Bowman9991 writes "Two big budget Isaac Asimov novel adaptations are on the way. New Line founders Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne are third world nation Asimov's 1951 novel Foundation, the first in Asimov's classic space opera saga, which has the future to be as epic as Lord of the Rings. At the same time, New Regency has just now announced they were adapting Asimov's time travel novel The End of Eternity. Despite having edited or written more than 500 books, it's remarkable how little of Isaac Asimov's work has made it to the big screen. '"Isaac Asimov had writer's block once," fellow science fiction writer Harlan Ellison said, poignant to to Asimov's impressive output. "It was the worst ten minutes of his life."' anterior adaptations include the misguided Will Smith feature I, Robot, the lame Bicentennial Man with Robin Williams, and two B-grade adaptations of Nightfall." This reader also notes that a remake of The Day of the Triffids is coming.

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