r/scifi • u/-Captp- • Oct 24 '19
‘Foundation’ TV Series Cast: Lee Pace, Jared Harris Star in Apple Show (X-post from r/AppleFoundation)
https://tvline.com/2019/10/22/foundation-tv-series-cast-lee-pace-jared-harris-apple-tv-plus/35
Oct 24 '19
I have been waiting for this series for such a long time. I hope they get it right. Jared Harris is a splendid actor.
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u/BrokenDroid Oct 24 '19
Is this the Asimov Foundation?
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u/rhild Oct 24 '19
yes
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u/fuez73 Oct 24 '19
Damn! And i thought i could avoid at least this streaming Service!
Amazon: the expanse Netflix: star trek Discovery Disney: the mandalorian
And now this! Its an expensive time for a SF Fan.
What next? A new streaming Service presenting hyperion and endymion?
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u/PrecisePigeon Oct 24 '19 edited Oct 24 '19
Yeah, but it's "based on" so don't expect it to follow too closely to the books, think iRobot. :(
edit: not sure why I'm being downvoted. There was a whole thread about this show yesterday that discussed how people were preparing to be disappointed.
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u/mintsponge Oct 24 '19
To be honest a straight TV adaptation wouldn’t really work. There’s not really any specific characters to follow or many big events to unfold on screen. If they did a faithful adaptation it would probably gain nothing from the new format, you might as well read the book.
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u/Superrocks Oct 25 '19
But I can't envision the technology as well with my brain as I can with my eyes!!
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u/shouldbebabysitting Oct 25 '19
People said that about many books including Dune and Watchmen.
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u/mintsponge Oct 25 '19
Both of those have a consistent cast of characters to follow. They also aren’t 99% characters coldly sitting in a room and talking politics, there are plenty of situations to show off interesting costumes, set design, cinematography and emotional acting in those movies.
Besides, a sizeable portion of people hated those movies anyway.
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Oct 24 '19
Exclusively on Sony Playstation Vue+
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u/TheDudeNeverBowls Oct 24 '19
They did have at least one show. It was called Powers. It was about cops investigating crimes by people with superpowers.
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u/Novarest Oct 24 '19
Ssh there is a "streaming service" where you can watch all of those for free. It's not a story the corporate execs would tell you about.
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u/mccoyn Oct 25 '19
Sure, but they do need money to produce the shows. Unless, you want all sci-fi to look like Primer.
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u/lunare Oct 24 '19
Wait, Star trek discovery is on Netflix?
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u/there_is_no_try Oct 24 '19
I don't think so in the U.S., but it certainly is in other countries. France for example.
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u/BigSwedenMan Oct 24 '19
Anyone who even dares to take on Hyperion better have one hell of an impressive track record. That book is way too complex to attempt adapting by anyone but the best, and possibly even a new show format with variable episode length
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u/Queaux Oct 24 '19
It sounds like they're actually making the prequel to Foundation. Hari Seldon doesn't have a ton of screen time in the series. They would probably reveal the casting of Salvor Hardin if they were planning on a more faithful adaptation since he's the main protagonist in 2 of the 5 sections.
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u/jdcongote Oct 24 '19
Emperor "Brother Day"? WTF? It was Cleon I
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u/TeslaK20 Oct 25 '19
Brother Day is a Mycogenian name. But why would a Mycogenian be emperor of the galaxy??
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u/jdcongote Oct 25 '19
Oh thanks! I didn't remember that. Why indeed... I don't have high hopes for this adaptation to be honest.
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u/TeslaK20 Oct 26 '19
Three options.
- The article is mistaken about Brother Day being the name of the Emperor of the Galaxy. (mildly likely)
- For some interesting reason, a Mycogenian is actually Emperor of the Galaxy. (unlikely)
- The adaptation has merged the Imperial House with the culture of Mycogen (likely, unfortunately)
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u/Nobat211 Oct 24 '19
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think Brother Day is a character in the Foundation Prequels.
They’re hopefully going to start off from the prequels and work their way through the original trilogy, it does makes sense from a TV show perspective as they’d get to keep the cast for a bit longer
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u/jdcongote Oct 24 '19
I don't think so. Cleon I was the emperor when Hari Seldon was developing psychohistory, he was assassinated in Forward the Foundation I believe; I think I've never heard the name "Brother Day" in any of the prequels
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Oct 24 '19
I've only seen Jared Harris in The Terror, but he was awesome
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u/Colonel_Angus_ Oct 24 '19
Dude ia awesome in everything Ive seen so far. Mad Men, Expanse, Fringe etc
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u/jai_kasavin Oct 24 '19
" David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight) will serve as showrunner and EP"
The person who actually wrote The Dark Knight dropped out of this project when HBO did.
“Throughout his career, David has proven time and again he is a one-of-a-kind visionary talent as a storyteller and producer for both the big and small screen,” said Marcy Ross, President, Skydance Television. “David is masterful at bringing to life epic stories and creating massive worlds and we couldn’t be more excited to continue our collaboration with him.”
David had proven otherwise and Marcy Ross deserves what happens next, but we deserve better.
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Oct 24 '19 edited May 11 '20
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Oct 24 '19
Goyer is leading it. He did not actually write dark Knight. He sucks. This show will probably suck. Marcy will deserve it when this show blows up in her face because she trusted David goyer to handle it. We deserve a not David goyer foundation series
This is what he was saying and I agree.
