Emmerich wins right to Asimov's Foundation

[Krug]

Roland Emmerich finds 'Foundation' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety

Columbia won an auction late Thursday for screen rights to "Foundation," Isaac Asimov's ground breaking science fiction trilogy. The film will be developed as a directing vehicle for Roland Emmerich.

Emmerich and his Centropolis partner Michael Wimer will produce the film. The deal was mid six-figures against low seven figures.

Urgh. Is it going to be as faithful as I, Robot?

 

[TwinBahamut]

Since Foundation is probably even less adaptable into film than I, Robot is, I seriously doubt this is going to be very faithful or remarkable.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I'm picturing it as a Jackie Chan/Janeane Garofalo buddy movie trilogy.

 

[Mark]

Robin Williams might be too large to play the Mule. It'll have to be DJ Qualls.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I just looked up Roland Emmerich...we may be giving him too much credit.

Roland Emmerich

 

[Wombat]

Foundation is unfilmable.

Not to mention so hopelessly dated of a read that is it almost too much to get through. This is a book that has not aged well; other writings of the same era of fared better...

 

[Rackhir]

Poor, poor Asimov. First, I Robot which basically was the anti- Asimov's Robot stories movie (the whole point of the 3 laws was to get past robots as a menace). Now Roland Emmerich gets his grubby hands on Foundation.

I don't think it would be that difficult to update it, but not in Emmerich's hands...

I will never forgive them for their Overgrown lizard movie.

 

[Mallus]

As long as the movie features ridiculously large spaceship battles I will be happy.