Have Spacesuit, Will Travel: According to The Hollywood Reporter, just days after receiving the Academy Award nomination for his Finding Nemo screenplay, David Reynolds has closed a deal to adapt the Robert A. Heinlein science fiction classic Have Spacesuit, Will Travel for Warner Bros. Pictures.
David Heyman is producing the live-action film through his Heydey Prods. shingle. Originally published in 1958, "Spacesuit" tells the story of Kip, a high school senior who yearns to go to the moon. He wins a real spacesuit in a contest but is forced to sell it for college tuition. Deciding to take one last walk in the suit in his backyard, he playfully calls out on the radio only to unexpectedly contact a passing spaceship. The adventure that follows finds the very fate of Earth in the his hands.