Morgan Freeman, who has been attached as producer since the early 2000s (when he would have starred in the film for director David Fincher), remains involved as one of the producers. With the sequel Blade Runner 2049 (Certified Fresh at 88%), and the recent remake Dune (Certified Fresh at 83%), director Denis Villeneuve is almost making a new career out of reviving sci-fi classics, and now he’s set to do the same for Rendezvous with Rama. Savvy browsing of the Wayback Machine will deliver archives about a Rendezvous with Rama movie in the 1990s or early 2000s. Another such sci-fi classic that has eluded adaptation is Clarke’s 1973 novel Rendezvous with Rama, about mankind discovering an alien ship in 2131. Clarke’s Childhood’s End all have development histories that date back to the 1970s itself. Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land, and Arthur C. Classics like Isaac Asimov’s Foundation ( now an Apple TV+ series), Robert A.

In many ways, science fiction authors in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s were decades ahead of what Hollywood could adapt. This WEEK’S TOP STORY DENIS VILLENEUVE TO TACKLE SCI-FI CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA

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