Rub-A-Dub

Rub-a-Dub (working title) is a feature film adaptation of the short story “Rub-a-Dub” by Daniel Galouye, whose novel Simulacron-3 became the film The 13th Floor (1999). Homunculus Productions, LLC, has a four year option on “Rub-a-Dub” and Alison McMahan is working on the screenplay.

Rub-a-Dub features the struggles of a girl who must spend her childhood in space alone, the physical vehicle for three adult male astronauts who have been “imprinted” in her head to give her the skills she needs for the task. By the time she returns she is grown and the imprints must be removed. The imprints struggle against erasure because they are sentient beings, entitled to life. Will Vivien be able to navigate a complex, decaying world without them?

The film metaphorically examines how humans deal with a barrage of programming from numerous sources,  how levels of consciousness work, and how hypnosis, including self-hypnosis, affects thought and free will.

LOGLINES (working loglines)

Her Destiny was to save the Earth. But would she be able to save her own soul?

A story about how humans are programmed and re-programmed.

What’s in your head?

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