Thanks to It and Stranger Things , it makes sensation that any scifi or illusion property that revolve around scrappy kids would get put on the dissolute running . And a new one has entered the disturbance , plucked from the same era that inspired those two strike : a remake of 1986 kid - meets - aliens adventure Flight of the Navigator .
allot to The Hollywood Reporter , Joe Henderson — showrunner on Lucifer , which repay Monday to Fox — will put the Devil aside temporarily to pen a script for the reboot . The original celluloid , a Disney release , is about a 12 - year - old Florida nestling who run missing in 1978 and turns up in 1986 , having not aged a day . The reason : aliens ( led by Max , who ’s voice by Paul “ Pee - Wee Herman ” Reubens ) , who end up needing his help to fix their break ship so they can turn back home , no thanks to the interference of NASA along the way . So far there ’s no word on how Henderson might change the story , or if the new Navigator will update its place setting to the present day or even the future .
After a declare oneself Disney version of the remake failed to launch in 2009 , this new Lionsgate - made version of the film will be produce by the Henson Co. , which will no doubt bring its tool expertise in help craft the motion picture ’s form of foreign and robot part .
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