Ringworld movie

“The Mote in God's Eye”, the 1974 science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, is being considered for a live-action film adaptation, charting the first contact between humanity and an alien species:

‘In the year 3017, humanity is slowly recovering from an interstellar civil war that tore apart the first ‘Empire of Man’.

The ‘Second Empire’ is busy establishing control over the remnants left by its predecessor, by force if necessary. The ‘Alderson Drive’ enables ships to travel instantaneously between ‘Alderson points’ in specific star systems. 

“After a rebellion on the planet ‘New Chicago’ is quashed, ‘Captain Bruno Cziller’ of the ‘Imperial’ battlecruiser ‘INSS MacArthur’ remains behind as ‘Chief of Staff’ to the new governor, 

“‘Commander Roderick Blaine’ is given temporary command of the sh