When the original Rocketeer movie hit theaters, Disney intended it to be the first entry in a trilogy, but following its poor commercial performance, those plans were scrapped.
Titled The Rocketeers, the story will take place six years after the first movie and follow a young woman putting on the jetpack following Cliff Secord’s disappearance.
She’ll soon be targeted by a corrupt rocket scientist who wants to “steal jetpack technology in what could prove to be a turning point in the Cold War.”
As for Dan Trachtenberg, 10 Cloverfield Lane was a big hit earlier this year, so he’ll be considered for bigger projects for the foreseeable future, including possibly a Harry Houdini biopic.