Flight Of The Navigator Gets A Reboot Disney to remake 1986 space flick Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Disney have already revived Tron from its '80s lights-and-leotards resting place, and now it is planning to do the same for classic kids-in-space adventure, Flight of the Navigator.
It comes as no surprise after the success of this spring's Race To Witch Mountain, which saw Disney bring new life to another family sci-fi franchise. It will join the raft of remakes currently in production, set to pay tribute to the childhoods of twenty and thirty-somethings everywhere, such as The Neverending Story and The Karate Kid.
Navigator, which has the most memorable dog-based opening sequence in any film, will be taken in hand by Arrested Development and Wild Hogs writer Brad Copeland, and produced by the duo about to bring us Bruce Willis in Surrogates, David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. Executive producer of the 1986 film, John Hyde, will oversee the proceesings here also.
Flight of the Navigator was an unremarkable cinema release, despite having offered this fun-packed trailer to promote the film in advance. However, audiences warmed to it when it came to video, where it was a runaway success.
The original, which featured soon to be clothes-horse Sarah Jessica Parker, followed the mysterious return of a boy (Joey Cramer) missing for eight years whose reappearance, still aged 12, sparks a NASA investigation as they realise aliens are involved. As they attempt to exploit him and his lack of memory of the events, he stages an escape attempt using the spacecraft to get back home to his family.
Expect cameos galore and super shiny CGI spaceships as our hazy memory of Flight of the Navigator bites the dust. But which of our 20 under 20 could play the lead role of David?
I'm not a big fan of the original film, It kind of passed me by, but I really can't see the point in this. Same goes for the Short Circuit remake - why bother? Are there really no new ideas anymore? ... Read More
Hollywood bereft of ideas. We shoudl all avoid, I mean if we truley love films, why support remakes of films that are 10-20 yrs old? BOYCOTT.
Tell hollywood that we want originals now. ... Read More
Whilst the effects of today would surely make for a lovely looking film, there's no real reason to remake this. It was excellent the first time around. ... Read More
You know I find it amusing the way... when it's announced that some movie of 70s or 80s awesomeness is to be remade, certain people see nothing but bad, saying "oh, there goes my childhood, they'll ruin it" and the like. then there's announcements of average or even quite poor 80s movies which could have been better and rather than the logical reaction of "oh.. well this is good... it's likely to be much better, and if not, it isnt like they're going to be makingthings any worse.... Read More
On the other hand, I'm not against a remake of The Neverending Story - provided they base it more on the book and actually put some effort into it.
Yes, I know they won't either. ... Read More
I loved the original! One of my favourites as a kid, and it still holds up pretty well. Plus the central "mystery" (the kid hasn't aged) is kinda kooky for a kids' flick, and the FX are still quite impressive. Not 100% keen on a remake, but there are far worse films to re-do. ... Read More
