Sam Worthington will play little-known comic book character Dan Dare – described by some as the British version of ‘Buck Rogers’ – in Brit sci-fic comedy, “Dan Dare : Pilot of the Future”, says Pajiba.

Wikipedia have the following biography of Dare :

Dan Dare (full name Colonel Daniel McGregor Dare) was chief pilot of the Interplanet Space Fleet. He was born in Manchester, England, in 1967 and educated at Rossall School.Although not a super-hero, he sometimes pulled off exceptional piloting and often proved extraordinarily lucky. He excelled at jiu jitsu, but he most often found non-violent solutions to predicaments. He was bound by a sense of honour, never lied, and would rather die than break his word.

His lean-faced character was recognisable by the outer tips of his eyebrows, which were wavy. His uniform looked like a typical British Army type (Frank Hampson used his own World War II army uniform as a model), though a lighter green. In place of British rank insignia it had coloured stripes and circles on the shoulderboards. His cap badge was a vertical, antique rocketship in a circle with one five-pointed star on either side. Initially, Dare was to be portrayed as a chaplain.

In 2008, Richard Branson’s Virgin Comics picked up the rights to the “Dan Dare” comics.

The film, which no director is onboard yet, is set up at Warner Bros.