Overview
- Paramount Pictures is in early development on a feature adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s 2022 novella BadAsstronauts.
- Todd Garner and Adam Goldworm are attached to produce, and Hendrix will serve as executive producer.
- The project has no announced director, cast, budget or production timetable at this stage.
- The source material is described as a blue-collar space odyssey about a washed-up astrophysicist who builds a homemade rocket for a rescue mission.
- Deadline reported the development as an exclusive, with follow-up coverage from genre outlets highlighting Hendrix’s strong sales and multiple other adaptations in the works.