The explorers manage to find a point of entry into Rama and discover that it is cold and dark and apparently dead inside. Villeneuve’s upcoming projects also include Dune: Part Two, the limited series The Son starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and Dune: The Sisterhood, a series set in the Dune universe centering on the lives of the Bene Gesserit. In the Clarkean near-future of the novel, humans have already built colonies on the moon and nearby planets, so they have the ability to send a manned expedition out to rendezvous with Rama and examine it up close. RELATED: Dune Messiah: Denis Villeneuve Hopes to End Story as a Trilogy Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama Clarkes contemplative sci-fi classic certainly seems well within the acclaimed directors wheelhouse. Rendezvous with Rama is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C.

Awaiting him on the other side of that portal is a historical moment not experienced since Pizzaro met the Incas or Howard Carter peered into the tomb of Tutankhamen-the long-hoped-for, but also long-feared encounter with a visitor from beyond the stars.” Rendezvous with Rama Dunes Denis Villeneuve to adapt Arthur C. After Commander William Tsien Norton makes the tricky landing of his ship Endeavor on the edge of the colossal craft, he discovers an airlock. It appeared to be on course to loop around the Sun, but at a dangerously close orbit. “Weighing more than ten trillion tons, smoothly shaped, and racing towards the sun at astonishing speed, Rama was no natural object, but clearly an interstellar spacecraft. Despite so much expansion and discovery, there have been no signs of intelligent life besides our own Earth-born. The synopsis for the award-winning book reads: “By the year 2130, the solar system has been colonized, with humans living on planets ranging from Mercury to the moons of Neptune. We are also pleased to work with Morgan and Lori, who have a long-standing passion for this IP.” “It’s perfectly fitted to our friend and collaborator Denis’ brilliant sensibilities and specifically to his love and passion for science fiction.

“This is one of the most intelligent works of fiction in the genre it poses as many questions as it does answers, and is a work for our time,” said Johnson and Kosove.

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