Passage: Interest in adapting Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? developed shortly after its 1968 publication. (19th December 1980, Director Martin Scorsese became interested in filming the novel, but never optioned it. Producer Herb Jaffe optioned it in the early 1970s, but Dick was unimpressed with the screenplay written by Herb's son Robert: "Jaffe's screenplay was so terribly done... Robert flew down to Santa Ana to talk with me about the project. And the first thing I said to him when he got off the plane was, 'Shall I beat you up here at the airport, or shall I beat you up back at my apartment?'" Screenplay by Hampton Fancher was informed in 1977. Producer Michael Deeley Fancher became interested in director Ridley Fancher's draft and convinced him to film it. Producer Herb Jaffe optioned it back in the early 1970s, but Dick was unimpressed with the screenplay written by Herb's son Robert: "Jaffe's screenplay was so terribly done... Robert flew down to Santa Ana to
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