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Roland Emmerich Finds A Writer For FOUNDATION...


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Roland Emmerich spoke with ComingSoon.net about 2012 (his forthcoming doomsday orgy), but their conversation ultimately veered towards Roland's slow-moving adaptation of Isaac Asimov's FOUNDATION novels (details HERE). Seems Robert Rodat (who wrote SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and THE PATRIOT) has been brought in to transform Asimov's sprawling saga into something filmable.

I just hired a very good writer, the writer of 'Saving Private Ryan' who wrote 'The Patriot' for me and he's incredible. He is the most knowledgeable person I ever met about the 'Foundation' novels. It's great to write with somebody like that because there's no, 'I'll just look in the book and see what's there'... he knows it. I had a certain idea and he had a certain idea and that together I think will make this a movie."

...Emmerich told ComingSoon, in an interview which can be found HERE.

Let us reflect for a moment on the strange, even bewildering, union of Emmerich & Asimov...




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Robert Rodat
by AdmiralNeck
Jul 25th, 2009
06:34:23 PM
Yuck
by Bass Ackwards
Jul 25th, 2009
06:34:51 PM
Please post the Iron Man 2 coverage soon!
by ackack
Jul 25th, 2009
06:34:52 PM
no way
by doubleARon
Jul 25th, 2009
06:37:56 PM
Emmerich
by doubleARon
Jul 25th, 2009
06:41:38 PM
Roland Emmerich employs writers?
by Subtitles_Off
Jul 25th, 2009
06:44:38 PM
I like Foundation
by Mockingbuddha
Jul 25th, 2009
06:45:00 PM
Thinking about where Lucas stole things from
by Mockingbuddha
Jul 25th, 2009
06:46:47 PM
AdmiralNeck
by Shaner Jedi
Jul 25th, 2009
06:47:09 PM
CGI wolves
by Mockingbuddha
Jul 25th, 2009
06:47:35 PM
This is a horrible idea!
by bullet3
Jul 25th, 2009
06:48:29 PM
CGI wolves
by Mockingbuddha
Jul 25th, 2009
06:50:17 PM
now on-topic
by Shaner Jedi
Jul 25th, 2009
06:50:25 PM
They could maybe do the Foundation Prelude book
by bullet3
Jul 25th, 2009
06:56:01 PM
I heard Bob Orci took a dump
by Trannyformers_Apologist
Jul 25th, 2009
06:57:03 PM
Bad idea.
by jae683
Jul 25th, 2009
07:13:34 PM
Foundation should be miniseries or 5 year series
by chromedome
Jul 25th, 2009
07:15:31 PM
rather see Clark's Rama series go to film
by chromedome
Jul 25th, 2009
07:16:24 PM
Where the fuck is Stargate 2 and 3?
by Darth_BeerFart
Jul 25th, 2009
07:34:07 PM
When did Foundation stop being unfilmable?
by Nem_Wan
Jul 25th, 2009
07:39:38 PM
Scriptgirl told us all about this last week.
by brock landers baby
Jul 25th, 2009
07:49:36 PM
Emmerich's "idea"...
by Batutta
Jul 25th, 2009
07:58:21 PM
Ken Russell dead
by Anything But Tangerines
Jul 25th, 2009
08:03:47 PM
This guy goes from wrecking NYC to wrecking the Milky Way
by YackBacker
Jul 25th, 2009
08:09:47 PM
Emmerichs true intentions
by StarchildAD
Jul 25th, 2009
08:10:36 PM
Foundation not unfilmable just uninteresting
by shutupfanboy
Jul 25th, 2009
08:11:53 PM
like ASIMOV but
by frank cotton
Jul 25th, 2009
08:24:41 PM
On a really good day...
by enderandrew
Jul 25th, 2009
08:29:13 PM
If any movie will make AsimovLives' Head Explode
by cymbalta4thedevil
Jul 25th, 2009
08:34:57 PM
Anything But Tangerines...
by Darth_BeerFart
Jul 25th, 2009
08:36:46 PM
Who will play the Mule?
by Fareal
Jul 25th, 2009
08:51:04 PM
I'd reflect on it... if I knew what "Foundation" was.
by D.Vader
Jul 25th, 2009
08:59:36 PM
I have no idea what this is about, but...
by Shermdawg
Jul 25th, 2009
09:23:34 PM
Oof! The script was the worst part of "Ryan"
by Teddy Artery
Jul 25th, 2009
09:30:32 PM
