Issac Asimov’s Foundation series is legendary. An epic tale spanning 40 years of a man’s efforts to craft the perfect science fiction masterpiece. His novel I, Robot was translated to film. Though I actually liked it, I think “inspired by Asimov’s work” would have been more appropriate.
Now his ultimate achievement, the Foundation series is going to be a film made by Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, who like desperate rats were among those fleeing the sinking ship known as New Line Cinema. The sinking ship got absorbed by a bigger ship, but Bob and Mike were already gone.
Science fiction is a genre in which the duo and New Line had dabbled, most notably in recent years with “The Last Mimzy,” which Shaye directed. That 2007 film grossed just $27 million worldwide, according to tracking firm Box Office Mojo.”Foundation” is based on Asimov’s “Foundation Trilogy,” which centers on a society that has figured out how to predict the future based on a method called psychohistory and sets up a foundation devoted to scientific research to protect itself and ensure its survival.
Wow. Where do I start.
Let’s see.
Mimzy was a stuffed bunny rabbit in a kids movie about a magical device that gives kids strange powers. All family film fluff and I am not talking about the bunny.
Foundation is a hard look at the fall of society and a metal planet that houses the very foundation of scientific theories.
Yup. I can see why they wanted to take this on. Their sci-fi roots make them the perfect choice.
If there was EVER a pairing that made me think that they might just deviate from the source material this is it. Besides the heady science talk, this is not exactly the story I would envision entertaining the masses.
Yeah Asimov is legen… wait for it…. and I hope you are not lactose intolerant because the rest of that word is -dary! He is the man. All science fiction writers wish they could share even a tiny bit of the shade of the pillar upon which this man’s reputation is laid.
I just have little hope for something as complex and intellectual as Foundation being helmed by the guys who brought us The Last Mimzy.
