Roland Emmerich will direct a remake of the 1966 sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage Century for 20th Fox. National Treasure screenwriters Marianne and Cormac Wibberley are in talks to pen the script.
"Voyage" is about a scientist who is dying of a blood clot. His only chance for survival is for five scientist colleagues to be miniaturized in a ship, and injected into his bloodstream.
The original, directed by Richard Fleischer, starred Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasence.
Emmerich's Centropolis Entertainment partner Michael Wimer will produce with James Cameron´s Lightstorm Entertainment.
It is Emmerich's second tour of duty on the project, after being attached a decade ago. The Wibberleys recently took a stab at a draft of "Voyage" that sparked the director's renewed interest in doing the remake.