IONCINEMA.com presents: Airborn (0)

CAST AND CREW

Airborn

Release Date: Unspecified Release - Wide Release
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Film Genre: Adventure
Country: United States

Based on a children's book by Kenneth Oppel, the film tells the tale of a 15-year-old boy who works on a luxury airship that is part dirigible, part passenger cruise ship. When air pirates attack the airship, the boy, along with a female partner, embark on an adventure that includes strange flying creatures, secret lairs, nasty villains and uncharted volcanic islands. Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. It is the life Matt's always wanted; convinced he's lighter than air, he imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that powers his ship. One night he meets a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures drifting through the skies. It is only after Matt meets the balloonist's granddaughter that he realizes that the man's ravings may, in fact, have been true, and that the creatures are completely real and utterly mysterious.

MOVIE NEWS ITEMS

2005-02-03
Variety reports that Universal Pictures-based production company the Sommers Co. has hired writing team Josh Oppenheimer and Thomas Donnelly to adapt the project.

2004-08-10
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Ruddy Morgan principals Albert Ruddy and Andre Morgan have partnered with filmmaker Steve Sommers and his producing partner Bob Ducsey to produce the project for Universal Pictures.