Roland ‘2012′ Emmerich To Direct ‘Foundation’
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…
Originally published as a series of eight short stories in Astounding Magazine beginning in 1942, “Foundation” is a complex saga about humans who are scattered on planets throughout the galaxy, living under the rule of the Galactic Empire.
A psycho-historian who can scientifically read the future sees an imminent empire collapse, and sets to work preparing to save the knowledge of mankind.
The emergence of Sony and Emmerich at the controls of “Foundation” is a surprise development, and one that owes at least a bit to the animosity between Warner Bros. and Fox over “Watchmen.”
