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The Martian is a 2015 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon. Drew Goddard adapted the screenplay from the 2011 novel by Andy Weir.It also stars Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Mackenzie Davis, Donald Glover, and Benedict Wong.
[NB 2] [15] Also in 2016, Weir released The Principles of Uncertainty, a collection of short stories, on the website/app Tapas. [ 16 ] After announcing that the Zhek project had been "back-burnered", Weir moved on to another hard sci-fi novel, Artemis , with a female protagonist, set on the Moon in the 2080s–2090s. [ 17 ]
Film Year Description 2036 Origin Unknown: 2018 After a mission to Mars results in a mysterious shuttle disappearance, mission controller Mackenzie “Mack” Wilson and an AI named ARTI discover a potentially alien cube on Mars that teleports to Earth, leading to revelations about the shuttle disaster, humanity's fate, and Mack's own identity within a cosmic intrigue.
The Martian debuted at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2015, [2] and was released on September 30 in the United Kingdom and on October 2 in the United States. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Produced on a budget of $108 million, [ 5 ] The Martian grossed $630.6 million worldwide, [ 6 ] finishing its theatrical run as Scott's highest ...
[12] James Southall of Movie Wave wrote "The Martian is smart music, cleverly conceived and like all good film music there’s a great dramatic impetus to it on the album, a clear course being travelled." [13] Pete Simons of Synchrotones called it as "a very stylish score with each cue feeling like a nicely rounded piece of music. The composer ...
Peña was born on January 13, 1976, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Nicolasa, a social worker, and Eleuterio Peña, a factory worker. [2] [3] Peña's parents were originally farmers, and emigrated from Mexico; his father was from Villa Purificación, Jalisco, and his mother was from Charcas, San Luis Potosí.
Saucer Movies: A UFOlogical History of the Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8108-3573-8. Miller, Thomas Kent. Mars in the Movies: A History. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2016. ISBN 978-0-7864-9914-4. Parrish, James Robert and Michael R. Pitts. The Great Science Fiction Pictures. Metuchen, New Jersey ...
Martian Land is a 2015 direct-to-video Science fiction action film directed by Scott Wheeler and starring Alan Pietruszewski, Lane Townsend and Jennifer Dorogi. It was made by The Asylum . In the tradition of The Asylum's catalog, Martian Land is a mockbuster of the film The Martian .