Bryce Dallas Howard is set to direct and produce a female-led reimagining of 1986's Flight of the Navigator for Disney+.
As reported by THR, this new take on Flight of the Navigator will also be produced by John Swartz and Justin Springer. Swartz is actually Howard's partner at production company Nine Muses.
Flight of the Navigator is a film about a 12-year old boy named David who was abducted by a UFO and wakes up eight years later without aging and with no recollection of what occurred. While we don't know much more about the new project, we do know that David will be replaced by a female protagonist.
This isn't the first time a reboot was planned for Flight of the Navigator, as Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly were once attached to write a script for Disney in 2009. Disney would lose the rights to Lionsgate shortly thereafter, and another failed attempt was in the works with Lucifer showrunner Joe Henderson. Now, its rights are back at Disney.
Bryce Dallas Howard has not only starred in Jurassic World and Spider-Man 3, but she has also directed episodes of The Mandalorian and will direct one episode of The Book of Boba Fett. This new Flight of the Navigator film would be her first credit as a director of a feature film.
Flight of the Navigator was on our list of the 19 TV shows we would love to see on Disney+, and while it doesn't appear to be arriving as a series, this news should be great for many around the world.
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As reported by THR, this new take on Flight of the Navigator will also be produced by John Swartz and Justin Springer. Swartz is actually Howard's partner at production company Nine Muses.
Flight of the Navigator is a film about a 12-year old boy named David who was abducted by a UFO and wakes up eight years later without aging and with no recollection of what occurred. While we don't know much more about the new project, we do know that David will be replaced by a female protagonist.
This isn't the first time a reboot was planned for Flight of the Navigator, as Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly were once attached to write a script for Disney in 2009. Disney would lose the rights to Lionsgate shortly thereafter, and another failed attempt was in the works with Lucifer showrunner Joe Henderson. Now, its rights are back at Disney.
Bryce Dallas Howard has not only starred in Jurassic World and Spider-Man 3, but she has also directed episodes of The Mandalorian and will direct one episode of The Book of Boba Fett. This new Flight of the Navigator film would be her first credit as a director of a feature film.
Flight of the Navigator was on our list of the 19 TV shows we would love to see on Disney+, and while it doesn't appear to be arriving as a series, this news should be great for many around the world.
Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to [email protected].
Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.
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