to follow him during the day to find out what he’s been up to. The result is a web of dark mystery, beginning with warnings from some shady characters that the detectives should stop before they find something they shouldn’t see.
Proyas considers himself a lifelong fan of the story, and even calls it an inspiration for his 1998 cult classic Dark City.
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