isaac asimov's 'three laws'
"I think Isaac Asimov would be proud of this film," says producer John Davis. "It's very respectful of his work. It has a director who has created the future in a dazzling visual spectacle, using state-of-the-art technology; and it has a great leading man who's heroic and leads us through this world."
"You don't need to be an Asimov fan or a sci-fi fan to enjoy and relate to this movie," says producer Topher Dow, "but if you are an Asimov fan, this story is a great companion piece to the I, Robot book and his great science fiction lineage."

At the core of all of Asimov's robot stories are The Three Laws of Robotics. All of his robot stories begin and end with the Three Laws, which are hardwired into each robot. The puzzle in each story is how and why the laws malfunctioned in each particular case.

"Asimov's robot stories are little intellectual puzzles," says Jeff Vintar. 'In each I, Robot story, he presents a problem that challenges The Three Laws of Robotics. I think that's what's fascinated readers of those stories for decades - he constantly presents a challenge to something and then shows you the resolution."

"The movie is inspired by Asimov's work, but it's not really a direct translation," says Alex Proyas. "It's been a tough one to translate to the screen because trying to derive one concise narrative from the original collection of nine short stories is virtually impossible. We've taken, obviously, quite a bit of license to create our own story within the confines of Asimov's world and ideas. So we tried to follow the spirit of what he created while cinematically bringing a fresh take to his world.

"We basically do exactly what Asimov did in many of his stories," Proyas continues. "The laws are hardwired into the robots and they cannot be broken. Yet somehow the robots seem to find a way to apparently circumvent them."

For Proyas, the most interesting question posed by the film is, how are we going to deal with robots? I think they will come, there's no question. It's always interesting how human beings eventually adapt to their technology. Eventually we decide to believe that the technology, for better or for worse, can make our lives better and we accept it. Is that a good or a bad thing? It certainly is the way that human beings seem to operate and, I think, will continue to operate in the future."

director alex proyas
Accepted to the Australian Film, Television, and Radio School at the age of 17, Proyas' first short film "Groping" won numerous international awards, including Best Short at the London Film Festival.  He first came to the attention of cinema audiences around the world in 1994 with his film adaptation of the cutting-edge comic book "The Crow," which was followed by the critically acclaimed science fiction drama "Dark City" in 1998. "Garage Days," from Fox Searchlight Pictures, was Proyas' first foray into feature comedy, and his first film set in the contemporary world. Proyas also co-wrote "Garage Days," which is about an aspiring garage band, drawing upon his experiences as a rock music video director. Proyas lives and works in Sydney where his production company Mystery Clock Cinema is developing numerous projects for him to direct and produce for film and television.

jeff vintar - screenplay and screen story
A graduate of the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop. After short careers as a cabinet maker, an industrial laborer, a cartoonist, a college English instructor, and a bus driver, he broke into the film business by selling three original spec scripts in the span of six months: "The Long Hello and Short Goodbye," filmed by Warner Bros. in 1999; "Spaceless," currently in development at Twentieth Century Fox; and "Hardwired," which was merged with Isaac Asimov's I, Robot stories. Vintar has written screenplays for Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox. Vintar has also been tapped to adapt the classic Isaac Asimov "Foundation" trilogy for Fox. For New Line, he is writing "Y: The Last Man."

akiva goldsman - screenplay
Born in Brooklyn Heights, New York, Goldsman graduated from Wesleyan University and attended the graduate program in creative writing at New York University. Goldsman has been in demand in Hollywood ever since Bruce Beresford filmed his first script, "Silent Fall." His other writing credits include "The Client," "Batman Forever," "A Time to Kill," and "Practical Magic." He recently adapted "Memoirs of a Geisha" for producer Steven Spielberg, and is currently working on the screenplay for "Cinderella Man," directed by Ron Howard and starring Russell Crowe, and on an adaptation of the best-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code," to be directed by Ron Howard. He received critical acclaim for his adaptation of "A Beautiful Mind." Bestowed the highest honors in the film industry, Goldsman garnered the 2001 Academy Award, Golden Globe and Writers Guild Award for his groundbreaking portrayal of the inner workings of schizophrenia. In addition to his writing credits, Goldsman's Warner Bros.-based Weed Road Pictures produced "Lost in Space," "Deep Blue Sea" and the recent release "Starsky & Hutch," starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, directed by Todd Phillips. Upcoming projects include "Constantine," based on the DC Comic book Hellblazer, starring Keanu Reeves; "Tonight, He Comes," to be directed by Michael Mann; and Regency's "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, directed by Doug Liman, to be released by Twentieth Century Fox.