Brendan Fraser's sci-fi fantasy film "Journey to the Center of the Earth" will be back for a sequel. New Line Cinema is collaborating with Walden Media and ContraFilm again to develop the follow-up.

As per Variety, the sequel will be based on Richard Outten's script "Mysterious Travels: The Lost Map of Treasure Island," in which Professor Trevor Anderson (Fraser) and his nephew (Josh Hutcherson) embark on a journey to a mysterious island that was the subject of three classic novels: Jules Verne's "Mysterious Island," Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" and Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels."

The 2008 film adaptation of Verne's novel raked in over 0 million worldwide. New Line and Walden co-financed the film.

Director Eric Brevig has not been signed on to helm the sequel, but is currently working with Outten to develop the script. Fraser, who was also executive producer of the first film, is not yet on board the project.