Well, they’re trying to adapt Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series for TV again. Foundation was headed for HBO back in 2014 with Jonathan Nolan at the helm, but that version vanished into space. But now David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight) and Josh Friedman (Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles) are tackling the extraordinarily dense and cerebral series for Skydance Television. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Marcy Ross, and Robyn Asimov will serve as executive producers.

Asimov’s core three Foundation novels, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation are all worth your time. There’s a secondary group of sequels, too, but really, these are the big three you should be concerned with. Any one of these books contains enough character and world building to fill multiple seasons of TV, so hopefully, Goyer, Friedman, and Apple TV+ will figure out how to bring Hari Seldon and friends to the screen properly this time.

Foundation Cast

Foundation is beginning to fill in its cast as production nears, according to a recent Deadline announcement. Among the series regulars are Lou Llobell (Voyagers), who will play Gaal, “a mathematical genius from a rural, repressed planet,” and Leah Harvey (Les Miserables), who will take on the role of Salvor, “the protective and intuitive warden of a remote outer planet.”

Also among the regular cast members are Laura Birn (The Innocents), Terrence Mann (Sense8) and Cassian Bilton (A Devil’s Harmony). Birn will portray Demerzel, “the enigmatic aide to the Emperor;” Mann will play Brother Dusk, “the eldest living member of the ruling family;” and Bilton will be Brother Dawn, “the youngest living member of the ruling family, next in line to be Brother Day.”