

READ MORE: The Films Of Ridley Scott: A Retrospectiveįollowing the meet and greet with the crew, the first trailer for “The Martian” has dropped. “I know that sounds further away than most people would like to hear, but the technology necessary to get there and the costs of getting there are just very high and it’s a big challenge.” But thankfully there’s fiction to get us there a bit sooner. “My stock answer is probably around 2050,” he said in a recent Q&A at George Washington University (via Daily Mail). Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him.NASA says they’ll make it to Mars sometime in the 2030s, but author Andy Weir, who is seeing his book “ The Martian” being turned into a blockbuster sci-fi effort by Ridley Scott, thinks we’ll be waiting a bit longer for astronauts to hit the red planet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills-and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit-he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive-and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. The Martian is absolutely awesome Ridley Scott directed this film very well, Matt Damon pulls off one of his best performances in years and if you haven't seen The. Here's the synopsis for Weir's novel: Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

(The latter reunites him with Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage, amusingly enough.) Ridley Scott ‘s The Martian cast keeps growing with Sean Bean joining Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Kate Mara, Michael Pena. The UK Premiere Of 'The Martian' Celebrities Outside The Royal Television Society Awards At The Grosvenor Hotel At The Chain Of Hope 2012 Annual Gala Ball At The Natural. The casting may have some of you wondering why a NASA flight director might drop dead in the middle of a rescue mission, but I've heard that - in a big change of pace for Sean Bean - his character actually survives the whole ordeal.īean currently stars on TNT's Legends and has several releases due out in the next couple of years including the Wachowskis' sci-fi epic Jupiter Ascending and the Adam Sandler action comedy Pixels. Three years down the line, however, he decided he. We sat down with Sean at TIFF to talk about The Martian ’s math-heavy script, surviving on a diet of Bowie and Coronation Street, and whether there’s anything true to those Wonder Woman. 21, 2014 9:30 am EDT As Ridley Scott's The Martianapproaches the start of shooting, yet another high-profile name. THR reports Bean will play a NASA flight director. Born Shaun Mark Bean into a working class Sheffield family on April 17, 1959, he grew up to become an apprentice in his fathers welding firm. Sean Bean Joins Matt Damon In Ridley Scott's 'The Martian' By Angie Han/Oct.
