Zathura

Cast: Jonah Bobo, Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepard, Tim Robbins, Kristen Stewart, John Alexander, Frank Oz, Douglas Tait, Derek Mears, Jeff Wolfe

Director: Jon Favreau

Rating: PG

Studio: Columbia Pictures

Release date: November 11th, 2005

Synopsis:

Two squabbling brothers are propelled into deepest, darkest space while playing a mysterious game they discovered in the basement of their old house. On their fantastic journey, they are joined by a stranded astronaut and must survive meteor showers, hostile lizard-like aliens, a rocket-propelled robot run amok and an intergalactic spaceship battle. But their greatest peril lies ahead. For unless they finish the game and reach the planet Zathura, they are doomed to be trapped in outer space forever.

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