The syfy channel blastr site reports “Morgan Freeman has been trying to get an adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s first-contact classic Rendezvous With Rama made for almost 20 years—with David Fincher on board to direct—and the Oscar-winner says he’s closer than ever.
While doing press for his upcoming action-comedy Red, Freeman let slip that he’s still very much committed to getting his longtime passion project—in which a massive spacecraft, dubbed the Rama, enters the solar system—off the ground.”