Martin Carr chats with Jake McDorman about his role as astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff… Actor Jake McDorman will be known to global audiences for his work in numerous high profile television adaptations. From Watchmen to Limitless and Murphy Brown to Shameless his face will be familiar to audiences worldwide. For The Right […]
Disney+ Review – The Right Stuff
Martin Carr reviews The Right Stuff… Philip Kaufman’s adaptation of the Tom Wolfe novel is recognised as a classic. Broad, bold and epic in scale The Right Stuff which starred a young Dennis Quaid and Jeff Goldblum, and character actors of merit still holds up. Burnished earth, heat haze horizons and containing more sound barrier […]
Disney+ space race drama The Right Stuff gets a trailer
Ahead of its arrival on Disney+ this October, National Geographic has released a new trailer for the small screen adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s bestseller The Right Stuff. The space race drama tells the story of America’s first astronauts and features a cast that includes Patrick J. Adams, Jake McDorman, Colin O’Donoghue, Eric Ladin, Patrick Fischler, […]
Disney+ announces Marvel 616, Phineas and Ferb and The Right Stuff virtual panels for Comic-Con@Home
With the San Diego Comic-Con International cancelled this year due to the global health crisis, the organisers of the world’s biggest pop culture convention are putting together a virtual event to take place in its stead, and Disney+ has announced its plans with virtual panels for the documentary series Marvel’s 616, animated feature Phineas and […]
Disney+ space race drama The Right Stuff gets a behind-the-scenes trailer
Disney+ and National Geographic have released a behind the scenes trailer for the space race drama series The Right Stuff, the upcoming adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s bestseller which follows the Mercury Seven, a group of U.S. fighter pilots who are recruited to test experimental rockets and become the first astronauts in NASA’s Project Mercury; watch […]
Space race drama The Right Stuff gets a first teaser trailer
National Geographic has released the first teaser trailer for the Leonardo DiCaprio-produced space race drama The Right Stuff. Based on Tom Wolfe’s bestseller of the same name, the series stars Patrick J. Adams, Jake McDorman, Colin O’Donoghue, Eric Ladin, Patrick Fischler, Nora Zehetner, Eloise Mumford, Shannon Lucio and Josh Cooke; watch it here… “To combat […]
4 Great Films About Space Exploration To Mark 50 Years Since The Moon Landing
Graeme Robertson celebrates the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with four great films about space exploration… On July 20th 1969, Neil Armstrong made history. After years of careful preparation, unfortunate setbacks, heartbreaking personal losses and fierce competition from Cold War rivals, Armstrong fulfilled humanity’s dream by becoming the first person to set foot on […]
Patrick J. Adams cast in Leonardo DiCaprio-produced The Right Stuff
National Geographic has announced that Patrick J. Adams (Suits) has been cast as Major John Glenn in the upcoming TV adaptation of The Right Stuff, which is being produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way. Based on Tom Wolfe’s bestseller, The Right Stuff recounts the historic U.S. space race, exploring what would become America’s first “reality […]
Leonardo DiCaprio developing scripted drama The Right Stuff
National Geographic is developing a scripted television drama with Leonardo DiCaprio called The Right Stuff. The series will serve as an adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s book of the same name with DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson serving as Executive Producers. The project will be written by Will Staples and is part of the new scripted development […]
