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Originally Posted by soundmotor
Well, New Line is the house that did LOTR so that is good news right there. Although not Tolkein verbatim, it is tough to uncover anyone who didn't find Jackson's rendition of the books well freakin' done. As far as Foundation being merely a CGI-fest, the original story line would have to be changed substantially to do that wouldn't it? CGI in LOTR advanced the story line and was not the main focus, the actors took care of that. It's been a long time since I re-read the trilogy (you surely don't read it just once) but my recollection was that it was anything but a space opera. Sure, there is spaceflight, engagements with The Mule, & atomic sidearms & personal shields but those things are only to set the tone which is really just straight-up psychological drama.
This project will succeed or fail by who helms it and will almost certainly follow recent trends in the fantasy & sci-fi action film realm. Characters are required to have depth, actors are required to act, and tight direction binds it all together. LOTR certainly hits that out of the park but so does Ironman and absolutely does the latest Batman. Have faith until we see who is tasked to direct.
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You are almost 100% correct. Allow me to add this: No matter how brilliant the director is, he is ultimately limited by the actual written material he has to work with. I'm not referring to the source material, I mean the script. The screenplay. That must be forged with the utmost care for the final product to do the source material justice.
Back in about 2001, I learned that Morgan Freeman had bought the film rights for my personal favorite A.C. Clarke book: RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA. For years I went to IMDB and indeed scoured the WWW for any word on the status of this upcoming film. My latest research (disappointing as it is) states that the film version of RWR has been dropped due to the continued lack of an acceptable script. As unhappy as it makes me that RWR might never see a screen treatment, I'm glad that the powers that be chose not to do it at all rather than crank out an inferior product.