Paramount exploring bringing The Stars My Destination to the Silver Screen

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Inspired by a National Geographic story Bester read about a shipwrecked World War II sailor marooned for 133 days, The Stars My Destination follows Gulliver “Gully” Foyle, who, surprise surprise, finds himself marooned for years in deep space after his ship is attacked. After finally being rescued, he embarks on a Count of Monte Cristo like quest for revenge against those who stranded him and left him for dead.

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Deadline reports that Mary Parent, a producer on the recent The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water, has her hands on the project for Paramount Pictures. Just in case that doesn’t fill you with tons of confidence, don’t worry, Parent also worked on Pacific Rim, Godzilla, Pleasantville, and many other notable films.

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As far as the process goes, this is in the early, early, early going. Paramount still has to finalize the deal to secure the rights, and then they can actually start doing things like securing talent, hashing out a script, hiring actors, directors, and what not. So it’s more than possible that this could fall apart again. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time, but it would be cool to see a big screen adaptation of some of an underappreciated sci-fi icon’s greatest work. And given his status among those in the know, you have to imagine that this could attract all kinds of interest from intriguing filmmakers.

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