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Lee Pace and Jared Harris Cast in Apple's Isaac Asimov 'Foundation' Adaptation
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Fantastic Voyage was not turned into a movie. Quite the opposite.
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When it comes to television, it does not pay to be optimistic. Most likely, it will be filled with sex and violence and wildly successful, or faithful to the books and canceled after one season.
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More spaceships blowing up is not an improvement.
you just load up the TV app on your new iPhone on the 1st of November when it launches. You then get to accept your free year.
I'm so happy with Jared Harris being cast for Hari Seldon! A brilliant actor and with the looks which I can identify with the Hari Seldon I imagine when reading Foundation from Isaac Asimov. I've been reading all the books when I was younger and as an adult now reading the books once again. I'm in book 4 now and I'm still loving it, it's truly a brilliant writer as well.
I can't wait to see this unfold and I applaud for Apple for the guts to take this upon them as a tv series project because boy, this epic story is not easy to turn into a series. I even think it's impossible to follow the book by the letter since it consoles many time periods and many many main figures that present themselves within these different time periods. It's like making a movie out of J.R.R Tolkien Silmarillion.
I guess they, the directors, will focus on the first era of the Foundation, the forming of the "Encyclopedists" who are being exiled to a remote planet, Terminus. But I can't help myself hoping that the series will also touch on the second book where the inspiring Mule makes his appearance.
Bring it on!
I can't wait to see this unfold and I applaud for Apple for the guts to take this upon them as a tv series project because boy, this epic story is not easy to turn into a series. I even think it's impossible to follow the book by the letter since it consoles many time periods and many many main figures that present themselves within these different time periods. It's like making a movie out of J.R.R Tolkien Silmarillion.
I guess they, the directors, will focus on the first era of the Foundation, the forming of the "Encyclopedists" who are being exiled to a remote planet, Terminus. But I can't help myself hoping that the series will also touch on the second book where the inspiring Mule makes his appearance.
Bring it on!
Fingers crossed that they make this a success as the Foundation series is probably the definition of canonical sci-fi.
I’m liking the inspirational/aspirational tack that Apple is taking for their programming on Apple TV+ - I’m a bit burnt out by all of the dysfunctional and apocalyptic drama on the streamers.
I’m liking the inspirational/aspirational tack that Apple is taking for their programming on Apple TV+ - I’m a bit burnt out by all of the dysfunctional and apocalyptic drama on the streamers.
Harris Seldon...fantastic...loved him in Mad Men, Expanse AND The Terror... and LOVED Pace in Halt and Catch Fire
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If at all... Pace's character could be a rewritten Daneel Olivaw... Pace has the looks for this character
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but Brother Day? Emperor? huh? ... maybe if it was Cleon, yeah
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If at all... Pace's character could be a rewritten Daneel Olivaw... Pace has the looks for this character
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Finally some news about this, so far this show is the only reason I would purchase Apple TV+. Hopefully this means is no longer seemingly stuck in development hell.
This had better be good. The book set is amazing. I can't wait to see how they pull it off.
Hari Seldon is looming large in my mind. Psychohistory is an interesting idea...
The pendulum is swinging...
Hari Seldon is looming large in my mind. Psychohistory is an interesting idea...
The pendulum is swinging...
What the... When was the last time you read Foundation? Or have you, even? Hari Seldon is dead for the vast majority of the original trilogy. He features as an old man participating in recruiting for the fledgling Foundation (which does already exist) in like the first chapter of Foundation, and then he's a holographic recording in every appearance after that point.
Pace was great in "Halt and Catch Fire".
Im very excited for this series. The books are incredibly epic, so it'll be interesting to see how they handle it, considering the story spans thousands of years and the whole galaxy.
Im very excited for this series. The books are incredibly epic, so it'll be interesting to see how they handle it, considering the story spans thousands of years and the whole galaxy.
“I, Robot” was a short story by Eando Binder which inspired Asimov’s robot tales. It was one of the stories later collected to form the novel “Adam Link, Robot.” Asimov did not pick the title “I, Robot” for his book. It was chosen by his publisher, over his strenuous objections.
He played a boring-ass character barely recognisable under that hood and all that dark makeup, like Christopher Eccleston as Malekith. The movie may be extremely popular, but it's not a notable role.
Do yourself a favour and watch Halt and Catch Fire.
(He was also in Twilight, btw, and they left that out too.)
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Now this I am looking forward to. Hope each episode will be its own story and not strung out into a single monologue..... too much🤞
Lee Pace and Jared Harris have scored lead roles in Apple's upcoming "Foundation" series that's based on the classic Isaac Asimov novel of the same name, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Pace is known for his roles in "Pushing Daisies" and "Halt and Catch Fire," along with his work in "The Hobbit" movies. Harris is known for "Chernobyl," "Carnival Row," "The Crown," "The Expanse," and "Mad Men," among other TV shows and movies.
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Asimov's "Foundation" series follows a psychohistory expert and mathematician Hari Seldon who is able to predict the future. Seldon creates a group called the Foundation to preserve humanity's collective knowledge ahead of the impending fall of the Galactic Empire.
There are multiple novels in the "Foundation" series that span many years and cover the rise and fall of multiple empires. Harris will be playing Hari Seldon, the mathematical genius, while Pace will play Brother Day, the Emperor of the Galaxy.
Apple TV+ is set to launch on November 1, but as "Foundation" is still in the casting stages, it will be some time before it premieres. The service will launch with titles like "The Morning Show," "See," "For All Mankind," and "Dickinson."
Apple is charging $4.99 per month for Apple TV+, but customers who purchase an iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, or Mac can get a free year of service. Each $4.99 subscription fee allows up to six family members to watch.
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This sounds way better than the SCIFI they're doing by Ronald E Moore. I really dislike 1940-1980 period pieces.
Things like battlestar galactica and the expanse are more imaginative and adventurous.
Things like battlestar galactica and the expanse are more imaginative and adventurous.
Chandler Bing looks very old.
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No. You can't. If there is zero probability for you to try it and become a customer, Apple will rather keep that marketing money to themselves.
Halt & Catch Fire was amazing. The first season might have been a bit by-the-numbers, but man did that show end up getting stronger as it went along.
Pace and Harris are phenomenal actors. This might be the first AppleTV+ show to make me consider keeping the service after the free year is up.
Pace and Harris are phenomenal actors. This might be the first AppleTV+ show to make me consider keeping the service after the free year is up.