Crater
Stranger Thingsdirector Shawn Levy has been tapped to helm the coming - of - years sci - fi movieCraterfor twentieth Century Fox . John J. Griffin ’s specification playscript , establish on an idea primitively develop by special outcome supervisor Rpin Suwannath , was # 5 on the 2015 Black List survey of unproduced screenplays .
rig on a lunar excavation dependency , Craterfollows the risky venture of a teenage boy name Caleb and his various misfit friends as they ship on aStand By Me - like route trip to a mysterious crater , spur on by a wish from Caleb ’s latterly - deceased father . It ’s a last probability to bond for Caleb and his gang , as the 14 - year - sure-enough is about to be relocated to Omega , a Utopian planet usually appropriate for the rich that opens its doors for the children of miners who lose their lives . Caleb ’s grouping of friends include the common potpourri of get - of - age character types , include the brainy girl , the crybaby , the rebel , and the slow Thomas Kid .
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As reported byVariety , Levy has been assign the task of directingCraterfor 20th Century Fox . Levy will also produce along with Dan Levine of 21 lap , the banner creditworthy forStranger Things .
Once known as a director of Steve Martin comedy vehicles , Levy graduated to tripping , kin - friendly activity fare withNight at the Museumand its two sequel , and theHugh Jackman vehicleReal Steel . Levy has worked extensively in television , point everything fromAnimorphstoThe famed Jett JacksontoThe Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt . Levy has direct four sequence ofStranger Things , including the time of year 2 eps " The Pollywog , " which introduced Dustin’snew friendfrom the Upside Down , and " Will the Wise " in which Will Byers show off his magical power to scribble out huge , luxuriant saber saw - puzzle maps that can only be decipher by guy cable who exploit at Radio Shack . Levy also reportedly will re - team withReal Steelstudio Amblin for the sci - fi movieThe Fall .
Levy ’s key signature mediate - of - the - route directorial cutaneous senses should guarantee thatCraterwill turn out to be a very family - friendly , agreeable , slightly action - skewed trip into wakeful sci - fi territory , with echoes ofStand By Meand ( of necessity , since it ’s now become its own ethnical source point , as well as a thing that indulges in endless reference)Stranger Thingsitself . It ’s always possible that Levy will decide to take his own misstep to the Upside Down and makeCraterunusually dark and acute ( at least by his own standards ) , but that remains to be seen .
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Source : Variety
