Netflix scraps Halle Berry's sci-fi film The Mothership after multiple post-production delays

Netflix

has scrapped the release of

's sci-fi film

.

The movie had finished filming back in

but was unable to be completed after a number of delays in post-production, leading the streaming giant to ax the picture altogether.

According to

, the film

and one of the children in the film had aged significantly since filming had first wrapped.

The Mothership

is the latest Hollywood film not to be released even though filming had finished after Warner Bros. axed three movies —

,

and the DC adventure

— for financial reasons in recent years.

The plot follows Sara Morse (Berry) and takes place a year after her husband's mysterious disappearance from their rural farm.

When Sara and her children find an extraterrestrial object underneath their home, they hope that it will lead them to the truth about his disappearance.

Halle was joined in the cast by

and

, while Oscar-nominated screenwriter

had been due to direct the feature.

The 57-year-old actress signed a multi-picture deal with Netflix in 2021 following the success of her sports drama

, which she both directed and starred in. She is set to continue working with the streamer on action film

.

In a statement at the time, the

actress said: "My debut directorial,

, was a labor of love and I knew that Scott [Stuber] and Ted [Sarandos] [CEOs of Netflix] would treat it with great care .

"The Netflix team has not only been collaborative and creative, but extremely passionate and a delight to work with. I am beyond grateful for the partnership and look forward to telling more stories together."