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[jett]

http://www.thewrap.com/interstellar...ing-foundation-series-for-hbo-wbtv-exclusive/

HBO and Warner Bros. TV are teaming to produce a series based on Isaac Asimov's “Foundation” trilogy that will be written and produced by “Interstellar” writer Jonathan Nolan, multiple individuals familiar with the project have told TheWrap.

Nolan, who is already working with HBO on “Westworld,” has been quietly developing the project for the last several months.

“Foundation” follows mathematician Hari Seldon, who has dedicated his life to developing psychohistory, a concept that uses the laws of mass action to predict the future on a large scale. When he foresees the imminent fall of the Galactic Empire and a dark age that will last 30,000 years, he sets out to create a foundation of talented artisans and engineers to preserve and expand on humanity's collective knowledge with the hope of establishing a new empire.

Well, better than when Roland Emmerich was looking into adapting it at least, lolz.

 

[strafer]

Don't you mean Roland Emmerich?

 

[MattyG]

I could've sworn I read "Hal Emmerich" in the last line at first.

 

[Jarmel]

Won't get excited until I know the showrunners.

 

[jett]

Damn it, you can't edit shit out quick enough in this place.

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

I've never read anything about Issac Isimov.. is he good??

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I'm a bit ashamed to admit that I'm a big sci-fi fan and a reader of novels in general and have never read the Foundation series. I've read 2 books of the Robots trilogy though.

I've never read anything about Issac Isimov.. is he good??

He better be considering that the laws of Robotics still used to this date are largely based off his work.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Cool. Hope it's better than Terminator Salvation.

 

[Thug Waffle]

fuck that. i wanted to be the guy to do this. well, there's always I, Robot.

Spoiler

i'm still excited and will watch the hell out of this

 

[LCfiner]

Interesting. I liked the books although the first three are - as even Asimov admitted - people standing around in a single room and talking a lot. I imagine they’ll shake things up a bit for TV.

 

[Inferno313]

Cool. Hope it's better than Terminator Salvation.

He was just a script doctor on that, no?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Interesting. I liked the books although the first three are - as even Asimov admitted - people standing around in a single room and talking a lot. I imagine they’ll shake things up a bit for TV.

Showrunner: JJ Abrams and George Lucas

Now the scenes of talking are replaced with sick action and cool robots and CG.

"It's like poetry. It rhymes"

 

[Jarmel]

Jo Nolan also did/does Person of Interest which is largely well regarded.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

He was just a script doctor on that, no?

He re-wrote it so that Connor was a lead character in the film.

It's really not worth getting into, I was just taking the piss. I'm excited about this.

 

[SteveWinwood]

i wont get my hopes up

I've never read anything about Issac Isimov.. is he good??

yes

very much so

 

[Thug Waffle]

ya'll know Hari Seldon is on GAF, right?

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

No not best Nolan, you must stay focused on Person of Interest!

 

[DieH@rd]

Wow, we will finally get adaptation of Foundation? That's great, even better of Jonathan Nolan is making it. He did masterful job with PoI.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Apparently I need to watch Person of Interest. Maybe one day it'll be on Amazon or Netflix.

 

[squidyj]

I feel like this is good, the worst part of Asimov stories is always the writing and now I don't have to read it.

 

[BorkBork]

Works better as a TV show than a movie, that's for sure.

 

[Thug Waffle]

I feel like this is good, the worst part of Asimov stories is always the writing and now I don't have to read it.

wat

 

[Technosteve]

Showrunner: JJ Abrams and George Lucas

Now the scenes of talking are replaced with sick action and cool robots and CG.

"It's like poetry. It rhymes"

oh um no thanks

 

[Ophelion]

I've never read anything about Issac Isimov.. is he good??

Seriously?

 

[not psycho]

Sounds awesome, but I wonder which books they will use. I hope they start with the original trilogy instead of the prequels.

 

[SteveWinwood]

I feel like this is good, the worst part of Asimov stories is always the writing and now I don't have to read it.

I quite like his writing style, granted I kind of grew up on it.

Very to the point with little extra fluff. It's probably because of him I can't stand Stephen King's page long descriptions.

 

[Chris R]

Wonder where they start at? Start with the prequel stuff or go with the first book?

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Apparently I need to watch Person of Interest.

Get on it now!
Best tv series of all time.

 

[SigmasonicX]

I really hope this turns out well.

