‘The Martian’ Author Andy Weir Developing NASA Drama Series For CBS

CBS announced today that they have ordered a pilot from Andy Weir, the author behind the bestselling book and 2016 film The Martian. Titled “Mission Control,” it will be an hour-long drama series with Weir serving as executive producer and writer. Co-producing will be Courtney Conte & Quan Phung (Slingshot), Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class, Legion, The Martian) & Aditya Sood (The Martian, Deadpool), and Charles Eglee (Hemlock Grove, Walking Dead, The Shield).

The show revolves around the next generation of NASA astronauts and scientists who juggle their personal and professional lives during a critical mission with no margin for error.

The pilot will be produced by CBS Television Studios.

The Martian alums of Weir and Kinberg lost no time after the release of their first film together, and had been already shopping projects around before Mission Control. Reports had them going in to 20th Century Fox back in May pitching an untitled feature film project. With the success they found around the Martian and the intense fandom that Weir has built up around his science-based writing (most of NASA and JPL are his fans), hopefully we’ll be seeing a lot still to come from him and his crew.