Science Fiction

Paramount Pictures is developing BadAsstronauts, a feature adaptation of Grady Hendrix‘s 2022 science fiction novella, Deadline reports.

Hendrix will executive produce the project, with Todd Garner (Mortal Kombat, Haunt) and Adam Goldworm (The Last Witch Hunter, “Masters of Horror”) producing.

The novella is described as a blue-collar space odyssey about a washed-up astrophysicist who decides, against all logic and common sense, to build a homemade rocket and launch it into orbit to rescue his cousin who’s stranded in space.

It’s a story of underdogs rediscovering purpose, family, and pride as a wildly ill-advised backyard mission becomes a scrappy movement that eventually captures the imagination of the entire nation.

Although My Best Friend’s Exorcism is the only Hendrix adaptation to make it to the screen so far, several more are in various stages of development alongside BadAsstronauts.

The list includes The Blanks from Netflix, The Southern Book Club’s Guide To Slaying Vampires from HBO, Ankle Snatcher from Sony, How to Sell a Haunted House from Legendary, and Horrorstör from New Republic.

Hendrix is said to be the second-best-selling horror writer in the world — behind Stephen King — with more than 2.4 million books sold.