The Lion King was a good film, I am much more excited to see what Barry Jenkins next after the announcement of his next project.

This marks the first project for Powell and producing partner Dan Cohen’s banner Barnstorm through the first-look deal with Universal that began last month. In addition to Powell and Cohen, producers on The Natural Order include Adele Romanski and Mark Ceryak for Pastel, along with Jewerl Keats Ross.

Oscar-winner Barry Jenkins, best known for his film Moonlight and series The Underground Railroad, is in talks to direct a sci-fi thriller starring Glen Powell. Titled The Natural Order, the project comes from an unpublished manuscript by Matthew Aldrich,