Universal is in for a thrill, having lined up an adaptation of Fear Agent, the Dark Horse comic about a fearless alcoholic astronaut.
Setting off for outer space, the sci-fi project will follow Heath Huston, a crazy cosmonaut from Texas whose job as a Fear Agent places him in the fight to save Earth from external alien threats.
The outlandish Rick Remender comic kicked off in 2005, and joined the Dark Horse stable a year later. The publisher has a busy year ahead with the movies, with Universal alone taking on development of missing teen thriller The Secret, as well as Emo's favourite befringed anit-heroine Emily the Strange.
The rugged dark-haired space daredevil looks almost to be a bit of a Bruce Campbell of the cosmos, but is there anyone else who could assume the role of Fear Agent? Perhaps ol' Lantern Jaw Affleck could relive his Armageddon days once more?