Warner Bros have hired
Oscar nominated David Reynolds (
Finding Nemo) to adapt the Robert A. Heinlein science fiction classic
Have Spacesuit, Will Travel, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The movie will tell 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.