Zathura: A Space Adventure

Zathura: A Space Adventure
Directed by	Jon Favreau
Screenplay by	David Koepp John Kamps
Based on	Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg
Produced by	William Teitler Scott Kroopf Michael de Luca
Starring	Josh Hutcherson Jonah Bobo Dax Shepard Kristen Stewart Tim Robbins
Cinematography	Guillermo Navarro
Edited by	Dan Lebental
Music by	John Debney
Production companies	Radar Pictures Teitler Film Michael De Luca Productions
Distributed by	DreamWorks Pictures
Release date	November 11, 2005 {United States)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$65 Million
Box office	$65.1 Million

Zathura: A Space Adventures or simply as Zathura is an 2005 science fiction adventure movie directed by Jon Favreau. It was adaptation on 2002 children's book Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg, author of the 1981 children's book Jumanji. It is an standalone spin-off of the 1995 movie Jumanji and also the second installment of Jumanji franchise. The movie stars by Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, and Tim Robbins.

Plot

Walter and Danny are two brothers who do not get along with each other, or with their cantankerous teenage sister, Lisa. While their divorced father is away at work and Lisa, whom he left in charge, is napping. Danny discovers an old science fiction-themed board game called Zathura in the basement. When he starts playing, the game produces a card that details a meteor shower. After an actual meteor shower occurs in the living room, Walter and Danny realize the game is affecting reality.

The boys discover the house is floating in outer space. Lisa thinks she has overslept and it is evening and prepares to go out. The next card puts her in cryonic sleep, for the next five turns of the game, leaving her frozen solid. And Walter soon concludes they must win the game to return everything back to normal. As they continue to play, they overcome the dangers presented by the game, including the appearance of a detective robot, passing too close to a star, and an attack on the house by the race of reptilian aliens called Zorgons. 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. He tells Walter to turn off the pilot light on the furnace, out of the fear of getting attacked by the Zorgons. The astronaut lures the Zorgons' ship away by setting the boys' father's couch on fire and ejecting it from the house.

Board games

A board game that sought to mimic the movie's eponymous game was released by Pressman Toy Corporation. Titled Zathura: Adventure is Waiting, the board game incorporated a spring-driven, clockwork card delivery mechanism, an astronaut, the Zorgons, the haywire robot and the disintegrating house in various ways.

Video game

A 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.