Project Hail Mary’s directors are working on adaptation of Andy Weir’s least loved book

‘I wanted Artemis to be my big complicated world, but nobody likes it’ Ridley Scott’s 2015 adaptation of Andy Weir’s bestselling novel The Martian helped redefine modern science fiction filmmaking with its highly realistic portrayal of the perils of outer space. The Oscar-nominated film was so successful that 20th Century Fox acquired the rights to Weir’s next book, Artemis, before it was published in 2017. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were announced as co-directors, and Captain Marvel writer Geneva Robertson-Dworet signed on to write the script. Lord and Miller wound up doing a different Weir adaptation first, bringing his 2021 novel Project Hail Mary to theaters on March 20. But they say they’re still committed to adapting Artemis. The Martian and Project Hail Mary both deal heavily with isolation, featuring men who find themselves alone in space and have to use all their ingenuity to survive. Artemis is more akin to a noir. It follows Jazz Bashara, a smuggler who winds up involved in a conspiracy that could kill everyone living in the titular lunar city. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of Project Hail Mary’s release, Miller confirmed that the script has bee