Jack Black is set to star in How to Survive a Robot Uprising, reports io9.
The humorous survival guide was written by Daniel H. Wilson, author of the just announced for adaptation Robopocalypse, to be directed by Steve Spielberg.
Steve Pink, director of Hot Tub Time Machine, is slated to direct “Uprising.” Wilson describes his book as follows on his official site:
If popular culture has taught us anything, it is that someday mankind must face and destroy the growing robot menace.
In print and on the big screen we have been deluged with scenarios of robot malfunction, misuse, and outright rebellion. Robots have descended on us from outer space, escaped from top-secret laboratories, and even traveled back in time to destroy us.
Today, scientists are working hard to bring these artificial creations to life. In Japan, fuzzy little real robots are delivering much appreciated hug therapy to the elderly. Children are frolicking with smiling robot toys.
It all seems so innocuous. And yet how could so many Hollywood scripts be wrong?
So take no chances. Arm yourself with expert knowledge. For the sake of humanity, listen to serious advice from real robotics experts. How else will you survive the inevitable future in which robots rebel against their human masters?
