Andy Weir's New Time-Travel Sci-fi Thriller Officially Arrives Nov. 5
The Andy Weir-produced Audible Original story Exoplanet stars Anthony Mackie, Ariana DeBose, and John Leguizamo.
The Andy Weir-produced Audible Original story Exoplanet stars Anthony Mackie, Ariana DeBose, and John Leguizamo.
The short version
- Andy Weir is known for combining humor, hard science fiction , and gripping survival stories in his bestselling novels The Martian and Project Hail Mary , which were both adapted into blockbuster films.
- He’s sticking to that formula for his next project, a time-travel thriller that will launch on Audible on Nov.
- Weir is the executive producer for the new Audible Original Exoplanet , written by The Ninth Metal and Red Moon author Benjamin Percy.
What happened
The full-cast immersive audio production stars Anthony Mackie, Ariana DeBose, and John Leguizamo as the crew of a starship that is torn apart by a quantum anomaly. They all wind up on the same planet, but in different times, and have to try to help each other while being hunted by an alien intelligence seeking to use human technology to manipulate the future.
Why it matters
While Weir hasn’t explored time travel in his books before, communication challenges are a recurring theme.
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