Rendezvous with Rama?? at DVinfo.net

Andy Graham · March 13th, 2006, 10:52 AM

Has anyone heard anything about the movie version of Arthur C Clarke's "Rendezvous with Rama "?. I know morgan freeman owns the rights to the movie and I think they have done some pre viz and spoken to paramount about distribution but nothing has been said for ages.

It would be one amazing film if they did it right.....the books were epic. The official website hasn't changed in a long time.....I hope they haven't given up.

Rama Link
http://www.rendezvouswithrama.com/index.htm

Andy.

Luan Rahmani · March 30th, 2006, 11:34 AM

yes i am also very interested in this movie having read the whole rama series. it was announced a long time ago as a project which 'revelations entertainment' (Morgan freemans independant production co) were attempting. all i know is that Intel are providing some new hardware for the CGI david fincher is directing, morgan freeman is taking the lead role as Norton, but no other details have been released that i know of.

Now, this was suppose to be released in 2003, or i think that was their target, but they needed to finish off other projects which were still in production. Then they said 2006, my guess is that it wont be out for another few years, i know becasue i contacted R.E this is the reply email:

Rama is in the very early stages of development and will not be in production for some time. Thank you for your interest.

Warm regards,
Revelations Entertainment

-----Original Message-----
From: luan rahmani [mailto:luan.rahmani@ntlworld.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:57 PM
To: Unsolicited
Subject: i have a question

i am very curious to know, how far into the rama production are you? will it be released in 2006 or much later?

thank you

Andy Graham · March 30th, 2006, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luan Rahmani

Rama is in the very early stages of development and will not be in production for some time. Thank you for your interest.

Warm regards,
Revelations Entertainment

This means that they are still intending to make it which is more than I expected. I thought they may have given up as it is such a large project....lets hope that when they do make it they do it justice.

Thanks for the info Luan.

Andy.

Joe Carney · April 11th, 2006, 09:45 AM

I always thought it would be cool to make Clarkes 'Childhoods' End', even with it's blatantly anti religious bent.
I only read the first Rama book and it was great.

Andy Graham · May 30th, 2006, 10:04 AM

If your interested in Rama youll like this short film made by some talented young filmmakers and 3d animators at new york university.

wish they would hurry up with the real movie.

http://livedigital.com/content/324628/

Andy

Hugh DiMauro · July 20th, 2006, 08:55 AM

When I saw this title my eyes about popped out. In 1976, a group of local Atlantic City guys were making this black and white 16 millimeter low budget independent futuristic movie called "Rendezvous with Rama". I remember this well because I had a small part in it as some sort of "space trooper" or something. I don't remember exactly. The scene I was in depicted some sort of horrible catastrophe. One of my buddies made a latex facial injury mask for one of the catastrophe "victims" (His name is Ken Copel, the writer of the Dan Cortese/Jonathan Silverman movie "At First Sight". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114754/). Anyway, I thought these local guys wrote this movie (remember, this was when the Star Wars craze was in full swing). The guy directing it was (and still is, believe it or not) the manager of one of my local theatres and he used the darkened movie theatre (when the place was closed, of course) to shoot the space ship scenes. You know, he never finished the movie. But here I am, after all these years, thinking "Rendezvous with Rama" was an original movie written by this guy!

Interesting, if true. And interesting anyway.

Yi Fong Yu · July 27th, 2006, 09:20 AM

the noodle?

hahaha, i kid i kid. yesh i did read the Clarke novel. it was pretty good. there are 3 more sequels.

Yi Fong Yu · July 27th, 2006, 09:29 AM

double post, pls delete.

March 13th, 2006, 10:52 AM	#1
Andy Graham Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lanark,Scotland Posts: 736	Rendezvous with Rama?? Has anyone heard anything about the movie version of Arthur C Clarke's "Rendezvous with Rama "?. I know morgan freeman owns the rights to the movie and I think they have done some pre viz and spoken to paramount about distribution but nothing has been said for ages. It would be one amazing film if they did it right.....the books were epic. The official website hasn't changed in a long time.....I hope they haven't given up. Rama Link http://www.rendezvouswithrama.com/index.htm Andy. __________________ Actor: "where would that light be coming from?" DP: "same place as the music" -Andrew Lesnie-

March 30th, 2006, 11:34 AM	#2
Luan Rahmani Tourist Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1	wont be 2006 much later yes i am also very interested in this movie having read the whole rama series. it was announced a long time ago as a project which 'revelations entertainment' (Morgan freemans independant production co) were attempting. all i know is that Intel are providing some new hardware for the CGI david fincher is directing, morgan freeman is taking the lead role as Norton, but no other details have been released that i know of. Now, this was suppose to be released in 2003, or i think that was their target, but they needed to finish off other projects which were still in production. Then they said 2006, my guess is that it wont be out for another few years, i know becasue i contacted R.E this is the reply email: Rama is in the very early stages of development and will not be in production for some time. Thank you for your interest. Warm regards, Revelations Entertainment -----Original Message----- From: luan rahmani [mailto:luan.rahmani@ntlworld.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:57 PM To: Unsolicited Subject: i have a question i am very curious to know, how far into the rama production are you? will it be released in 2006 or much later? thank you

April 11th, 2006, 09:45 AM	#4
Joe Carney Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Centreville Va Posts: 1,828	I always thought it would be cool to make Clarkes 'Childhoods' End', even with it's blatantly anti religious bent. I only read the first Rama book and it was great. __________________ Boycott Guinness, bring back the pint!!!

May 30th, 2006, 10:04 AM	#5
Andy Graham Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lanark,Scotland Posts: 736	If your interested in Rama youll like this short film made by some talented young filmmakers and 3d animators at new york university. wish they would hurry up with the real movie. http://livedigital.com/content/324628/ Andy __________________ Actor: "where would that light be coming from?" DP: "same place as the music" -Andrew Lesnie-

July 20th, 2006, 08:55 AM	#6
Hugh DiMauro Trustee Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,207	This Is Very Strange... When I saw this title my eyes about popped out. In 1976, a group of local Atlantic City guys were making this black and white 16 millimeter low budget independent futuristic movie called "Rendezvous with Rama". I remember this well because I had a small part in it as some sort of "space trooper" or something. I don't remember exactly. The scene I was in depicted some sort of horrible catastrophe. One of my buddies made a latex facial injury mask for one of the catastrophe "victims" (His name is Ken Copel, the writer of the Dan Cortese/Jonathan Silverman movie "At First Sight". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114754/). Anyway, I thought these local guys wrote this movie (remember, this was when the Star Wars craze was in full swing). The guy directing it was (and still is, believe it or not) the manager of one of my local theatres and he used the darkened movie theatre (when the place was closed, of course) to shoot the space ship scenes. You know, he never finished the movie. But here I am, after all these years, thinking "Rendezvous with Rama" was an original movie written by this guy! Interesting, if true. And interesting anyway. __________________ Interesting, if true. And interesting anyway.

July 27th, 2006, 09:20 AM	#7
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	the noodle? hahaha, i kid i kid. yesh i did read the Clarke novel. it was pretty good. there are 3 more sequels. __________________ bow wow wow

July 27th, 2006, 09:29 AM	#8
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	double post, pls delete. __________________ bow wow wow Last edited by Yi Fong Yu; July 28th, 2006 at 07:00 AM.