THE ONE I LOVE Director's Sci-Fi Film THE DISCOVERY Lands at Netflix

It's been about seven months since we've heard anything about The Discovery, the new sci-fi movie from The One I Love director Charlie McDowell, so I admit I'd forgotten all about it. But now Deadline has a quick new update about the movie, including a casting change and a plan for the film's release.

Before we get to any of that, here's the synopsis: "Directed by Charlie McDowell and written by McDowell and Justin Lader, The Discovery is a sci-fi story set two years after the discovery of a scientifically proven afterlife where millions of people have taken their own lives in order to start over." Robert Redford plays the man who makes the discovery, and Jason Segel is replacing Nicholas Hoult as Redford's character's son, who falls for a woman (Rooney Mara) whose past is tinged with tragedy.

The movie will premiere on Netflix in 2017, and the streaming service will also give it a limited theatrical release at that time.

“To describe the story as original doesn’t begin to capture the world that Charlie has created that will envelop you,” said Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos. “Our global viewers are going to love this film.”

McDowell has directed a few episodes of HBO's hilarious series Silicon Valley, but to really get a sense of what he's capable of as a director, check out his excellent indie sci-fi movie The One I Love, starring Elisabeth Moss and Mark Duplass. You won't regret it.