New Line has signed Terry Zwigoff to direct "
The $40,000 Man," a comedy spoof set up with Benderspink.
Story centers on a legendary astronaut and true American hero who finds himself horribly injured in a car accident and rebuilt by the government to be a bionic man, but on a budget of $40,000 -- which makes him not all that bionic. Chris Bender and JC Spink are producing; Jake Weiner exec produces.