Bill Ray to Write and Direct Sci-Fi Film DEPARTURE

Good Universe announced today that Billy Ray (The Hunger Games, Breach, Shattered Glass, and the upcomingCaptain Phillips) will direct DEPARTURE for the studio, from an original script he wrote. Jim Whitaker (The Odd Life of Timothy Green, American Gangster) will produce the sci-fi/romance. Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane will executive produce. Spencer Wong will oversee the project on behalf of Good Universe. Elizabeth Ingold will oversee for Whitaker Entertainment. Good Universe has the project on the fast-track and will begin casting right away.

Based on the true story of a never-explained avionic phenomenon, Departure follows a brilliant Miami-based FAA investigator who is obsessed with learning how a 727 suddenly vanished into thin air and then reappeared in the exact same spot ten minutes later. As mysterious occurrences continue to occur with increasing frequency in the skies over Miami, the investigation becomes personal when the employee's beloved wife is on one of the planes affected.

The story is inspired by the book "Ghosts of the Air" by Martin Caidin, which documents real accounts from pilots who have experienced Flight anomalies.

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