The trend for turning to young adult novels as likely source material for the hungry development machine shows no sign of abating with Disney thrusting a version of Matthew Riley’s Hover Car Racer back into active development and hiring X2 / Superman Returns writer Dan Harris to craft the script.
Simply titled Hovercar, the film version will follow young hero Jason Chaser as he enters an international school that trains up drivers for futuristic hover car races. Good thing his surname wasn't Slowcoach, then…
It’s not the first time that the Mouse House has attempted to shove Riley’s book through the development process: it snapped up the rights back in 2004 and several writers, including David DiGilio, John Sayles and Blaise Hemingway have taken a whack at the script. Now the Disney team will be hoping Harris is the man to make it work with** I Am Number Four **co-writers Miles Millar and Alfred Gough on hand to oversee things as producers.
There’s no word on a director or any cast yet, but those will slot into place assuming the script is up to snuff…