Zwigoff, Clowes to Assemble $40,000 Man
They can rebuild him. They have the technology.
The creative duo responsible for Ghost World and Art School Confidential has found its next project.
Variety reports that director Terry Zwigoff and writer Daniel Clowes, who received an Oscar nomination for their work on Ghost World, have signed on for New Line's The $40,000 Man. The script, originally written by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, is summarized as follows:
Story centers on a legendary astronaut and true American hero who finds himself horribly injured in a car accident and rebuilt by the government to be a bionic man, but on a budget of $40,000 -- which makes him not all that bionic.
It sounds like the kind of thing that would have made a great SNL sketch -- in 1978 -- but who knows? Zwigoff and Clowes have earned our trust. Maybe Lee Majors will make a $40,000 cameo.
Source: Variety
Variety reports that director Terry Zwigoff and writer Daniel Clowes, who received an Oscar nomination for their work on Ghost World, have signed on for New Line's The $40,000 Man. The script, originally written by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, is summarized as follows:
Story centers on a legendary astronaut and true American hero who finds himself horribly injured in a car accident and rebuilt by the government to be a bionic man, but on a budget of $40,000 -- which makes him not all that bionic.
It sounds like the kind of thing that would have made a great SNL sketch -- in 1978 -- but who knows? Zwigoff and Clowes have earned our trust. Maybe Lee Majors will make a $40,000 cameo.
Source: Variety
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on Sep 14 2007 06:00 AM I think this is a great setup for a movie. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 14 2007 06:09 AM It sounds like a 5 minute sketch at best. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 14 2007 06:31 AM i dunno, they could do some funny stuff with all his parts and abilities. kind of like a ghetto inspector gadget meets johnny five from short cicuit. (Reply to this) |
on Sep 14 2007 07:49 AM Another existential drama.... hahaha just kidding. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 14 2007 10:51 AM It already was a sketch on The Electric Company back in '76 and '77. According to Wikipedia, "The Six-Dollar and Thirty-Nine Cent Man%u2014a spoof of The Six Million Dollar Man with Jim Boyd as Steve Awesome, who had far more bionic features than his more serious counterpart. Introduced in season five and became a recurring sketch in season six." YouTube has a bunch of clips. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 14 2007 12:33 PM did you create that username after reading up on this just to try to look awesome? cause it didn't work... (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 14 2007 01:43 PM am i the only one who thought art school confidential sucked? (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 14 2007 02:10 PM Yep, you are the only one (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 14 2007 03:27 PM It's like Luke Greenfields 'The animal' but this time with metalic bodyparts.Rob Schneider will be first in line to sign for the leading part. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 14 2007 04:18 PM will or jim (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 14 2007 06:05 PM In reply to this comment (#1123762) dahluzz writes: "did you create that username after reading up on this just to try to look awesome? cause it didn't work..." Ouch. Score one for dahluzz. (Reply to this) |
on Sep 15 2007 05:03 PM Don't give him a score, it took him all night to think of that response! Anyway it sounds like he had Diarrhea when he created his nick.. FURY (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 15 2007 06:19 PM hmm I used to watch "The Six Million Dollar Man" I even watched its counterpart with a female character, and most disturbing I watched the movie were the bionic man and the bionic woman have a son, and guess what in an accident their son is injured and is rebuild too. the bionic family!!!! just like a cartoon that came out later, or the bionic space police officers( it was a long time ago so don't remember cartoon names now :( ), it is a relief it will be a comedy, will it be good? well maybe. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 16 2007 01:40 AM There's a lot of satiric potential. Will his HMO cover the procedures? Do they go to a discount body shop for parts? Johny Knoxville would have to be either the title character or one of the repair guys. (Reply to this) |
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