The cast also includes Daniel MacPherson as Hugo, T'Nia Miller as Halima, Pravessh Rana as Rowan, Kubbra Sait as Phara, Mido Hamada as Shadow Master Obrecht, Amy Tyger as Azura, Alfred Enoch as Raych Seldon, and Buddy Skelton as Keir. Lou Llobell plays Seldon's mathematical genius protegé, Gaal Leah Harvey plays a gender-swapped Salvor, warden of Terminus and Laura Birn plays Eto Demerzel, aide to Brother Day. The other Cleons are Brother Dusk (Terrence Mann), the ruling family's oldest living member, and Brother Dawn (Cassian Bilton), the youngest member and heir apparent to Brother Day. All three are original characters created for the series. In addition to Harris, Lee Pace co-stars as Brother Day, current emperor of the galaxy and part of that long line of emperor clones. Enraged by Hari's claims, the ruling Cleons-a long line of emperor clones-fear their grasp on the galaxy may be weakening as they’re forced to reckon with the potential reality of losing their legacy forever. Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) predicts the impending fall of the Empire, he and a band of loyal followers venture to the far reaches of the galaxy to establish The Foundation in an attempt to rebuild and preserve the future of civilization. The Apple TV+ series looks like it will hew pretty closely to the fundamental narrative arc of the books. This will usher in a Dark Age lasting 30,000 years, after which a second empire will arise. Unfortunately, Seldon's theory predicts an imminent collapse of the empire.

Called 'psychohistory,' it enables him to predict the future of large populations-like the Galactic Empire, which incorporates all inhabitants of the Milky Way. It's certainly one of several hotly anticipated science fiction projects debuting this fall.Īs I've written previously, Asimov's original trilogy centered on a mathematician named Hari Seldon, who has developed a mathematical approach to sociology.

But the streaming platform is betting that the series format will be better suited to bring Asimov's futuristic vision to life. That makes adapting it extremely difficult, particularly to film. It's a story that takes place across multiple planets over 1,000 years, with a huge cast of characters. A mathematical genius predicts the imminent collapse of a galactic empire, and he and his protegé set plans in motion to preserve the foundational knowledge of their civilization in Foundation, Apple TV+'s adaptation of Isaac Asimov's hugely influential series of science fiction novels.

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