For a long time, Isaac Asimov’s The End Of Eternity has been considered one of the truly unfilmable classics of science-fiction (along with titles like Alfred Bester’s The Stars My Destination and Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous With Rama).
The likes of Ridley Scott (with Tom Cruise attached) have tried to adapt the novel, a complex thriller about an organisation called Eternity whose agents travel through time manipulating human history and preventing major disasters, and failed. But that hasn’t stopped New Regency from becoming the latest company to have a bash.
The film, if it happens, will be produced by Vince Gerardis, whose company, Created By, represents the Asimov estate. New Regency is taking the project to potential directors before a writer is brought on board.
For more on the novel and its mind-bending plot involving manipulative overlords, a time-spanning romance and the sort of paradoxes that can fuel pub discussions for hours, click here.