Foundation (TV series)
Cast and characters
!The main cast (from left to right): [Jared Harris as Hariton "Hari" Seldon, Leah Harvey as Salvor Hardin, Lou Llobell as Gaal Dornick, Laura Birn as Demerzel and Lee Pace as Brother Day](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/Foundation%28TVseries%29cast.jpg/250px-Foundation%28TVseries%29cast.jpg)
Development
On June 27, 2017, it was reported that Skydance Television was developing a television series adaptation of Isaac Asimov's science fiction book series Foundation) with David S. Goyer and Josh Friedman serving as the production's writers. At the time of the report, the production company was in the midst of closing a deal with Asimov's estate for the rights to the book series. On April 10, 2018, Apple, through their Worldwide Video Unit, bought the series and put it into development with the potential for a straight-to-series order. Goyer and Friedman were also expected to serve as executive producers and showrunners. Other executive producers included David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Marcy Ross.
Writing
In January 2021, Goyer stated "with Foundation we can tell the story, hopefully, over the course of eighty episodes; eighty hours, as opposed to trying to condense it all into two or three hours for a single film". Goyer said that this format might not succeed, but if it did it would be unique. David S. Goyer and Josh Friedman were set as the production's writers; however, Friedman left as co-writer in April 2019. Goyer also noted that telling a story that took place over 1,000 years was something a film could not accomplish and would have been a harder story to tell in that format.
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