We’ve seen Odysseus be pretty much a badass in all major settings except the final frontier (that’s right, I said it and I am not ashamed.) Warner Bros. is FINALLY making Homer’s awesomely epic epic, The Odyssey, into a science fiction film. The studio has officially hired James DiLapo to write the script to the futuristic remaining. Warner Bros has also put in place a blind writing deal behind the project to keep him in the studio fold.

High school english just wasn’t complete till you read Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey both of which have been previously adapted and most likely viewed by you. The Iliad was adapted into the Wolfgang Petersen-directed Troy, which starred Brad Pitt as Achilles. The Odyssey was most famously adapted in 1997 starring Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Irene Pappas, Isabella Rossellini, Bernadette Peters,Christopher Lee, and Vanessa L. Williams.

The Odyssey centers on the Greek hero Odysseus and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his absence, it is assumed he has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors who compete for Penelope’s hand in marriage.

Terry Dougas of 1821 Pictures hatched the idea of setting the tale in space and he and cohort Paris Kasidokostas Latsis brought the idea to the studio. The project got kickstarted with the pitch by DiLapo. The studio now sees it as a potential franchise and it’s being steered by Greg Silverman and Courtenay Valenti and Racheline Benveniste.

There is no word yet on when the project is expected to begin production or who they want to star in the epic. How they will adapt the story for a space/futuristic setting will be interesting to see but not to difficult given the universal themes that makes the story relatable throughout the ages.