SF WEDNESDAY: 'PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING' POSTERS WITH SCOTT EASTWOOD, JOHN BOYEGA. ANDY WEIR'S 'THE MARTIAN' FOLLOW UP SF BOOK 'ARTEMIS' TO BECOME A MOVIE

  'ARTEMIS' SF NOVEL

 TO BECOME MOON SET MOVIE

Deadline reports that a new book from The Martian author Andy Weir titled ARTEMIS will be turned into a movie directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. To be published November 17th, it centres on

The directing duo was recently kicked out of Star Wars spinoff

Jasmine Bashara, aka Jazz, just another too-smart, directionless twenty something chafing at the constraints of her small town and dreaming of a better life. Except the small town happens to be named Artemis — and it’s the first and only city on the moon. She’s got debts to pay, her job as a porter barely covers the rent, and her budding career as a smuggler isn’t exactly setting her up as a kingpin, much to her disappointment. So when the chance at a life-changing score drops in her lap, Jazz can’t say no, and she finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself.

 

Scott Eastwood leads the cast

PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING 

FIRST MOVIE SEQUEL POSTERS HAVE  ARRIVED

Meanwhile, exciting first character posters have been released today for PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING, a follow up to Guillermo del Toro's science fiction action blockbuster Pacific Rim from 2013! Directed this time by Daredevil's and Spartacus' Steven S. DeKnight, the action packed sequel will now have the cast lead by Scott

This will be DeKnight's first movie

Eastwood, Charlie Day, Burn Gorman, Rinko Kikuchi and John Boyega. It is interesting that half of Spartacus TV series cast will star in this one including Dustin Clare, amazing Daniel Feuerriegel and Nick Tarabay. The sf adventure in which humans use massive robot fighters to defend themselves from alien invasion is scheduled for next March. The sequel will show what happened to the Jaeger technology after the world was freed from Kaiju.You can also check out the first, freshly released trailer for the movie below and tell us what you think.