After a three-way fight for the film rights, Columbia Pictures came out the victor and will be developing a movie based on Isaac Asimov’s classic FOUNDATION trilogy.

Roland Emmerich, best known for his films INDEPENDENCE DAY, STARGATE and THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, has been tapped to helm the series.
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Terry Brooks, author of the SHANNARA series, sold the rights to all of the novels in that series to Warner Brothers, who only have them until 2010.
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Michael Crichton, bestselling author, film producer, film director, medical doctor and television producer, passed away on November 4th, 2008, age 66, in Los Angeles from cancer.   He is survived by his only child, daughter Taylor Anne, and his wife Sherri Alexander.  (Crichton has also been married 4 times previously.)

Michael Crichton (Full name: John Michael Crichton) was probably best known for his science fiction and techno-thriller books (JURASSIC PARK, THE LOST WORLD, THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, CONGO), stories that relied heavily on his medical background for plot points and storylines.  His books, whether they were based on the military, the medical, the adventure or the cybernetic fields were almost always written along the line of “what if something went worng…[sic]“  While not anti-tech himself, he could see how arrogance and ignorance could cause an amazing amount of damage, and he used to his novels to educate people to those possibilities.
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One of the few authors whose bestselling books make equally popular movies, Nora Roberts has 4 more novels being turned into Lifetime TV Movies:  HIGH NOON, MIDNIGHT BAYOU, TRIBUTE and NORTHERN LIGHTS.
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According to the Associated Press, bestselling author Tony Hillerman died Sunday, age 83, of pulmonary failure.  According to his daughter, Anne Hillerman, Hillerman’s health had declined over the last few years, including his having suffered 2 heart attacks along with surgeries for prostate and bladder cancers.
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