Since his heyday with the first two Harry Potter movies, Chris Columbus has had a huge amount of success. He did okay with Percy Jackson, but the likes of Rent and I Love You Beth Cooper both tanked. In fact his biggest hit has been The Help, which he only produced.
Now it appears he’s got a new project in the works, which could give him a mainstream hit if it’s done well – although once again he’s just set to produce. THR reports that he’s picked up the rights to Charles Yu’s debut novel, How To Live Safely In A Science Fictional Universe. The book centros on a time travel machine repairman – also named Charles Yu – who has spent the past 10 years travelling back and forth in time in search of his father, who has disappeared. When the fictional Yu falls into a time loop he must find a way to change the future.
The film will be directed by Brendan Bellomo, who is a New York University film school graduate who wrote, produced and directed a cast and crew of 200 for the live action sci-fi short Bohemibot, which won a bronze medal in the narrative category at the 2009 Student Academy Awards. There’s no news on when the movie might go into production.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
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