A Scanner Darkly could be a very cool film, and is almost certainly exactly what Richard Linklater needs post-Bad News Bears. The only problem with the movie is that it seems like it’s never coming out. The release date keeps getting pushed back further and further – now the film is scheduled to hit July 7th, almost a solid year after I saw some great footage (and "interviewed" the Philip K Dick android) at San Diego ComiCon.
That opens the film directly against Pirates of the Caribbean 2, but I get the feeling that the target audience ain’t quite the same. I don’t really know who the audience for this animated take on a Dick tale is, but I do hope that they come out to the theaters in droves, because no matter if this film is great or a misfire, A Scanner Darkly is exactly the kind of movie all of us movie geeks should be supporting with our money.