Universal Pictures is developing a movie based on Fear Agent. A Dark Horse comic about a colorful, borderline alcoholic astronaut named Heath Huston, a Texan who works as a fear agent, the last of a dwindling breed of spacemen whose mission it is to fight threats to the planet Earth, which is partly destroyed during the course of the series.
When asked about the project, writer Rick Remender and artist Tony Moore said this:
"Would love to see Jon Hamm don the spacesuit. After seeing 'Mad Men,' we're convinced he's our guy."
This is kind of surprising. Seeing as in Mad Men hes a pretty seriouse character and in this he would be quite the opposite. I think Robert Downey Jr. would be better for the role. But he's already iron Man and we don't want to turn him into the next Ryan Renolds.
They added:
"In the end, it couldn't be made too slick, you know? Abandoning the Atomic Age aesthetic would undermine a big part of what it's about, high adventure with that sense of danger and bravery that goes with WW2 heroes and Apollo 11 astronauts. So the insides of the rocket would still have to feel like a submarine, the weapons would have to look like cool old kids' toys, and the monsters would still have to be built like they walked off a pulp cover. Otherwise, you end up with some kinda soulless overbaked garbage like that 'Lost in Space' movie."