Adam Sandler to star in adaptation of Spaceman in Bohemia book

The popular American comedy director Adam Sandler has signed a contract to play the main role in an upcoming Netflix  movie based on Czech writer Jaroslav Kalfař’s 2017 book Spaceman of Bohemia. The film is set to be directed by Emmy Award winning Swedish director Johan Renck, with the screenplay being written by Colby Day.

The plot of the book’s story revolves around a Czech astronaut sent on a one-man mission to the planet Venus, where he has to gather “intergalactic dust”. Along the journey he runs into a giant arachnid and a competing Russian mission to the planet.