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| New Asimov Movies Coming                                           |
|   from the dear-god-no-will-smith dept.                            |
|   posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 29, @02:02 (Sci-Fi)     |
|   http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/29/0323248|
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[0]bowman9991 writes “Two big budget Isaac Asimov novel adaptations are
on the way. New Line founders Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne are
[1]developing Asimov’s 1951 novel Foundation, the first in Asimov’s
classic space opera saga, which has the potential to be as epic as Lord
of the Rings. At the same time, New Regency has recently announced they
were [2]adapting Asimov’s time travel novel The End of Eternity. Despite
having edited or written more than 500 books, it’s surprising how little
of Isaac Asimov’s work has made it to the big screen. ‘”Isaac Asimov had
writer’s block once,” fellow science fiction writer Harlan Ellison said,
referring to Asimov’s impressive output. “It was the worst ten minutes of
his life.”‘ Previous adaptations include the misguided Will Smith feature
I, Robot, the lame Bicentennial Man with Robin Williams, and two B-grade
adaptations of Nightfall.” This reader also notes that [3]a remake of The
Day of the Triffids is coming.

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Links:
0. mailto:john [Email address: john #AT# sffmedia.com - replace #AT# with @ ]
1. http://sffmedia.com/films/science-fiction-films/257-will-asimovs-foundation-saga-be-lord-of-the-rings-in-space.html
2. http://sffmedia.com/films/science-fiction-films/258-asimovs-the-end-of-eternity-follows-foundation-adaptation.html
3. http://www.sffmedia.com/films/science-fiction-films/260-plants-kill-again-in-triffids-remake.html