Roland Emmerich: HEAR MY CALL!!!
OK, so Roland Emmerich is making the Foundation series. Yes, Isaac Asimov’s great, sweeping and complete arc of narrative is being remade by Roland Emmerich, recent creator of 10,000 BC and Independence Day, but also The Thirteenth Floor (A muuuuuch lesser known, but very enjoyable film). The problem with this is the hand of subtlety. I would drool at a Darren Aronfsky version of Foundation (<3 The Fountain). Please, Roland, defer to Aronofsky or at least hire him as a consultant. The Fountain’s aesthetics, and his narrative style is perfect for the fragmentation of the Foundation tale. The characters will inevitably change. People hate when actors change if the story doesn’t explain why this new chapter (so many years later) must be the next chapter, everyone will bitch and bitch about the change in actors. People love the familiar, and must really be worked away from it by compelling pathos and likeable charcters.
Again, I plead to those adapting a work I love: HIRE ME! I write and edit fast, and take notes well. Also, I have grandiose dreams of someday being a writer/director and a great deal of patience.