The Martian

Meet The Crew Of Ares 3 In The Martian‘s Official Mission Guide

For each mission, NASA does a considerable amount of work publicizing their efforts to bring awareness of their mission to the general public. The same would be true for a manned Mars Mission, as the official Mission Guide for The Martian demonstrates. The guide looks like a slick magazine with a whole bunch of facts…

Movies Andrew Liptak

This New Clip From The Martian Includes A Plan So Crazy, It Just Might Work

One of your astronauts is stranded on Mars. The rest of his crew is on their way back to Earth. How the heck do you turn the crew around fast enough to rescue the astronaut before he starves to death? Donald Glover has a plan in a new clip from The Martian—but it’s nuts. In…

Movies Germain Lussier

Mark Watney Lists All The Ways Mars Can Kill Him A New Martian Teaser

A new teaser for The Martian has hit the web, and in it, Matt Damon’s Mark Watney lists off all the ways that the Red Planet can kill him: suffocation, implosion, starvation, etc. The Martian hits theaters on October 2nd.

Trailers Andrew Liptak

Whatn-E Is Stranded On Mars In This Mashup Trailer For The Martian

In some alternate universe, Pixar’s Wall*E was about a small robot stranded on an uninhabited Earth, voiced by Matt Damon. Someone’s mashed up the trailer for The Martian with the animated flick, and it works out pretty nicely! As a bonus, the video’s creator put the two side-by-side: [Andy Weir]

Movies Andrew Liptak

How Next Week’s Space Expo Will Bring The Adventure of Space Travel To Life

What does Long Beach Comic Con have that other big conventions don’t? A whole series of programs devoted to space exploration, called Space Expo. We talked to the panelists about road tripping on Mars, weird landforms on Ceres, and what fictional technologies they most wish would become a reality. Less than two weeks from now,…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Neil deGrasse Tyson Describes NASA’s Mission in Latest Peek at The Martian

We’ve gotten a few looks at Ares 3, the mission at the heart of the upcoming film The Martian, and this one comes courtesy of astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Coming to us from the year 2035, Tyson explains the challenges that the crew of the Martian mission will face. It’s fun to see an actual…

io9 Lauren Davis

NASA and Matt Damon Told Us Why The Martian Is “a Love Letter to Science”

Right now, here’s how close we are to the events of Andy Weir’s novel The Martian actually happening: Not very. NASA believes we’re probably about 20 years away from putting an astronaut on Mars, but as the movie about a astronaut being stranded on Mars hits theaters, 20 years feels longer than it sounds. This…

Movies Germain Lussier

Matt Damon Has a Surprise for NASA in New Trailer for The Martian

The second trailer for Ridley Scott’s The Martian is here and it’s surprisingly action-packed for being a story about a man stranded by himself on another planet. If you had any doubts about the necessity of seeing this when it hits theaters on October 2, I believe this will put them to bed. Which is…

Trailers Rob Bricken

Fall Movie Guide: 30 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies To Watch Out For

The summer movie season is over—but the biggest films of the year are still to come. This fall’s movies include some of the most long-awaited titles in history, but also some smaller films that could become instant classics. Here are the 30 movies you need to know about in the last four months of 2015.…

io9 Germain Lussier

The Martian Astronauts Decompress After 10 Days in Pre-Trip Isolation

This fall, America is going to send a manned mission to Mars, and it’s not going to go well. But before all that, any astronauts slated to take this trip would obviously undergo lots of tests—one of which might be an extended period in isolation. And that’s the subject of the latest viral video for…

io9 Germain Lussier

Matt Damon Is Hilariously Profane In The First Look At The Martian

We finally have our first official footage of Ridley Scott’s adaptation The Martian, and we get to meet the crew of Ares 3 for the first time. In it, Matt Damon’s Mark Watney is as hilariously profane as his character is in Andy Weir’s novel. This isn’t a trailer for the movie: it’s an in-universe…

io9 Andrew Liptak

First Look At Matt Damon As The Martian

The film adaptation of Andy Weir’s hit scifi novel is on its way, and Empire has given us the first look at Matt Damon as Mark Watney, an astronaut who is accidentally left behind on Mars and must use his wits to survive. This basically means this is a pic of Damon in a space…

io9 Rob Bricken

Sorry, Interstellar, We Just Saw Some Of The Martian And It’s Way Better

Holy hell, the adaptation of Andy Weir’s The Martian looks good. True, this movie is also about Matt Damon trying to survive alone on distant planet, but unlike Interstellar, no one is crying the whole goddamn time. Seriously, it looks amazing. Spoilers for the book below. The Martian was absolutely the standout film from Fox’s…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Is The Flash‘s Rogues Gallery Already Starting To Team Up?

Maurissa Tancharoen previews Agents of SHIELD’s new mercenary. Get glimpses of Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland and Vin Diesel’s witch hunter movie. And an Arrow promo introduces Ray Palmer. Watch a ton of Maze Runner clips! Plus, what mysterious structure is being built on the Game of Thrones set? Top image: Arrow The Martian Ridley Scott’s next…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Is Shredder Hiding A Huge Secret In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

New set photos give a huge clue to Doctor Who’s season finale. Don’t believe that rumor about how Star Wars will handle Harrison Ford’s injury. Ridley Scott’s next film is The Martian, which could be bad for Prometheus 2. And we now know who Michael Chiklis is playing in American Horror Story: Freak Show. Spoilers…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Read an excerpt from Andy Weir’s space thriller, The Martian

Andy Weir’s novel The Martian, out today, falls squarely within an emerging genre in space adventures that emphasize realism. Like Gravity, it tells the story of a stranded astronaut battling the elements beyond Earth when a mission goes wrong. And it promises to be a white-knuckler. We’ve got an excerpt. Here’s a plot summary: After…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Meet The Crew Of Ares 3 In The Martian‘s Official Mission Guide

This New Clip From The Martian Includes A Plan So Crazy, It Just Might Work

Mark Watney Lists All The Ways Mars Can Kill Him A New Martian Teaser

Whatn-E Is Stranded On Mars In This Mashup Trailer For The Martian

How Next Week’s Space Expo Will Bring The Adventure of Space Travel To Life

Neil deGrasse Tyson Describes NASA’s Mission in Latest Peek at The Martian

NASA and Matt Damon Told Us Why The Martian Is “a Love Letter to Science”

Matt Damon Has a Surprise for NASA in New Trailer for The Martian

Fall Movie Guide: 30 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies To Watch Out For

The Martian Astronauts Decompress After 10 Days in Pre-Trip Isolation

Matt Damon Is Hilariously Profane In The First Look At The Martian

First Look At Matt Damon As The Martian

Sorry, Interstellar, We Just Saw Some Of The Martian And It’s Way Better

Is The Flash‘s Rogues Gallery Already Starting To Team Up?

Is Shredder Hiding A Huge Secret In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

Read an excerpt from Andy Weir’s space thriller, The Martian

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