Roland Emmerich’s adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi trilogy Foundation just got some fresh blood. Deadline reports that Dante Harper has come aboard to write the latest draft of the screenplay, after Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan) penned the first draft. Asimov’s series takes place at a time when humans are scattered on planets all over the universe, living under the rule of the galactic empire. When a psycho-historian who has the power to see the future foretells that the empire will come under collapse very soon, he sets out to ensure that the knowledge of mankind isn’t wiped out. Emmerich previously talked about the challenge of adapting such a sprawling mythology back in 2009, and at the time said he was waiting on Rodat’s script. Apparently he now feels the material needs another go.

Though he hasn’t yet seen the release of one of his projects, Harper is a bit of a hot commodity at the moment. His calling card was the Timothy McVeigh biopic Dreamland for Brad Pitt’s Plan B. He also wrote the script for Black Hole, which David Fincher was going to direct, and did a rewrite on the fairy tale update Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters which opens next March. His next film likely to go into production is Doug Liman’s super cool-sounding All You Need is Kill, which is currently casting. Emmerich’s next directorial effort after the release of Anonymous will be the sci-fi flick Singularity, which he told Steve will probably start filming in March.

The 2010 Black List has been announced.  For those who don’t know, the Black List is a list of the best “unproduced” screenplays in Hollywood.  I put “unproduced” in quotations because some of these screenplays are in various stages of production.  For instance, College Republicans (formerly Young Republicans) has Shia LaBeouf and Paul Dano circling the project while Safe House has Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds on board.  J.C. Chandor’s script (which he also directed) Margin Call is the furthest along of the Top 10 as it’s already set to premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

Hit the jump to check out the 2010 Black List Top Ten.

We’ve been keeping tabs on All You Need is Kill for awhile now, since it was a Dante Harper spec script with a cool title and an even cooler conceit that managed to siren $3 million from Warner Bros.  Doug Liman (Fair Game) has been attached as director pretty much all summer, but according to Variety, the studio has made it official.  When we spoke with Liman last month, he was enthused by Harper’s script.

“It’s an amazing script.  It’s a wholly original piece of writing.  It delivers all of the whiz-bang satisfaction of a big Hollywood effects movie, but it does it in a completely original way.”

Hit the jump for the official synopsis, to see just what spoke to Liman so deeply.