Film Adaptations
In 2006, Barry Ptolemy and his production company Ptolemaic Productions licensed the rights to The Singularity Is Near from Kurzweil. Inspired by the book, Ptolemy would direct and produce the film Transcendent Man, which would go on to critical and commercial success in 2009, bringing more attention to the book.
Kurzweil has also directed his own adaptation, called The Singularity is Near, which mixes a documentary with a science-fiction story involving his robotic avatar Ramona's transformation into an artificial general intelligence. It was screened at the World Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, Warsaw International FilmFest and San Antonio Film Festival in 2010 and the San Francisco Indie Film Festival in 2011. On June 15, 2012, a theatrical and digital-download release was announced for the summer of 2012 and a trailer was posted on YouTube. IMDB lists a release date of July 20.
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