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The series is the latest step the iPhone maker
has taken to acquire original programming as it seeks to rival
more established outlets such as Netflix Inc, Time Warner Inc's
HBO and Amazon.com Inc's Amazon Studios.
It is unclear when Apple's shows will be released, and where
viewers will be able to see them. The company has not said if it
will distribute them through its own iTunes Store, where it
sells shows and films by other companies, or on another
platform.
David S. Goyer, screenwriter of blockbusters "The Dark Night"
and "Batman Begins," and Josh Friedman, the writer of Steven
Spielberg's 2005 sci-fi adaptation "War of the Worlds," have
been charged to bring Asimov's work to the TV screen.
Hollywood's attempts over the past two decades to bring the
Russian-American author and scientist's saga of humans living on
planets scattered throughout the Milky Way galaxy to either
television or the big screen have so far never come to fruition.
The "Foundation" series began as several short stories published
between 1942 and 1950, and was later developed into a trilogy of
novels published from 1951 to 1953. It won a Hugo Award, the top
awards for science fiction and fantasy writing, in 1966 as best
all-time series, the only time the award has been handed out.
Apple has already ordered two seasons of a drama about a morning
TV program starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, as
well as a remake of Spielberg's 1980 sci-fi anthology series
"Amazing Stories."
(Reporting by Eric Kelsey, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)
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