Rendezvous with rama cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. An alltime science fiction classic, rendezvous with rama is also one of clarkes best novelsit won the campbell, hugo, jupiter, and nebula awards. Rama is the spaceship from the book by arthur c clarke. Its being produced by revelations entertainment with david fincher directing fight club, seven, alien 3 and morgan freeman as part of the cast. This movie trailer was directed by philip mahoney and visual artist aaron ross. Rendezvous with rama focused almost entirely on the exploration of an enormous alien spacecraft.
May 17, 2017 rendezvous with rama and foundation are two books that strike me as poor movie material. Speculative fiction inspired by the ramayana gautham shenoy september 16, 2016 7 min the legend goes that the classical kannada poet naranappa, better known as kumaravyasa, chose to render into kannada the mahabharata instead of ramayana because he heard adi shesha, the cosmic serpent, groaning under the weight of. Rendezvous with rama has inspired other media beyond books and movies. Two centuries from now, scientists detect a 10 trillion ton object, nicknamed rama, hurtling through earths solar system at an unfathomable speed.
Rendezvous seems oblivious to the likelihood that a highly implausible romance that isnt actually a. Rendezvous with rama is a science fiction novel by british writer arthur c. Good hard science fiction for the physics and math junkiesit is the year 2153. Rendezvous with rama is a very interesting story of a group of astronauts who are sent to dock with an enormous cylinder that has appeared in the sky and which also appears to be on a direct collision course with the sun, giving them a short period of time to explore this strange object. Its an adventure game, set in an interactive fiction, scifi futuristic, licensed title and puzzle elements themes and it was released on commodore 64 and apple ii. Rendezvous with rama fan made movie trailer filmbook. In the hands of fincher, this promises to be an absolutely amazing scifi picture, one that will live up to fans of clarkes novel as well as audiences who dont know who the hell he is. Written in collaboration with gentry lee, rama ii has a completely different focus from rendezvous with rama.
Morgan freeman is looking to produce a film version of arthur c. Rama ii, written with gentry lee and published in 1989 book 3. It hasnt happened yet and as far as i can tell it is firmly stuck in development hell. Clarkes novel won both the hugo and nebula awards upon its release, and coming hard on the heels of 2001.
Hollywood director david finchers next film to be arthur c. Humans now inhabit the moon, mars, mercury, and the moons of jupiter, saturn, and neptune. David fincher has spoken about a number of upcoming projects, including the girl with the dragon tattoo, rendezvous with rama and 20,000 leauges under the sea. It would make an awesome, intriguing and aweinspiring scifi film, like 2001. Plot summary 2 a team of astronauts is sent on a mission to explore a giant interstellar spaceship hurtling toward the sun. It has been optioned in the past and morgan freeman has expressed interest in making rendezvous with rama into a movie. Rendezvous with rama and foundation are two books that strike me as poor movie material. Rendezvous with rama 1972 is relevant to my own do ask, do tell. Rendezvous with rama 2015 read online free book by arthur c. Jul 15, 2012 hi everyone, heres a pseudo movie trailer about the famous novel by arthur c. After deploying a space probe, our deepest fears and highest hopes are confirmed. Clarke, rendezvous with rama, which i think i have better. May 23, 2010 the rendezvous with rama fan made movie trailer has premiered. We spoke with the fight club director about science fiction, his new film and.
Several video game adaptations of the book were made in 1983 and 1996. Apr 20, 2015 20 apr 2015 24 jun 2016 dariopecarov aaron ross, arthur c. Clarkes wonderful novel, rendezvous with rama, hasnt been made into a movie yet. The sequel to rendezvous with rama, skimming after i got the distasteful flavor of the book. A team of astronauts is sent on a mission to explore a giant interstellar spaceship hurtling toward the sun. Jan 10, 2009 short video i put together adding the music i composed rendezvous with rama. A team is assembled to travel to gigantic space object to explore it. Included here is a sample schematic and world save for the prototype cylinder world in minecraft.
The story is told from the point of view of a group of human explorers who intercept the ship in an attempt to unlock its mysteries. Rendezvous seems oblivious to the likelihood that a highly implausible romance that isnt actually a comedy risks courting ridicule. The film stars raza jaffrey, stana katic, alfonso bassave, ronald guttman, glenn fleshler, darby stanchfield, and. Rendezvous with rama a behind the scenes production film. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Short video i put together adding the music i composed rendezvous with rama. The citizens of the solar system send a ship to investigate before the enigmatic craft, called rama, disappears. It is a cylinder world with an interior environment consisting of cities and an icy circular ocean.
Two centuries from now, scientists detect a 10 trillion ton object, nicknamed. David fincher has long wanted to make a film of arthur c. This book is the first in a series of four that continue the rama story. The rendezvous with rama fan made movie trailer has premiered.
