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Rendezvous with Rama
2003 · Film · short · 4 min
Directed by Aaron M. Ross
Rama is a vast alien spacecraft that enters the Solar System, A perfect cylinder some fifty kilometres long, spinning rapidly, racing through space, Rama is a technological marvel, a mysterious and deeply enigmatic alien artifact. It is Mankind's first visitor from the stars and must be investigated . . .
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> Rama may turn out unrecognizable after the Hollywood script jockeys have been through with it, as happened to Foundation.
Denis Villeneuve (Dune, Blade Runner 2049, Arrival, Prisoners, etc) is set to direct and is writing the script as well:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama#Film
Though it may be a little while since he first has to release adaptation of Dune Messiah, and a Bond film is probably next:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Villeneuve#Upcoming_projects
Rendezvous with Rama is one of the most evocative books I've read by Clarke. I often think back of it in visuals and then have to remind myself I read a book, I have not seen a movie.
This does not improve.
The latest episode of Rick Rubin's Tetragrammaton podcast has an interview with Eric Roth who adapted the screenplay for Rendezvous with Rama.
https://www.tetragrammaton.com/content/eric-roth
I remember hearing that Morgan Freeman was going to star in the Rendezvous with Rama movie. I also remember hearing once that they were making a 2061 and 3001 movie. Not quite sure which series I enjoyed more.
Rendezvous with Rama was one of my favorites as a teenager, hopefully the film adaptation does it justice.
I wish I could describe the near physical pain I feel that "Rendezvous with Rama" isn't yet a great Denise Villeneuve movie, and the "Night's Dawn Trilogy" isn't yet a multi-season series on Apple TV.
The list goes on.
>> We want to do the movie for the 35- to 40-year-olds who remember watching it.
C'mon. Not this again, please. I'm tired of revisiting the 80's and 90's. Enough superhero movies. I want new things, I want a Rendezvous with Rama movie, or The Mote in God's Eye, or the Terramar saga.
Please stop it. In 20 years, there will be no possibility of revisiting the 2000/2010, since it will be the same as revisiting the 80/90.
The book? I read a book long time ago that was a "novellization" of the movie. I was young, in my early teens, and clearly remember that I wasn't sure what the end meant. Later I watched the movie and realized that it was even less clear. And later learned that the movie was based on a short story (Rendezvous with Rama) that I haven't read.
Honestly I'm excited. 3001 was an interesting book, albeit very short.
So far we're getting a Childhood's End TV miniseries, and a 3001 movie. How long until we Rendezvous with Rama movie? I really would like to see that.
Kickstarter for filmmakers? That sounds promising.
I've read of many promising films that never get made because they can't get funding. For example, Tom Hanks owns the movie rights to Arthur C. Clarke's 2061, MGM owns 3001's, and Morgan Freeman owns Rendezvous with Rama's. And who knows who owns Neuromancer.
As for downloads, some torrent sites offer "fast, direct downloads" for a fee. Someone is making money from bittorrent users and it's not Hollywood (but there's nothing stopping them).