Disney’s Rebooting Flight of the Navigator With Bryce Dallas Howard

In 1978, a younger boy mysteriously goes lacking. In 1986, he reappears having not aged a day. Where did he go? Well, an alien spaceship zipped him across the galaxy so quick time didn’t change for him, however eight years handed on Earth. That’s the set-up for Disney 1986 movie Flight of the Navigator and after a number of makes an attempt to carry it again, it’s lastly received its champion in Bryce Dallas Howard.

Howard, the star of the Jurassic World franchise who additionally directed a number of episodes of The Mandalorian, will direct and produce a Flight of the Navigator remake for Disney+, in keeping with the Hollywood Reporter. This new model will put a woman in the principle function, although it’s unclear if the story and arrange will probably be precisely the identical.

The unique movie, directed by Randal Kleiser (Grease), celebrated its thirty fifth anniversary final month. The lead was performed by Joey Cramer and the enduring spaceship was voiced by none apart from Paul Reubens. io9 revisited the movie just a few years again and you possibly can learn all of our ideas at this hyperlink.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Disney has been attempting to carry again the title for over a decade. In 2009, Jurassic World writers Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly reportedly labored on a script, nevertheless it wasn’t prepared in time and the rights had been picked up by Lionsgate. That firm then tried to develop its personal take from Lucifer’ Joe Henderson however that, once more, didn’t work out. Now the rights are again at Disney and Howard is on board.

Flight of the Navigator is an ideal concept for a remake. Even in the event you grew up within the Nineteen Eighties, it’s a movie you might need missed—so chances are high most children immediately in all probability haven’t heard of it. Plus, the concept of a kid going lacking as a result of she or he has been capturing throughout the galaxy, solely to return house confused and scared, is solely a slam dunk concept. We suppose Howard will knock this one out of the park.

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