Robert Zemeckis To Direct ‘Dark Life’

According to reports Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) has signed on to direct an adaptation of the upcoming young adult novel ‘Dark Life’ for Disney. Zemeckis and the Gotham Group have agreed to a deal to adapt Kat Falls’ sci-fi book, which takes place underwater in the near future where rising ocean levels and natural disasters have led some people to live on the ocean floor. Some of the kids living there develop supernatural powers similar to sea creatures. The story of the novel centers on an underwater teenage boy and a surface girl who join forces to uncover a government conspiracy.