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An astronaut, stranded on Mars, struggles to survive.
Based on the Novel by
Andy Weir
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Ridley Scott to Bring Andy Weir's 'The Martian' to Life in 2015
- Release Date: November 25, 2015
- Studio: 20th Century Fox
- Genre: Science Fiction
- Director: Ridley Scott
- Screenwriter: Unknown
- Cast: Matt Damon, Kate Mara, Jeff Daniels, Michael Pena,
- Jessica Chastain, Sean Bean, Mackenzie Davis, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sebastian Stan
Based on the novel by Andy Weir, NASA astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon), a botanist and mechanical engineer, is left stranded on Mars when the crew of the Ares 3 mission is forced to evacuate their landing site in Acidalia Planitia due to a dust storm with high winds. Watney is impaled by an antenna during the evacuation, destroying his EVA suit’s bio-monitor computer, and his five crewmates believe him to be dead. His injury proves relatively minor, but with no way to contact Earth, Watney must rely on his scientific and technical skills to survive, growing potatoes in the crew’s Martian habitat and burning hydrogen to make water.
This movie seems like it will be a slow-burn Hard Scifi with lots of scientific based examples of expected life on Mars. Having not read this novel I am unfamiliar with the story's pretense but I doubt we will see an updated version of Robinson Crusoe on Mars but something similar would be surprisingly nice.