grim22 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 http://www.thewrap.com/interstellars-jonah-nolan-developing-foundation-series-for-hbo-wbtv-exclusive/ Quote 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. He recently tipped his hand to Indiewire, which asked him, ‘what's the one piece of science fiction you truly love that people don't know enough about?’ “Well, I fucking love the ‘Foundation’ novels by Isaac Asimov. They're certainly not well-known, but that's a set of books I think everyone would benefit from reading. That's a set of books where the influence they have is just fucking massive. They have many imitators and many have been inspired by them, but go back and read those, and there are some ideas in those that'll set your fucking hair on fire,” Nolan told Indiewire. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Thank god, better him than Emmerich (and a TV series with a decent budget makes much more sense than a movie). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 OMG OMG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Battlestar Galactica showed that you can have great FX in a tv show (and presumably a reasonable budget). I know nothing about Foundation but based on the genre and those involved, I'm looking forward to this miniseries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Nolan the Younger may conquer TV more than his big bro will in cinema. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Battlestar Galactica showed that you can have great FX in a tv show (and presumably a reasonable budget). I know nothing about Foundation but based on the genre and those involved, I'm looking forward to this miniseries. I assume they'll beef up the action a bit. It still should be interesting: The Galactic Empire is in a period of decline (think the end of the Roman Empire). Hari Seldon, a genius in the field of psychohistory (a combination of psychology, history, anthropology, and social studies), is convinced he knows when the Empire will fall, and his data reveals that there'll be a Dark Age lasting 30,000 years. However, if humanity collectively follows a careful path that he's calculated, he can reduce the period to 1,000 years. The Foundation is set up to follow Seldon's path. The series is a collection of short stories and novelettes packaged into several novels, detailing the various crises the Foundation faces (initially, local bandits and warlords, escalating to bigger and greater threats of all sorts -- both physical and otherwise). Some aspects of Star Wars are heavily influenced by the Foundation saga: for example, the hub of the Galactic Empire is a planet called Trantor that's one giant city. Sound familiar? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloneWars Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Oh Fucking yes! Yes! Yes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 They had me at H in the HBO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I assume they'll beef up the action a bit. It still should be interesting: The Galactic Empire is in a period of decline (think the end of the Roman Empire). Hari Seldon, a genius in the field of psychohistory (a combination of psychology, history, anthropology, and social studies), is convinced he knows when the Empire will fall, and his data reveals that there'll be a Dark Age lasting 30,000 years. However, if humanity collectively follows a careful path that he's calculated, he can reduce the period to 1,000 years. The Foundation is set up to follow Seldon's path. The series is a collection of short stories and novelettes packaged into several novels, detailing the various crises the Foundation faces (initially, local bandits and warlords, escalating to bigger and greater threats of all sorts -- both physical and otherwise). Some aspects of Star Wars are heavily influenced by the Foundation saga: for example, the hub of the Galactic Empire is a planet called Trantor that's one giant city. Sound familiar? Uhh....Tattooine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyLL Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 One of my favorite book series. However my recollection of it brings to mind that the story is a bit slow and plodding for TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 It would never really have worked as a movie but done right I think it should be good as TV show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Sorry, no news. This is the most recent news. http://www.idigitaltimes.com/foundation-tv-show-whatever-happened-hbos-foundation-series-adaptation-546011 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Can't see it getting off the ground until Westworld is done. Bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyLL Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 On 11/12/2014 at 0:31 AM, AndyLL said: One of my favorite book series. However my recollection of it brings to mind that the story is a bit slow and plodding for TV. LOL... I just said in the CC thread that it wouldn't make a good movie but would fit TV better. So young and clueless back then. Quote a genius in the field of psychohistory (a combination of psychology, history, anthropology, and social studies) Actually I would say that psychohistory was the ability to turn those soft sciences into hard sciences that followed cardinal rules and could be modeled using mathematics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Westworld was delayed so Nolan may pull back after season 2 and focus on this. There is hope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 As part of its yet-to-launch TV streaming lineup, Apple will develop a series based on Isaac Asimov's highly influential Foundation series of sci-fi novels, both Deadline and Variety report. The series will be helmed by screenwriters and producers David S. Goyer and Josh Friedman, who have individually and previously worked on numerous superhero films and TV series such as Batman Begins, as well as the Terminator franchise. It will be produced by Skydance Television, which is also responsible for the Netflix sci-fi series Altered Carbon. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/04/asimovs-foundation-will-be-a-tv-series-on-apples-streaming-platform/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porthos Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Huh. (Apple is developing a streaming platform, that is) Oh, yeah. "Huh" at this news as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Apple has given Foundation a full series order. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/apple-confirms-tv-series-order-of-asimovs-foundation/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 On 11/10/2014 at 3:25 PM, Telemachos said: I assume they'll beef up the action a bit. It still should be interesting: The Galactic Empire is in a period of decline (think the end of the Roman Empire). Hari Seldon, a genius in the field of psychohistory (a combination of psychology, history, anthropology, and social studies), is convinced he knows when the Empire will fall, and his data reveals that there'll be a Dark Age lasting 30,000 years. However, if humanity collectively follows a careful path that he's calculated, he can reduce the period to 1,000 years. The Foundation is set up to follow Seldon's path. The series is a collection of short stories and novelettes packaged into several novels, detailing the various crises the Foundation faces (initially, local bandits and warlords, escalating to bigger and greater threats of all sorts -- both physical and otherwise). Some aspects of Star Wars are heavily influenced by the Foundation saga: for example, the hub of the Galactic Empire is a planet called Trantor that's one giant city. Sound familiar? When I saw COruscant in "Attack Of the Clones" I thought...."Stealing from Asimov, are we, George?". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 On 11/12/2014 at 1:55 PM, DeeCee said: It would never really have worked as a movie but done right I think it should be good as TV show. If they stick to the books and keep the ephaisis on politics and intrigue and not make it into a shoot em up. Asimov very deliberately had the battles in the Foundatation novels happen "off screen " so to speak. he does not give any detailed descriptions of the battles, just who won and shows the impact they have. He did not want to write another action heavy space opera, which even in 1941 were a flood on the science fiction market. Now who will they cast as Hari Seldon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...