'Jane Eyre' Director Cary Fukunaga to Helm Sci-Fi Drama 'Spaceless' for Universal

Michael Buckner/Getty ImagesCary Fukunaga Cary Fukunaga, who last directed Jane Eyre, is heading into sci-fi territory for his follow-up. The director has closed an offer to helm Universal's Spaceless, as well as rewrite the script based from the original spec by Shaun Vintar. Gore Verbinski is creating the project through his BlindWink Productions. Vintar is executive creating. The storyline centres with an assassin who awakens in the spacesuit collapsing helplessly through space, having a computer made to keep him company until his air expires. He or she must attempt to solve the mystery of his dying, which started when he broke into an revolving about space station to do a hit. The guy, however, starts to question his reality, unsure if he's succumbing to madness or perhaps in an unnaturally produced atmosphere Fukunaga continues to be wanting to mix up genres with every directorial outing he's taken. His debut was the award-winning immigration drama Sin Nombre, that they accompanied using the adaptation of Emily Bronte's Eyre, a period of time social drama. Fukunaga is repped by WME, Anonymous Content and Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler & Feldman. Peter Cramer and Sara Scott are managing the work for the studio.