Disney+ is about to lean extra on sci-fi nostalgia to reel in viewers. Deadline reports Disney is remaking its 1986 basic Flight of the Navigator for the streaming service. Details of the reboot are scarce, however it will characteristic a feminine lead and see Bryce Dallas Howard (who directed two The Mandalorian episodes) each direct and produce the title.
There’s no point out of the forged or a launch date. It’s protected to say the essential premise, of a kid who bonds with an alien spaceship, will not change a lot for this adaptation.
The challenge is a shrewd transfer for Disney. The firm nonetheless focuses Disney+ originals (and lots of of its different titles, for that matter) round acquainted manufacturers and exhibits. A Flight of the Navigator reboot lets Disney+ financial institution on a widely known title and pace up story growth — it may possibly attract a technology of followers (you possibly can in all probability nonetheless hear “compliance!” in your head) with out investing large sums in manufacturing.
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