Director Taika Waititi is in talks to direct a film based on Klara and the Sun novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. While nothing has been official yet, the project is in development at Sony's 3000 Pictures.

Dahvi Waller is expected to write the screenplay for the adaptation with David Heyman zeroed to produce the film under Heydey Films. The novel revolves around robot girl Klara who is made so that teens do not feel lonely. The film is about how the robot tries to save a family it lives with from heartbreak.

It is to be noted that earlier Ishiguro's novel The Remains of the Day was backed by Columbia Pictures. The film starred Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. Ishiguro will executive produce, with Elizabeth Gabler and Aislinn Dunster overseeing the project.

 Meanwhile, Waititi's next film is sports comedy Next Goal Wins. It will release on November 17.