Apple’s Foundation Gets A Release Date and New Trailer
AppleTV+ has announced that its upcoming adaption of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation will premiere on September 24, and they’ve released a new trailer for the series too. The show will star Chernobyl’s Jared Harris as Hari Seldon, a mathematician who can predict the future using the law of mass action and statistical mechanics. He foresees the collapse of the galactic empire, and so he gathers a following of those determined to preserve humanity’s “legacy.” Foundation also stars Lee Pace as Brother Day, Leah Harvey as Salvor, Laura Birn as Demerzel, Terrence Mann as Brother Dusk, and Cassian Bilton as Brother Dawn.
HarperVoyager Has Purchased Janelle Monáe’s Debut Fiction Collection
HarperVoyager has purchased American singer-songwriter and actor Janelle Monáe’s debut collection of Afrofuturistic short stories. The short stories are an expansion of Monáe’s third album Dirty Computer, and to write the stories the singer was joined by “an array of collaborating storytellers.” Monáe said, “As a reader and writer of science fiction since childhood, it is a dream to have the opportunity to expand ‘Dirty Computer’ into a literary project. Writers, specifically Black, queer and genderqueer, are at the forefront of pushing the creative boundaries of sci-fi and speculative storytelling. I’m honored to be collaborating with a new generation of creators as we expand this tale, that began with an album and emotion picture, into a larger world of new and familiar characters.”
Dune Release Date Pushed Back Yet Again
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, a film based on the 1965 Frank Herbert sci-fi classic of the same name, was originally slated to release in 2020. But due to the pandemic, its release date was pushed back to October 1, 2021. Now, Dune‘s release date has been pushed back yet again, this time to October 22, 2021. Dune is one of the many Warner Bros. titles that’s scheduled to premiere on HBO Max and in theaters on the same date. It’s the first of two movies planned for the book. This first film will cover the first half of the novel, and the second as-of-yet unnamed film will cover the second half. HBO Max also plans to release a prequel series.
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