Spaceman Screenwriter Reveals Process of Bringing Latest Adam Sandler Film to Life

X (formerly known as Twitter) user @IMDBorg asked Day, "Did the casting influence any revisions to the script?"

Day responded with, "100% Johan and I met and worked together for a week after we knew we had Adam to try to retool the script to work more specifically for him!"

Another interesting question came from @TheSpaceshipper, who asked, "How do you adapt a book on screen? What's your process?"

The response was, "I read the book 2-3 times, then started marking sections that felt really central to what made the book work for me emotionally. I started to put those into a doc in some sort of coherent order that matched the book, then tried to make sure everything could be achieved visually"

@bambam_angel asked, "What's something that process of writing and pitching this film has taught you that may help other writers in ways that may not think of?"

And Day said, "I would say it’s really valuable to make something that’s extremely unique. It may be harder to find a partner at first but making something unlike anything else out there then makes it a lot easier for people to get excited about it".

The whole thread offers incredible insight to the process of how a Netflix original manifests.

Speaking of manifesting, Day also shared some inspirational posts, including his tweet from 2022 that said he would one day have the number one movie on Netflix.

He also showed a billboard for Spaceman in Times Square on the corner he used to hand out tickets to comedy shows.

Spaceman is available to stream on Netflix now.