Here's something a little different in the world of PKD. From the Disney press release:

"KING OF THE ELVES (Domestic Release Date: Christmas 2012, Disney Digital 3-D™)
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Directors: Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker
Producer: Chuck Williams

Legendary storyteller Phillip K. Dick's short story (his only experiment in the fantasy genre) becomes the basis for this fantastic and imaginative tale about an average man living in the Mississippi Delta, whose reluctant actions to help a desperate band of elves leads them to name him their new king. Joining the innocent and endangered elves as they attempt to escape from an evil and menacing troll, their unlikely new leader finds himself caught on a journey filled with unimaginable dangers and a chance to bring real meaning back to his own life."

Also, PKD Daughters Isa Dick-Hackett and Laura Leslie will serve as consulting producers on the film through their company Electric Shepherd Productions. Good luck to everyone involved!

• Read the full Press Release from Disney

The Palm Tree Garden is an online community for and about Gnostics with plenty of information about Philip K. Dick. This article by Luke Valentine is about Philip K. Dick's last unwritten novel "The Owl In Daylight" and the upcoming Dick biopic. Check it out!

• Visit the Palm Tree Garden
• Philip K. Dick Forum on PTG

Spanish student Luis Fernando Romero Calero will present "A Reality Obsessed" on January 24 at the University of Seville in Spain. The work which analyzes the work of Philip K. Dick is available for download in Spanish on the web site below. Enjoy!

• More information and to download 'A Reality Obsessed'

A screening of the new 'Final Cut' of Blade Runner will take place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on the evening of December 9. Cast and crew members will be in attendance. The screening will be part of an awards celebration honoring William Shatner and hosted by Malcolm McDowell. The Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival will hold science fiction and exploration-related events from December 5 to 15 around Los Angeles.

• Visit the Jules Verne Adventure Society web site

The West Coast Premiere of '800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K Dick' will take place October 19th- November 17th at Live Girls! Theater in Seattle, Washington.

'800 Words' is wild ride into the mind of visionary science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, which happens to include-a phantom twin, a secret agent man, a talking cat and the voice of God.

Whose reality, or fantasy, are we watching onstage? Whose reality are we living? Was Philip K Dick a visionary or madman? Blurring the lines between reality and perception, '800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick' is a reinvention of the last days of this legendary writer. Based on a true story, the play begins just as Philip’s novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" is to be released as the Hollywood film Blade Runner. If you like a firm line between art and entertainment, reality and fantasy, us versus them, prepare to have your mind blown by the darkly funny and absurd journey that is Victoria Stewart's 800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K Dick. 800 Words was written by up and coming playwright Victoria Stewart and directed by Jess Smith. It features an exciting cast of Seattle actors.

• For more information visit Live Girls Theater.

Los Angeles - A joint announcement was made today by Halcyon co-CEOs Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson, and Electric Shepherd Productions' Isa Dick Hackett and Laura Leslie: Halcyon will have the first option to develop projects in conjunction with Electric Shepherd Productions, the Dick Estate's multimedia production company. Based on material from Dick's vast body of work, co-productions may include film adaptations, as well as television and other media projects. Details of the production slate are forthcoming.

• Read the complete Press Release on the Official PKD Web Site.
• Recent Los Angeles Times article about Electric Shepherd

Twenty-five years after the initial release of Ridley Scott's classic science fiction movie "Blade Runner," fans will be able to see the movie the way it was originally intended. No less than three collector's editions DVD sets will be available in December including a "Deckard Briefcase" with five versions of the film. Theatrical playdates in New York, Los Angeles and the Venice Film Fest will showcase the Final Cut.

• Read the full Variety article from Comic-Con here.

PKDFans.com contributor David Hyde (aka Lord RC) has written a book about Philip K. Dick described as "a study of the novels and short stories of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) with presentation of a literary chronology of his career."

• Order Lord RC's Pink Beam here.
• Visit David Hyde's PKDWeb on philipkdickfans.com