LAYING THE FOUNDATION
A mathematician develops an algorithm that can forecast future events, which puts him into direct conflict with a galactic empire as he has predicted its demise; this is the basic premise for Isaac Asimov’s seminal Foundation book series. The epic literary vision has been adapted into an ambitious Apple TV+ series by co-creators David Goyer and Josh Friedman, Skydance Television and Apple. Complicating the approval process was that the main sources of visual references for studio executives were Star Wars, Star Trek and Alien.
“WE GAVE DAVID GOYER A SET OF VR GOGGLES AND SAID, OFF YOU GO. WALK AROUND THE SET. SEE WHAT YOU THINK”
• Conor Dennison, • supervising art director
“We told them, ‘It’s not going to be like any of those things’,” recalls David Goyer, who serves as an executive producer, showrunner and writer. “But if you don’t have anything to point to at the beginning it becomes daunting to develop the visual language. We kept