See more ideas about rendezvous with rama, sci fi art and science fiction art. Morgan freeman discusses why he keeps trying to get rendezvous. And why, years after the event, has commander william norton. Talking to collider whilst promoting the dvd release of the social network, fincher spilt the beans on his future projects. The 3 cd computer game of rama was a pretty good visualisation of the raman world, but the stills from the movie site look fantastic.
Outside the asteroid and mission to the asteroid from the 1995 pc game the dig. Rendezvous with rama the movie promises to be a hard science fiction film filled with tension, action, thrills and above all else, a profound sense of wonder. The story is told from the point of view of a group of human explorers who intercept the ship in an attempt. There has long been a film project involving morgan freeman which wikipedia describes as being in. The garden of rama, written with gentry lee and published in 1991 book 4. As for rendezvous with rama, i enjoyed the jaunt across a strange alien artifact of astonishing technology, possibly some alien escape pod that was to pass through sols solar system, which included one spacefaring civilization, earths, and then to vanish as suddenly as it appeared, headed on some strange mission already planned for it. Jul 30, 2007 a short student film inspired by the arthur c. Directed and animated by aaron ross, tisch school of the arts, nyu in 2001. She had a dream and achieving it didnt seem that difficult. Clarke, rendezvous with rama, which i think i have better strengthened the mysterious and condensed aspect of the book. It is mankinds first visitor from the stars and must be investigated. With pierre boulanger, loes haverkort, jennifer hoffman, mark van eeuwen. Rendezvous with rama rwr is my first clarke book and i choose it from the kindle owners library based on the highest rating for his books.
I vaguely remember the movie and im not sure if the novel interests me since it was written to complement the movie and not before it. In starcross, a black hole miner comes across an anomaly that turns out to be a massive. Mar 07, 2014 a team is assembled to travel to gigantic space object to explore it. Rama revealed, written with gentry lee and published in 1993. Rendezvous with rama a behind the scenes production film on. Rendezvous with rama 2015 read online free book by. A thirtymilelong cylindrical starship is detected traveling on a course to pass through our solar system. Set in the 2s, the story involves a 50kilometre 31 mi cylindrical alien starship. The first feature film written, produced, and directed by duane dixon. A space odessey, rendezvous with rama is widely regarded as one of clarkes best works, and is often cited as a. Rendezvous with rama was the book clarke wrote after 2001, and imho is his best in terms of narrative, character development and imaginative technology. Adam sandler has been making a movie for netflix every year since 2015 and the streaming service. Clarke recounts the mission of the spaceship endeavour and its staff as it completes an exploratory mission on an alien space vessel traveling though the solar system.
Two productions were photographed simultaneously, one version filmed in 16mm bw, and my production which was shot on kodachrome super 8 film stock. Everything you need to know about rendezvous with rama movie. It is regarded as one of his masterworks, perhaps only surpassed in popularity by 2001. Rendezvous with rama earned clarke both a hugo award and a nebula award. A thirtymilelong cylindrical starship is detected traveling on a course to. The ambitious rama project was started in the late 70s, but was never completed, as cinema group four dissolved. A space odessey, rendezvous with rama is widely regarded as one of clarkes best works, and is often cited as a quintessential example of hard science fiction. What is the secret at the heart of the space object known as rama. Rendezvous with rama, first published in 1973 book 2. Even before that, in 1982 the classic text adventure company infocom made a text adventure called starcross that is clearly inspired by the novel. A 3 minutes movie inspired by rendezvous with rama by arthur c. It details the lives of three individual couples who are having an. This is a beautifully rendered tease for a movie i used to dream would be made a reality.
A huge, mysterious, cylindrical object appears in space, swooping in toward the sun. It just needs a fair budget and the right director. Oct 18, 2015 rendezvous with rama was first published in 1973 and won him the bsfa, nebula, campbell, hugo and locus awards. Rama is a vast alien spacecraft that enters the solar system, a perfect. It is based on the book a new song by sarah isaias. 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. The novel underlines the difficulties encountered by the explorers as. The film stars raza jaffrey, stana katic, alfonso bassave, ronald guttman, glenn fleshler, darby stanchfield, and nadim sawalha. Its an adventure game, set in an interactive fiction, scifi futuristic, licensed title and puzzle elements themes and it was released on commodore 64 and apple ii as well. Set in the 2s, the story involves a 50by20kilometre 31 by 12 mi cylindrical alien starship that enters the solar system. The rendezvous is a 2016 actionadventure film directed by amin matalqa with a screenplay by terrel seltzer. Aug 05, 2017 rendezvous with rama is a science fiction novel by british writer arthur c. Rendezvous with rama is not in active development starring morgan freeman. Development hell is an interesting and abstract concept in the film industry.
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