Ron Howard to Direct 'Seveneves'

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By Darian Scalamoni

        There is a new sci-fi book adaptation coming and it’s about to be headed by a legendary director. According to Collider, Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man) is attached to direct the feature adaptation of Seveneves. William Broyles Jr., who also wrote the Howard directed, Apollo 13 will write the script.

            The novel was released last year and begins with humanity in a dire state as a catastrophic event makes Earth uninhabitable. The world’s nations then group together to create a plan to ensure that humanity will survive. This involves sending pioneers into outer space. The book then jumps 5,000 years into the future and the pioneers are 3 billion strong, trying to return to Earth.

            The potential for a project of this nature is astounding and adding an Oscar-winning director like Howard makes it even more exciting. Howard was originally supposed to direct the upcoming movie, The Dark Tower based on the Stephen King novel but has now stepped back to a Producer’s role.

            The director has had problems recently with his most recent films, as In the Heart of the Sea was a box office bomb and though, Rush was a very underrated film, it didn’t do well in theaters either. Howard’s next project is Inferno which is a follow up to The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. Inferno will hit theaters on October 28^th.