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Bryce Dallas Howard Directing a New Take on ’80s Sci-fi Movie ‘Flight of the Navigator’ for Disney+
In the wake of directing episodes of “The Mandalorian,” Bryce Dallas Howard will next find herself in the director’s chair for a reboot of the 1986 sci-fi adventure, Flight of the Navigator!
THR reports that the new take on the ’80s movie is a Disney+ project. The site reminds, “The original movie told of a 12-year-old boy who is abducted by a UFO and reappears eight years later at the exact same age and with no memories of what happened. When NASA officials spot a connection between the boy and a recovered UFO and try to ensnare him, the kid attempts to unravel the intergalactic mystery while trying to reunite with his family.”
The new movie, THR notes, will put a female-led twist on the classic.
The 1986 movie was directed by Randal Kleiser and written by Mark H. Baker, Michael Burton and Matt MacManus. Joey Cramer starred as David Freeman, the movie’s main character.
Watch the trailer for the original Flight of the Navigator below.
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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