Ron Howard is heading back to space, and he's bringing his APOLLO 13 team with him. Deadline is reporting that the filmmaker will helm SEVENEVES, an adaptation of author Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi novel of the same name ...

Stephenson's book centers on "a catastrophic event that renders Earth a ticking time bomb, and nations band together to devise a plan to ensure the survival of humanity in outer space. Five thousand years later, their progeny — seven races now 3 billion strong — embark on another audacious journey to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth." ...