Back in 2009, Disney fresh off of retooling Race To Witch Mountain, snuck 1986 kid-friendly adventure Flight Of The Navigator out of the archives and aimed to give it a tap with the reboot wand. But the magic, despite several script drafts, never quite happened. Now the potential movie has new owners, with Lionsgate looking to Lucifer writer/producer Joe Henderson for a new script.
The original 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.
With The Henson Company on board to co-produce, Lionsgate will no doubt try to line this one up quickly, especially given the success off the two Guardians Of The Galaxy movies. But we'll have to wait and see if it flies to screens this time.