Where the fuck is AsimovLives? This should be his TB!
by YackBacker
Jul 25th, 2009
09:55:42 PM
guys, lets have some fun!!
by BadMrWonka
Jul 25th, 2009
10:35:58 PM
bacci
by BadMrWonka
Jul 25th, 2009
10:38:07 PM
Emmerich is to Asimov as David Duke is to Hitler
by YackBacker
Jul 25th, 2009
10:40:23 PM
Emmerich is to Asimov as Bill Oriely is to Walter Cronkite
by bullet3
Jul 25th, 2009
10:42:23 PM
I watched that JONAH HEX panel
by YackBacker
Jul 25th, 2009
10:44:51 PM
Emmerich is to Asimov as Seth McFarlane is to Funny
by YackBacker
Jul 25th, 2009
10:46:42 PM
Start with "Foundation and Empire"
by zinc_chameleon
Jul 25th, 2009
10:47:40 PM
Oxymoron
by ZooTrain
Jul 25th, 2009
10:54:20 PM
battuta has said
by swanstep
Jul 25th, 2009
11:22:28 PM
now he needs a director
by lavatory love machine
Jul 25th, 2009
11:25:50 PM
Fondation Marines will take down the Mule.
by kabong
Jul 25th, 2009
11:39:08 PM
Will Smith as Hari Seldon.
by kabong
Jul 25th, 2009
11:39:55 PM
I, ROBOT is considered to be a part of the FOUNDATION series
by YackBacker
Jul 25th, 2009
11:43:29 PM
Jesus christ the idea of Will Smith as a brilliant mathematician
by bullet3
Jul 25th, 2009
11:46:52 PM
is horrifying
by bullet3
Jul 25th, 2009
11:47:08 PM
Will Smith as Hari Seldon ONLY IF...
by RabidDogma
Jul 26th, 2009
12:11:28 AM
Argh, stupid brain.
by RabidDogma
Jul 26th, 2009
12:12:16 AM
bacci
by BadMrWonka
Jul 26th, 2009
12:16:24 AM
The only reason Megan Fox has seen FEAR AND LOATHING
by YackBacker
Jul 26th, 2009
12:26:19 AM
My understanding is...
by codymr
Jul 26th, 2009
12:26:37 AM
Why in the Seventh Circle of Hell
by OzzyManDiaz
Jul 26th, 2009
12:30:43 AM
Ya know what I just realized- Dean Devlin got screwed
by YackBacker
Jul 26th, 2009
12:31:33 AM
Emmerich is what you get when you take a SyFy movie
by YackBacker
Jul 26th, 2009
12:36:01 AM
Yack
by BadMrWonka
Jul 26th, 2009
12:53:49 AM
I never read the foundation but....
by DarthSaul666
Jul 26th, 2009
01:22:30 AM
Fucking grammer again
by DarthSaul666
Jul 26th, 2009
01:24:21 AM
"Fucking grammer again"
by BadMrWonka
Jul 26th, 2009
01:27:47 AM
THE PATRIOT WAS SO DAMN BORING!!!
by lockesbrokenleg
Jul 26th, 2009
02:54:52 AM
Should've been an HBO series w/ Ian McKellen as Seldon
by RedJester
Jul 26th, 2009
03:58:03 AM
ROLAND EMMERICH
by Zeotron
Jul 26th, 2009
03:59:54 AM
Could be worse
by kwisatzhaderach
Jul 26th, 2009
04:05:32 AM
Yeah, because Star Trek was such a piece of shit...
by RedJester
Jul 26th, 2009
04:31:50 AM
Roland does know theres zero action in this book, right?
by RedJester
Jul 26th, 2009
04:42:11 AM
How can any Foundation movie project work
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Jul 26th, 2009
06:22:45 AM
Ian
by Fareal
Jul 26th, 2009
07:07:20 AM
Its going to be rubbish anyway
by Vision
Jul 26th, 2009
07:30:48 AM
WAIT A FUCKING MOMENT!!!!!!!!!!
by AsimovLives
Jul 26th, 2009
07:34:13 AM
DJ Qualls as the Mule
by CloseLight
Jul 26th, 2009
07:34:26 AM
Robert Rodat
by AsimovLives
Jul 26th, 2009
07:36:44 AM
Oh god i fucked up
by AsimovLives
Jul 26th, 2009
07:40:07 AM
I thought this was Roland's next film...
by J00SY
Jul 26th, 2009
07:43:15 AM
oops
by J00SY
Jul 26th, 2009
07:44:20 AM
fuck SPR
by George_Kaplan
Jul 26th, 2009
08:06:36 AM
Emmerich is richer than God.
by Knuckleduster
Jul 26th, 2009
08:22:12 AM
If it's the same Emmerichs...
by Orbots Commander
Jul 26th, 2009
08:31:43 AM
closelight
by Philo
Jul 26th, 2009
09:05:43 AM
Hiring Rodat is great but
by kafka07
Jul 26th, 2009
09:35:39 AM
Philo
by CloseLight
Jul 26th, 2009
09:49:35 AM
Roland & The Foundation
by CloseLight
Jul 26th, 2009
10:03:07 AM
The Sacking of Trantor..
by zinc_chameleon
Jul 26th, 2009
10:13:22 AM
