The Martian Archives

Even The Martian, the most fun and optimistic of the recent Astronaut movies touches on moments where Matt Damon has to fight back despair over being marooned on Mars, more than the original book did. In Sad Astronaut movies, being an astronaut and going into space isn't just a mission for King and Country but a[...]

And then you have scientifically responsible science fiction like The Martian or Interstellar." He went on to say: "Science Fiction is kind of a commercial genre It's not really  an elevated dramatic genre In fact it's a genre as opposed to humanistic storytelling But I would argue until I am blue in the face that science fiction is the quintessence[...]

She also appeared in Sir Ridley Scott's The Martian as the telescope tech who discovered the survival of Mark Watney. This is really exciting, and the possibilities are endless for what this new story could be There was the reveal of a Terminator 3 script that was never realized where Sarah Connor (Hamilton) had actually faked her death, and[...]

Author Andy Weir took the book world by storm with his hugely popular first published work, "The Martian" Maybe you recall it being adapted into a film by Sir Ridley Scott starring Matt Damon that garnered numerous award nominations. Weir's second novel "Artemis" just released last week from Crown Publishing, and luckily for me, the official[...]

After the success of his first novel and subsequent film adaptation, Andy Weir, author of "The Martian", has a new novel coming out in November called "Artemis" that's already been optioned by FOX for a film. The big news today is that two directors just signed on to tackle the Artemis movie[...]

Yesterday, Audible announced the upcoming release of Artemis, Andy Weir's follow-up novel to The Martian… and it's being narrated by Rosario Dawson. Artemis will be arriving on November 14th and according to THR.com: "[Artemis] follows a small-time criminal who, while plotting the perfect crime, gets caught up in a conspiracy to control the moon's first and only[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Sometimes when you look at a movie you think to yourself "could I do that if it were real?" Case in point: The Martian It's a couple years old but it's still a good film, featuring Matt Damon as an abandoned astronaut on Mars trying to survive until they can save him I don't[...]

Photo from NASA/James Blair and Lauren Harnett Andy Weir, author of The Martian, has a much thinner filter than one may expect of mega-multimedia mouthpiece — which means he's more entertaining that the usual PR-ed-to-death platitudes that occasionally crop up. Weir was a panelist at the Science Fiction, Science Future panel at Comic-Con today[...]

Andy Weir's first novel "The Martian" took the world by storm, a dusty red Mars storm  It hit hard and fast, a masterful melding of humor, science, peril, and heart  It was quickly scooped up by 20th Century Fox with Drew Goddard attached to direct the script he adapted But then Sir Ridley Scott stepped in[...]

In another "late to the party" moment, I sat down last night and watched the extended cut of The Martian And I watched it with the extra 10 minutes, which for an already 141 minute movie is impressive But take a moment and realize that the majority of his time on screen, Matt Damon is[...]

The latest Honest Trailer from the folks at Screen Junkies focuses on the movie The Martian In it Matt Damon plays an astronaut that gets left behind Home Alone style on Mars and must use all his knowledge (and some he shouldn't have) to survive just in case someone comes back for him The trailer[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes, So Ridley Scott's adaptation of Andrew Weir's novel The Martian is a hit on opening weekend and looks set to be a global hit in the next few months The story of a lone astronaut stranded on Mars having to use all his skills and scientific knowledge to improvise ways to stay alive[...]

The Martian director Ridley Scott and star Matt Damon sat down with NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory to do a Q&A about the film Also on hand was astronaut Drew Feustel to talk about what the original book meant to him and his co-worker and author Andy Weir talking about the amazing journey from sitting down[...]

20th Century Fox has released a second trailer for the Ridley Scott  directed The Martian This clip gives us more of a sense of what the people other than Matt Damon's stranded character Mark Watney are up to including an intense looking discussion between Jeff Daniels and Sean Bean… since Bean is on Earth in this[...]

In a clip from the upcoming film The Martian, the crew of an upcoming space mission to Mars are isolated for ten days and then interviewed by a psychiatrist after Michael Pena has some pretty good lines about feeling 15 again, Sebastian Stan is pretty aggressive for a doctor and Jessica Chastain is just a[...]

20th Century Fox has released the first trailer for The Martian, an adaptation of the first published novel of writer Andy Weir The film focuses on an astronaut accidentally left behind on a mission to Mars, who then must keep himself alive until a rescue team could reach him, four years later The film is[...]