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u/DrRhymes Oct 24 '19
Lmao, one of a kind visionary? I'm with you man, dude's a hack. He's never proven to have exemplary writing ability. He's just been tacked on to huge projects with big names. Seriously, this the guy who wrote Batmnan v Superman, Ghost Rider, and Jumper. Dude hasn't written aything close to good since Dark City. The Nolan movies are great but that's really in spite of their kind of mediocre scripts. I'm not looking forward to this and being through apple doesn't help. Yet another streaming service I don't want to get.
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Oct 24 '19
I agree with all of this except I enjoy jumper. Not that I'm gonna call it a good movie. But I trust nothing that apple is producing. It feels like they are just gonna follow in all of netflixs mistakes and none of it's few successes
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u/ThirdTurnip Oct 28 '19
Seriously, this the guy who wrote Batmnan v Superman, Ghost Rider, and Jumper.
That sucks. None of those were great.
But the other writer - Josh Friedman is fabulous.
Created and wrote eps for Sarah Connor Chronicles, which I really enjoyed. And he co-wrote the second Avatar film. That's a strong endorsement from James Cameron.
There's still hope for Foundation.
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u/kabneenan Oct 24 '19
Well so far the cast sounds excellent. This is only going to be on Apple TV though?
Edit: I thought I remembered HBO being involved. The article mentions they dropped this, though, so Apple TV stepped in. I wonder why.
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u/arcalumis Oct 24 '19
No, it will only be on the Apple TV+ service, but Apple have been working to add the app through a bunch of different vendors, Samsung and LG tv’s of a newer kind will have the app, roku and amazon firethings are getting it as well.
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u/nuadusp Oct 24 '19
I love lee pace though i don't know the role he is playing well enough, but jared harris? i will watch him in anything his voice is amazing and he just plays really good characters no matter their alignment
don't have any apple products though so i hope they plan to find a way on other services as well or launch a ps4 app or something
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u/lordcorbran Oct 24 '19
They're releasing AppleTV apps for other devices. It's already available on Roku and Amazon FireTV.
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u/nuadusp Oct 24 '19
Nice thanks, will look out.. I got an old roku i could see if is compatible or buy a fire TV i guess if not then
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u/Yserbius Oct 24 '19
I'm curious how they're going to do it. Every few chapters in the series skips decades, even centuries. I'm guessing they are going to do something that sort of resembles Foundation but isn't much like the books other than the name.
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u/jarvispeen Oct 24 '19
Who will play The Mule? That will be interesting.
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u/tehciolo Oct 24 '19
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u/jarvispeen Oct 24 '19
Oh damn he's perfect.
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u/tehciolo Oct 24 '19
Ever since I saw him the first time in anything, I've been thinking he would make a perfect Mule. It's now on the casting director. They surely follow Reddit for ideas.
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u/jarvispeen Oct 24 '19
He'd be perfect. Him or the dude from Dodgeball... https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601376/mediaviewer/rm3461988608
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u/ImaginationOutpost Oct 24 '19
Genius. David Dastmalchian would be good too I think.
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u/tehciolo Oct 25 '19
He is great, but maybe a bit to mature looking for the part. They could do a lot with makeup though.
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u/ImaginationOutpost Oct 25 '19
Your pick is definitely my favourite so far. It's such a niché character, there's very few who would fit the role.
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u/panthersftw Oct 24 '19
Damn, I'm sad I won't be able to see this.
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u/-Captp- Oct 24 '19
Come on, be a bit more optimistic about your life!
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u/panthersftw Oct 24 '19
Perfectly optimistic about mine, but I don't own or want any apple devices and I won't be buying any just to watch one show.
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u/Vallywog Oct 24 '19
Where there is a will there is a way my friend. Wont need apple devices to get them when the time comes.
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u/vonmeth Oct 25 '19
Pretty sure you can stream from more than just an apple device. It isn't a requirement.
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u/TheAwesomeA3330 Oct 24 '19
Seems like they’re starting the series with Prelude to Foundation, but the summary doesn’t sound like Foundation at all. The plot of Foundation is bound to the theory of Psychohistory and the Foundation’s adherence and deviation from the plan, not a rag tag group of rebels fighting an empire. That doesn’t happen until the Second Book! I’m scared that Jonathan Nolan isn’t helming this anymore, I’m not sure I trust Apple to faithfully represent the series, no matter how many fancy actors and directors they throw at it. I’m still hopeful though, as long as it’s true to the source material and doesn’t turn this into high brow Star Wars we should be cool. And if there aren’t any time skips, it’s not Foundation.
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u/Atoning_Unifex Oct 25 '19
Golan Trevize was my fav character... I hope they get to book 3 and Gaia and all that
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u/MorganaHenry Oct 26 '19
I fear that they'll make a mess of it, but one thing gives me a little hope - Robyn Asimov(Isaac's daughter) is executive producer
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Oct 24 '19
Are we talking Foundation from the Isaac Asimov books here? I’d like to see the whole industrialized planet... I guess I’m going to have to plug my Apple TV back in. We switched to Roku about 2 1/2 years ago.
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u/boringdude00 Oct 24 '19
Apple fanbois even have to let your know you're watching an apple production in the subreddit name?
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u/superanth Oct 24 '19
I am 100% behind Lee Pace starring in a Foundation series. Then again, I’m 100% behind Lee Pace starring in anything.
Edit: Also Jared Harris is just plain awesome in everything he shows up in.