Logo text Coming on top of a competitive bidding war, Netflix has picked up Somewhere Out There , a sci-fi spec script written by Max Taxe. The project generated considerable heat thanks to the involvement of Shawn Levy , the Deadpool & Wolverine filmmaker who is attached to direct. Levy will also produce via his 21 Laps banner along with the company’s Dan Levine. Somewhere Out There is said to fall into the “emotional sci-fi” silo, and described as being in the vein of Arrival , Denis Villeneuve’s alien encounter drama which Levy produced, and The Adam Project , Levy’s time travel family adventure made by Netflix in 2022. The story concerns a grieving father who, after losing his wife, sends a message out into the stars…and something out there starts to talk back.  It’s no surprise, given that Levy tends to work with such names as Ryan Reynolds, Ryan Gosling, Hugh Jackman, and Mark Ruffalo, but sources say that several prominent actors are already circling the role of the father.…