Edgar Wright to direct sci-fi film Set My Heart to Five

Baby Driver director Edgar Wright will helm the big-screen adaptation of Set My Heart to Five, an
upcoming novel about a robot learning to love. The plot based on the book, penned by Simon Stephenson, will follow Jared, an android that works as a dentist, as he undergoes an emotional awakening that is sparked by an introduction to the cinema of the 1980s-90s. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the story is ‘set in an all-too human 2054’. After getting to the movies, Jared embarks on a quest to convince humans that he and his kind should be permitted to feel. ‘It’s a quest that leads to an unforgettable adventure across the West Coast of America, determined to meet to programmer that created him and write a film script that will change the world,’ as per the film’s synopsis. (PTI)