The Director of UPSIDE Sets Sci-Fi Thriller, VOYAGERS, As Next Project

Neil Burger, the director of "The Upisde," will write and direct the sci-fi thriller "Voyagers," according to Variety.

"Voyagers" tells the story of 30 children sent into space on a multi-generational mission to reach and populate a newly discovered planet. After the adult captain is mysteriously killed, the young crew descends into chaos, reverting to a primitive, tribal state, giving in to their most feral and animal desires.

Stuart Ford's AGC Studios will fully finance and co-produce the film. Burger's Nota Bene Productions and Basil Iwanyk's Thunder Road Films will also produce. AGC also handles international sales on the new film.

Burger will produce alongside Iwanyk and Brendon Boyea for Thunder Road. Ford and Greg Shapiro, AGC's president of film, will serve as executive producers.

"Voyagers" is expected to begin production this spring.

"Voyagers" is Burger's first screenwriting credit since 2008's "The Lucky Ones." He is also known for directing the 2006 breakout film "The Illusionist," which he also wrote; 2011's "Limitless"; and the first film in the "Divergent" franchise.

Burger most recently directed "The Upside," an English-language remake of the 2011 French hit "Intouchables." The film was a box office surprise last weekend when it opened with $20.4 million to give distributor STX Entertainment its first domestic number one.

Read the original article on Variety.

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