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Justin Theroux Writing Astro Romantic Comedy Space Invader
November 18, 2009
by Ethan Anderton
Only in the last few years has actor Justin Theroux turned to writing, but after the enormous success of his work with Etan Cohen on Ben Stiller's action comedy Tropic Thunder, he snagged a dream job writing Iron Man 2 for Jon Favreau and Marvel Entertainment. Though it was recently announced that Theroux would be producing an Air Guitar feature for Paramount, THR reports that's not stopping him from writing his next project, titled Space Invader, a romantic comedy about a man who decides to journey into space after he suspects that his longtime girlfriend, an astronaut, is cheating on him with another spacewalker.
Will Arnett (last seen in Disney's G-Force) is attached to star, though it's uncertain which male role he's taking on (I'd assume he's playing the "other" cheating guy). Mike Lisbe and Nate Reger sold the project to Fox and penned the original draft of the comedy. Will Arnett is a great comedic actor, but his best work is still from Fox's canceled series "Arrested Development" (which we're still waiting to see jump to the big screen). Unfortunately things aren't looking up in his film career with the trailer for When in Rome making me almost vomit, but with Theroux on top of the Space Invader script, I've got some semblance of hope.
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Reader Feedback - 3 Comments »
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"Reader Feedback - 0 Comments"…..oki, make that 1
David Banner on Nov 18, 2009
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Sounds cute… if it's about a guy trying to rush/cheat his way through NASA Astronaut training to get to his girl on Space Station duty because he suspects she's been away too long.
Sounds like a good movie idea. I'd buy it.
SS on Nov 18, 2009
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SS, do you work on this film? 
David Banner on Nov 19, 2009