Ron Howard Set to Direct Epic Sci-Fi Film SEVENEVES
Director Ron Howard has just attached himself to a pretty epic-sounding sci-fi film project called Seveneves, and he is reuniting with Apollo 13 screenwriter Bill Broyles to bring it to the big screen. This story has a huge concept and it sounds like it could end up being Howard's most ambitious film yet.
The movie is based on a novel written by Neal Stephenson and it's described as "a thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years." Here's the full description of the book:
A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.
But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain...
Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.
That just sounds like such a huge story to tell. It's like something we'd expect to see Christopher Nolan take on. I'm a big fan of Howard, who has made several great films throughout his career, and it's exciting to see him take something on of this scale. Howard is also producing the film with his Imagine Entertainment partner Brian Grazer.
Source: Variety