![]() ![]() It soon becomes clear, however - after an impromptu meteor shower in the living room - that self-operation is the least of the game’s properties. After Dad takes off, putting their negligent older sister Lisa (Kristen Stewart) in charge, Danny finds himself stuck in the basement, where he digs up a ’50s-style space-themed board game called Zathura.ĭanny begins to play the game, an ingenious wind-up contraption that comes with self-moving pieces and a metal turnkey in lieu of rolling dice. Ten-year-old Walter (Josh Hutcherson) and 6-year-old Danny (Jonah Bobo) compete for the attention of their stressed-out father (Tim Robbins, in a brief but effective turn). Yet aside from the occasional lapse in pacing, screenwriters David Koepp and John Kamps sustain attention for a full 101 minutes without departing significantly from the slender 32-page framework of Van Allsburg’s story. Titled Zathura: Adventure is Waiting, the board game incorporated a springh-driven, clockwork card delivery mechanism, an astronaut, the Zorgons, the haywire robot and thje disintergrating house in various ways.Ī video game tie-in was released on November 3, 2005, developed by High Voltage Software and published by 2K Games for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.As evidenced in both “Jumanji” and Warner Bros.’ “The Polar Express,” the main obstacle to wresting Van Allsburg’s gorgeously imagined picture books onto the screen - aside from the author’s ineffable tone of deadpan surrealism - has been their lack of a feature-length narrative. The astronaut lures the Zorgons' ship away by setting the boys' father's couch on fire and ejecting it from the house.Ī board game that sought to mimic the movie's eponymous game was released by Pressman Toy Corporation. He tells Walter to pilot light on the turnface, out of the fear of getting attacked by robot. One of Danny's turns causes an astronaut to appeared, who methodically eliminated the house's heat sources, as the Zorgons are attracted to heat. As they continue to play, they overcome the dangers presented by the game, including the appearance of a detective robot, passing too much close to a star, and an attack on the house by the race of reptilian alliens called Zorgons. And Walter soon concludes they must win the game to return everything back to normal. ![]() The next card puts her in cryonic sleep, for the next five turns of the game, leaving her frozen solid. Lisa thinks she has overslept and it is evening and prepares to go out. The boys discover the house is floating in outer space. After an actual meteor shower occurs in the living room, Walter and Danny realize the game is affecting reality. When he starts playing, the game produces a card that details a meteor shower. Danny discovers an old science fiction-themed board game called Zathura in the basement. While their divorced father is away at work and Lisa, whom he left in charge, is napping. Walter and Danny are two brothers who do not get along with each other, or with their cantankerous teenage sister, Lisa. The movie stars by Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, and Tim Robbins. ![]() It is an standalone spin-off of the 1995 movie Jumanji and also the second installment of Jumanji franchise. It was adaptaion on 2002 childern's book Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg, author of the 1981 childern's book Jumanji. Zathura: A Space Adventures or simply as Zathura is an 2005 science fiction adventure movie directed by Jon Favreau. ![]()
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