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Re:David Goyer and Josh Friedman Adapting Isaac Asimov's Fou... by DonaldPShimoda on Thursday June 29, 2017 @01:00PM (#14664843)
I'm trying to figure whether they would start with the main trilogy or the prequels.

The trilogy has super frequent cast changes. They might be able to do a season per book, but even then some of the books go through way too many characters to be comfortable for a format like that. Maybe do like a three-part episode per section in the books, in a sort of mini-miniseries? That condenses the dialog-heaviness and allows for some emphasis on the "action", although it would still be very cerebral compared to most series these days.

If they start with the prequels, they'd have a more stable cast. Not to mention, the prequels have a lot more action-y scenes and are a bit more fast-paced. The main downside is that they might lose audience if they go through the prequels and then do the main trilogy; many people would find the later seasons excessively boring, I think.

So I dunno. I can see ways where it might work, but it would have to be well-executed and planned out thoroughly. I think I'm going to try to be hesitantly optimistic, haha. We'll see what happens.

Re:David Goyer and Josh Friedman Adapting Isaac Asimov's Fou... by marktangotango on Thursday June 29, 2017 @01:40PM (#14665240)
Everyone really hated Will Smith and "I Robot" but I've always maintained it at least captured the spirit of the robot stories, three laws, and the problems that can arise. I ask myself, what is the spirit of the Foundation series that could be captured in a similar way? I personally come up empty handed, hopefully these people can do better!
Re:David Goyer and Josh Friedman Adapting Isaac Asimov's Fou... by phonon on Monday July 03, 2017 @12:33PM (#14689519)
The movie started off as a completely unrelated (to the Asimov series) script.

http://www.screenwritersutopia.com/article/d19127d8

Interestingly, the article discusses how the same scriptwriter was involved in a Foundation adaptation, (that didn't seem to go anywhere.)

Re:David Goyer and Josh Friedman Adapting Isaac Asimov's Fou... by dep_b on Thursday June 29, 2017 @09:50PM (#14668175)
It wasn't bad at all, but maybe some people are put off by certain characters in roles that are not associated with them, like Stallone in Copland.