Foundation is based on Asimov's Foundation trilogy which looks to a society that has discovered how to predict the future using a process called psychohistory. They create a body to research and protect this method and ensure its survival.

Just that short description alone tells you a lot about the story and suggests that it's going to be quite anti-establishment and organisation. According to the write up in The Hollywood Reporter it is quite politically charged.

The trilogy spans hundreds of years, multiple different characters, and talks of the rise and fall of civilisations, so it has always been viewed as a difficult project to adapt. However the producers, Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, will attempt the first novel adaptation, and if that proves successful in the cinema then they may attempt the further two novels.

They have warned though that this won't be a quick project, and because of the complexity they'll spend a good amount of time developing it.

It's not the first time this has been attempted though, Fox has adapted the entire trilogy as one script and various names had been attached to the project in the past.

Foundation does seem a huge and ambitious project for the production pair, but they are keen to start as they mean to go on and concentrate on quality, not quantity.