I realized those failure scenarios made for a pretty interesting story. Naturally, you have to account for failure scenarios and have plans for what the crew could do. Q: What is the genesis for the riveting story you tell in THE MARTIAN?Īndy Weir: I was imagining a manned Mars mission, putting it together in my mind.
I had the opportunity to chat with Andy Weir about his gripping novel, its journey through the publishing world, and the film adaptation. The film version stars Matt Damon as the level-headed Mark Watney, and it will be landing in theaters on October 2nd. The film adaptation of The Martian was optioned for film by 20th Century Fox even before it was released. Within weeks the book became a New York Times #1 bestseller. To him, this is just another engineering problem to be solved.īut would audiences buy the idea of a smart, retooled "Robinson Crusoe in Space?" They did. Despite his dire circumstances, Mark remains surprisingly and refreshingly optimistic. The appeal of The Martian is not just the riveting story of survival it’s also the allure of its main character.
Left stranded and alone on Mars, Mark must use his ingenuity and engineering skills to leverage what meager resources he has to not only survive, but also find a way back to Earth. Mark is left for dead while the other astronauts evacuate the planet. Just days into their two-month mission, tragedy strikes and the mission is aborted. What kind of story merits that success? The Martian is about an astronaut named Mark Watney who is part of a manned mission on Mars. You wouldn't know it to look beyond its striking cover, but The Martian took an unconventional route through the world of publishing and, even before it landed in the hands of readers, it was already poised to hit the big time. Earlier this year, an unassuming science-fiction book hit bookstore shelves: The Martian by Andy Weir.
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