Sep 14 2007Zwigoff Building $40,000 Man for New Line, Pleasure
Terry Zwigoff will direct, and re-write with Ghost World collaborator Daniel Clowes, The $40,000 Man, a spoof on the television series The Six-Million Dollar Man. The film will follow an astronaut, horribly injured in a crash, who must be repaired with bionic parts on a budget lower than a luxury car. The film's subtitle will be The Christopher Reeve Story.
Too soon?
Zwigoff the 'Man' for New Line pic [Hollywood Reporter]
Reader Comments
1. Siddhartha - September 14, 2007 1:26 PM
This is awesome!!
This script was actually written by the guy who played Sam Weir from Freaks and Geeks.
2. Freck - September 14, 2007 1:41 PM
My favorite joke of all time is:
What's the opposite of Christopher Reeves?
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Christopher Walken.
It's never too late to make fun of America's debilitated semi-heroes.
God bless us everyone.
3. JagedNS - September 14, 2007 5:29 PM
yeah.....still a little too soon.
4. Skroonk - September 14, 2007 5:34 PM
Nah... anyone dead is fair game. Just like the victims of 911.
5. Rhinokio - September 15, 2007 11:47 AM
Stephen Chow already made this movie years ago in china http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/sixty_million_dollar_man.htm
6. diana - September 17, 2007 2:34 AM
freck-
that is my fave joke of all time.
i often use it as an ice breaker at parties.