Disney will be remaking the sci-fi adventure movie "Flight of the Navigator."
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Brad Copeland is writing the remake which will be produced by Mandeville partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman.
The 1986 original was directed by Randal Kleiser and written by Mark H. Baker, Michael Burton and Matt MacManus. It told the story of 12-year-old David Freeman, who is abducted by an alien spacecraft in 1978.
David is gone for only a few hours, but due to faster-than-light travel, when he is returned to Earth, it is eight years later in 1986. Everyone else on Earth has aged eight years, but David is still physically twelve years old.
NASA scientists discover a connection between the boy and a downed spacecraft and try to exploit the boy, who escapes with the ship.
The movie grossed only $17 million when it was released but became a cult hit on VHS. It became a staple on The Wonderful World of Disney.
It starred Joey Cramer, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff De Young and Sarah Jessica Parker. Paul Reubens provided the voice of Max, the robotic pilot of the spaceship.
John Hyde, who executive produced the first one, will be assuming the same role for the new version.
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