$40,000 Man Picked Up By New Line

Two tv writers have sold a script to New Line that involves a budget cyborg. We get the story and following synopsis from comingsoon.net:

New Line has bought The $40,000 Man, a comedy spoof written by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein and set it up with Benderspink.

The 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, on a budget of $40,000 — which makes him not that bionic.

It’s the first script sale for Daley, who’s racked up lengthy TV credits including “Kitchen Confidential” and “Freaks and Geeks.” Goldstein has worked for a decade in TV. His credits include “The New Adventures of Old Christine.”

From what I have seen of Freaks and Geeks, I have loved it. I certainly need to watch more of the episodes and will pick them up shortly on DVD. The fact that Daley has penned for this show gives me hope for this movie, and I am anxious to see how it turns out.

Building a cyborg on a budget of 40 grand is pretty funny. I am curious to see how they cut corners, I wonder if metal bits will be sticking out here and there because it was too costly to conceal cosmetically. Ongoing issues with rust ala the Tin Man in Wizard Of Oz would be cute as well. I am all for cyborgs, especially for gritty cyber-punk chop shop cyborgs. Cyborgs + Comedy = a winning formula as far as I am concerned!