Foundation series movie rights go to Sony because of Watchmen fight between WB and Fox

That's Hollywood. [Link]

Variety reports that Columbia won an auction late Thursday for screen rights to Foundation, Isaac Asimov's science fiction trilogy quad series. The film will be developed as a directing vehicle for Roland Emmerich. This is a surprise development, possibly stemming from bad blood between Warner Bros. and Fox over Watchmen.

I look forward to this, but not to the inevitable comments about Trantor being a ripoff of Coruscant.