In ‘Automata’, set in year 2044, robots are far more advanced than today, but they also have to follow some basic rules, one of them forbidding them to alter themselves in any way. When that rule gets broken, robots get hunted and killed, akin to the ones in Dick’s famous novel, media reported.

According to media reports, “The Antonio Banderas character is actually a robot insurance agent who investigates cases when humans manipulate robots. But when a mysterious robot starts manipulating other robots, things get interesting”.

The movie is expected to hit theatres soon somewhere in October 2014.