Zathura
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jon Favreau
Jonah Bobo
Kristen Stewart
Tim Robbins
Josh Hutcherson
Dax Shepard
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After their father leaves for work, leaving them in the care of their older sister, six-year-old Danny and ten-year old Walter discover an old tattered metal board game, "Zathura." After trying unsuccessfully to get his brother to play the game with him, Danny starts to play on his own. From his first move, Danny realizes this is no ordinary board game. His spaceship marker moves by itself and when it lands on a space, a card is ejected, which reads: "Meteor shower, take evasive action." The house is immediately pummeled from above by hot, molten meteors. When Danny and Walter look up through the gaping hole in their roof, they discover, to their horror that they have propelled into deepest, darkest outer space. And they are not alone. Danny and Walter realize that unless they finish the game they'll be trapped in outer space forever. With every turn, they confront one incredible obstacle after another: They accidentally put their sister Lisa into a deep cryonic sleep, are chased by a crazed, malfunctioning six-foot robot, rescue a stranded astronaut and are besieged by lizard-like, carnivorous creatures called Zorgons. With the help of the astronaut, Danny and Walter begin to put their petty fraternal differences aside, work together to overcome the obstacles they encounter and attempt to finish the game so they can go home. But all their efforts may be in vain when they face their biggest challenge of all--a battle against an intense gravitational pull into the void of the dark planet Zathura.
Director
Jon Favreau
Cast
Jonah Bobo
Kristen Stewart
Tim Robbins
Josh Hutcherson
Dax Shepard
Douglas Tait
Derek Mears
Jeff Joseph Wolfe
Joe Bucaro
Anthony Carlino
Frank Oz
John Alexander
Crew
Laurence Abrams
Alicia Accardo
Brian Adams
Julie Adrianson Neary
Gregory P Alcus
Matthew Alper
Alfonso Alpuerto
Michael Amorelli
Michael A Amundson
Jason Anderson
Cynthia Aragon
Christopher Arreola
Patrick Ballin
Amanda Baudo
Joe Bauer
Greg Baxter
Bob Beemer
Jon G Belyeu
Jennifer Bender
Frank Bennett
Hans Berggren
Allison Bergstrand
Les Bernstein
Les Bernstein
Corwin Bibb
Peter Billingsley
Kelly Birrer
Adam Blantz
Roberto Blasini
Arthur Blum
Russell Bobbitt
Bonnie Borst
Greg Ten Bosch
Tatjana Bozinovski
Laura J Breakey
Claire Breaux
Darrel D Bricker
Tristan Brighty
Mark Brooks
Michael Broomberg
Bob F Brown
Logan Brown
Eric Bruhwiler
Samantha Bryant
Ray Bulinski
Chris L Burton
Richard Burton
John Butiu
Bonjin Byun
Thelvin Cabezas
D Walt Cameron
Grady Campbell
Tamara Carlson-woodard
Tamara Carlson-woodard
Onny P Carr
Michael Cashore
Enrique Chediak
Enrique Chediak
John Colby
Joseph Conmy
Danielle Conroy
Kyle Cooper
Ken Coronet
Jason Crosby
Christian Cunningham
Lisa Joelle Curtis
Sean Cushing
Cory Czekaj
Louis D'esposito
Louis D'esposito
Ken Dackerman
Jessica Daniels
Peter R. Davidson
Brian C Davis
Robert Davis Oh
Sandy De Crescent
Michael De Luca
Michelle A De Mayo
John Debney
Brad Dechter
Jeff Deist
Chris Del Conte
Matt Dessero
Kristen Detwiler
Matthew Devitt
Louis Dicesare
Amy Disarro
Laurette Dobson
Katherine Kelsey Donovan
John J. Downey
Scott Drinon
Colin Drobnis
David Drzewiecki
David Drzewiecki
Chad Dunn
Timothy Eaton
Tiff Eaves
Tiff Eaves
Tom Elder-groebe
Fish Essenfeld
Robert Fernandez
Ted Field
Alison Fisher
Robin Fisichella
Donald Flick
Stephen Hunter Flick
Andy Flores
Linda Flowers
Eric Fogel
Eric Fogel
Doug Forrest
Bruce Franklin
Donald L. Frazee
Stacey Frederick
Camille Freer
Jenny Fulle
Lauri Gaffin
Robb Gardner
Harry Garvin
Harry Garvin
Mitch Gates
Andy Gauvreau
Joseph Gigantelli
Ben Girard
Nathalie Gonthier
Randy Goux
Sandra Granovsky
Rebecca Gregg
Tad Griffith
Hal Groshon
Steven Guerrero
Dawn Guinta
Vincent Guisetti
Harry Gundersen
Dana Gustafson
Glen Gustafson
Walt Hadfield
John Haley
Jason Halverson
Shannon Hamed
Tom Hammer
Reid Harper
Scott Harper
Thomas Robinson Harper
Todd Harris
Tom Hartig
Ray Harvie
Matthew Haskins
Rich Haugen
Rich Haugen
Eric Hayden
Seth Hays
Seth Hays
Gary Hecker
Matt Heimlich
Matt Heimlich
Richard O Helmer
Dan Henley
Tim Henley
Mo Henry
Chuck Hessey
Tanya Noel Hill
Timothy Hillman
Jay M Hirsch
Chris Holmes
Carrie Holt Delama
Erica Hornung
Melanie Hughes-weaver
Jennifer Hunt
Ken Hunter
Jay Huntoon
Bob Hurrie
Greg Hurst
Hiroshi Kan Ikeuchi
Hiroshi Kan Ikeuchi
Wade Ivy
Pat Jackson
Brian Jaecker-jones
Ian Jenkins
Eva Jensen
Ross Jensen
Andrew Jones
Kent Jones
John Joyce
Michael Joyce
Joseph Judd
Kurt Judson
Jason Ray Jurica
Mark Jurinko
Mark Jurinko
Mike Justus
Pamela Nedd Kahn
Alice Kaiserian
John Kamps
Timothy Kane
Joanie Karnowski
Hiroshi Katagiri
Amy Kaufman
Shawn Kautz
Taryn P. Kelly
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall November 11, 2005
Released in United States on Video February 7, 2006
The novel "Zathura" by Chris Van Allsburg was previously developed as the sequel to "Jumanji" (USA/1995) but is now being developed into a separate feature.
Columbia optioned Chris Van Allsburg's novel before it was published in 2002.
David Koepp's scripting deal valued at $3.5 million.
Released in United States Fall November 11, 2005
Released in United States on Video February 7, 2006