 

[Meteorain]

I've never read anything about Issac Isimov.. is he good??

Oh come on now, you should at the least be aware of his works famous works such as I, Robot and Bicentennial Man. Not to mention the man who created the The Laws of Robotics.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Whatever gets us closer to the pipe dream of a Speaker for the Dead miniseries.

 

[squidyj]

wat

In the ancient days when the Galactic Empire had embraced the Galaxy, and Anacreon had been the richest of the prefects of the Periphery, more than one emperor had visited the Viceregal Palace in state. And not one had left without at least one effort to pit his skill with air speedster and needle gun against the feathered flying fortress they call the Nyakbird.

Opened my copy of foundation to a random page and pulled out a paragraph. It's functional and fine but it doesn't really do anything for me.

I quite like his writing style, granted I kind of grew up on it.

Very to the point with little extra fluff. It's probably because of him I can't stand Stephen King's page long descriptions.

don't get me wrong I enjoy terse prose.

 

[Guzim]

Apparently I need to watch Person of Interest. Maybe one day it'll be on Amazon or Netflix.

Get on it now!
Best tv series of all time.

I need to watch it too. My cousin raves about it, and I've heard nothing but great things about it on GAF.

 

[Shantom]

I love the Foundation series, so I'll definitely give this a look. It's going to be pretty difficult to adapt IMO.

 

[Technosteve]

Um if they are going to do Scifi, can they Rendezvous with Rama?

 

[Thug Waffle]

Opened my copy of foundation to a random page and pulled out a paragraph. It's functional and fine but it doesn't really do anything for me.



don't get me wrong I enjoy terse prose.

ja feel. have you read any of his other work?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I need to watch it too. My cousin raves about it, and I've heard nothing but great things about it on GAF.

http://deadline.com/2014/10/person-...j-abrams-license-deal-warner-bros-cbs-852003/

Unless you want to pay like 50 per season on Amazon, which I really do not lol, we'll have to wait till fall 2015. Assuming this is correct.

 

[Jarmel]

Whatever gets us closer to the pipe dream of a Speaker for the Dead miniseries.

You'll get a Hood directed Enders Game 2: Speaker for the Dead and be happy you'll get even that.

 

[CitizenVectron]

Psychohistory predicted this!!

Wow, this is amazing news. Foundation is to Science Fiction what Lord of the Rings is to Fantasy, in my opinion.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

You'll get a Hood directed Enders Game 2: Speaker for the Dead and be happy you'll get even that.

I'll kill you. I'll kill you dead.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Welp I guess this will kick my ass into finally reading Foundation, like the Game of Thrones series got me to read all of A Song of Ice and Fire.

 

[Nev]

I was reading Foundation for the first time the other day and all I could think was "Why/How hasn't this been adapted to TV/Movies yet?" Someone heard me.

 

[squidyj]

ja feel. have you read any of his other work?

Ummm, robots series, prelude to foundation series, original foundation series.

I'm not saying that I don't enjoy reading his books even, rather that the plot and concepts carry me through what is otherwise unremarkable prose. Sort of like the opposite of William Gibson for me, at least in his last trilogy.


Which reminds me I need to dig into the peripheral.

 

[unholyrevenger72]

I've never read anything about Issac Isimov.. is he good??

Inconsistent, some stuff is great, other stuff not so much

 

[CitizenVectron]

Welp I guess this will kick my ass into finally reading Foundation, like the Game of Thrones series got me to read all of A Song of Ice and Fire.

Foundation is a really short book (by today's standards), as are the sequels. They're easy reads, too, I think.

 

[SteveWinwood]

i wanna know what they make the mule look like

 

[CitizenVectron]

Inconsistent, some stuff is great, other stuff not so much

He's a great big ideas person. I expect Nolan to really modify the story though, considering the original trilogy takes place over centuries with different characters. So they'll clean up the dialogue as well. Unless they make it an anthology, which would be even cooler.

 

[jett]

Whatever gets us closer to the pipe dream of a Speaker for the Dead miniseries.

One of the best books I've read. I left Children of the Mind unfinished, maybe I should try and wrap it up one day.

 

[Joyful]

Whatever gets us closer to the pipe dream of a Speaker for the Dead miniseries.

 

[whatever77]

I've never read anything about Issac Isimov.. is he good??

Can only shoe shine for Robert Heinlein.