Cinema Science

Director Terry Zwigoff (Bad Santa, Art School Confidential) will direct the comedy The $40,000 Man. The story is about a legendary astronaut who is rebuilt by the government after a bad accident to be a bionic man — but on a measly budget of $40,000. Johnathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (yes, Sam Weir from Freaks and Geeks) wrote the original script, and Zwigoff will team with Dan Clowes for the remake. Zwigoff and Clowes earned Oscar nominations for best adapted screenplay for their collaboration on 2001's Ghost World, the Zwigoff-directed movie adaptation of Clowes' graphic novel of the same name. (Hollywood Reporter)