That's fine, but what about the Avatar HD image
by theplant
Jul 26th, 2009
10:21:54 AM
FOR ME? THAT DUMB FUCK HACK EMMERICH!
by Proman1984
Jul 26th, 2009
10:25:27 AM
The sad state of sci-fi
by I_Snake_Plissken
Jul 26th, 2009
10:35:59 AM
Emmerich is such a poor choice
by Utamoh
Jul 26th, 2009
10:44:54 AM
Stunned...
by Hairy Nutsack
Jul 26th, 2009
11:02:33 AM
Good lord are they really throwing away Foundation like that?
by Knobules
Jul 26th, 2009
11:19:07 AM
Roland, will there be a humunculus kid saluting?
by Knobules
Jul 26th, 2009
11:23:35 AM
Come on, we all know Mule will end up being...
by ExcaliburFfolkes
Jul 26th, 2009
11:44:17 AM
Emmerich...
by Dead_Geek
Jul 26th, 2009
12:38:00 PM
The Foundation novels are incredibly political..
by wowsah156
Jul 26th, 2009
12:59:52 PM
This will not be good. This will be BAD.
by Hint_of_Smegma
Jul 26th, 2009
01:01:10 PM
That Robot Chicken ad/rollover...
by CHRISTIANBALES_BILEDUCT
Jul 26th, 2009
01:13:33 PM
Really not suited for film...
by Hairy Nutsack
Jul 26th, 2009
01:18:50 PM
Oh, and...
by CHRISTIANBALES_BILEDUCT
Jul 26th, 2009
01:25:20 PM
With 2012 Roland has clearly hit the storytelling limits of blow
by ar42
Jul 26th, 2009
02:09:11 PM
...blowing up just one planet.
by ar42
Jul 26th, 2009
02:10:21 PM
Shaner Jedi
by AdmiralNeck
Jul 26th, 2009
02:21:09 PM
Does Roland Emmerich have a problem...
by BIG_SIR
Jul 26th, 2009
02:42:52 PM
Oh come on people...
by drompter
Jul 26th, 2009
03:24:50 PM
Great! "Fuck'n" Great!
by kirttrik
Jul 26th, 2009
03:26:05 PM
This is going to be REALLY BAD
by ScreamingPenis
Jul 26th, 2009
05:20:24 PM
ar42
by AsimovLives
Jul 26th, 2009
05:37:11 PM
The real question is, will it be Battleship Earth bad?
by RedJester
Jul 26th, 2009
06:13:30 PM
Dianne Lane
by AsimovLives
Jul 26th, 2009
06:13:53 PM
RedJester
by AsimovLives
Jul 26th, 2009
06:14:40 PM
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetant. -Isaac Asimov
by RedJester
Jul 26th, 2009
06:20:07 PM
AsimovLives
by RedJester
Jul 26th, 2009
06:31:01 PM
Funniest spoof of Emmerich's movie 2012 here:
by YackBacker
Jul 26th, 2009
06:49:48 PM
Sounds Truly Awful
by BarryAdams67
Jul 26th, 2009
07:07:16 PM
Emerich's Foundation
by AsimovLives
Jul 26th, 2009
07:51:43 PM
Not good idea
by quentintarantado
Jul 26th, 2009
08:16:54 PM
Problems with Foundation series
by shutupfanboy
Jul 26th, 2009
08:18:57 PM
shutupfanboy...
by Hairy Nutsack
Jul 26th, 2009
11:31:46 PM
Roland Emmerich has no idea
by MajorFrontbum
Jul 27th, 2009
02:11:50 AM
Still have not forgiven those fuckers for GODZILLA!!!
by the Green Gargantua
Jul 27th, 2009
03:27:28 AM
HE CUNT EVEN READ
by the Green Gargantua
Jul 27th, 2009
03:32:10 AM
those are two frakking TERRIBLE choices
by newc0253
Jul 27th, 2009
08:22:16 AM
Is Emmerich still doing
by Series7
Jul 27th, 2009
08:48:08 AM
There is a way to get in the destruction
by poz26
Jul 27th, 2009
11:01:23 AM
poz26...
by Hairy Nutsack
Jul 27th, 2009
12:40:26 PM
The ultimate monument to 'Fail' ever conceived
by Organs
Jul 27th, 2009
12:41:09 PM
There was a good adaptation of Foundation.
by Orbots Commander
Jul 27th, 2009
01:37:59 PM
Forgot to add...
by Orbots Commander
Jul 27th, 2009
01:48:38 PM
NO
by Bagheera
Jul 27th, 2009
02:33:07 PM
This is some fucked up news!
by 420 Boylston St
Jul 27th, 2009
08:40:57 PM
Fuck
by Cujo_Fugate
Jul 27th, 2009
10:54:55 PM
Roland Emmerich Raped My Adulthood Eyeballs
by greyspecter
Jul 27th, 2009
11:51:17 PM
This is going to be really disappointing
by nechyv
Jul 28th, 2009
12:06:27 PM
something inside me just died
by redkamel
Jul 28th, 2009
03:30:55 PM
Ar42
by redkamel
Jul 28th, 2009
03:33:31 PM

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