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The Right Stuff - National Geographic

  • 14-07-2019 9:17pm
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    The Right Stuff National Geographic
    National Geographic’s space race just recruited a few more participants. Jake McDorman (Murphy Brown) and Joe Dempsie (Game of Thrones) are among six actors newly cast in The Right Stuff, the cabler’s upcoming NASA drama.

    Adapted from Tom Wolfe’s 1979 book of the same name, The Right Stuff tells the story of NASA’s Project Mercury, which ignited a space race with the Soviets and made instant celebrities of the Mercury Seven, a group of the military’s test pilots. “At the heart of a historic drama populated by deeply human characters,” the logline reads, “two archrivals — Maj. John Glenn and Alan Shepard — jockey to be the first man in space.”


    McDorman will play the “furiously competitive” Alan Shepard, who is one of the best test pilots in Navy history. Dempsie, meanwhile, will portray Lt. Gordon Cooper, the youngest of the Mercury Seven, who was recruited to everyone’s surprise.

    The project has also cast Aaron Staton (Mad Men) as Wally Schirra, a competitive pilot with a gift for pulling pranks; James Lafferty (One Tree Hill) as Scott Carpenter, a soulful man dubbed “The Poet” by his fellow astronauts; Micah Stock (Bonding) as Deke Slayton, a taciturn but intelligent pilot and engineer; and Michael Trotter (Underground) as Gus Grissom, a no-nonsense test pilot who eventually becomes the second man in space.

    As previously reported, Suits vet Patrick J. Adams will star in The Right Stuff as John Glenn. The drama’s executive producers include Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson (The Revenant), while Mark Lafferty (Castle Rock) will serve as showrunner.

    The Right Stuff is slated for a 2020 premiere.

    https://tvline.com/2019/06/14/the-right-stuff-jake-mcdorman-joe-dempsie-nat-geo-series-cast/

    Colin O’Donoghue in Joe Dempsie out

    https://tvline.com/2019/07/12/colin-odonoghue-the-right-stuff-nat-geo-recast/


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Love the 1983 film. It had Sam Shepherd, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Dennis Quaid, Harry Shearer, Barbara Hershey... not sure how this could compare.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Moving to Disney+ and will become a Disney+ original series when it starts in the Autumn



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    I have been really looking forward to this.

    Arrives October 9th on Disney+



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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Great book too. I read it for the first time only a few months ago. Highly recommended.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    First two episodes are up now on Disney+ and the rest will be added weekly.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Finished this today it's only 8 episodes and it's a grand series however I would say read the book and watch the film they are a lot better.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,063 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Finished this today it's only 8 episodes and it's a grand series however I would say read the book and watch the film they are a lot better.
    Have a look at For All Mankind if you havent yet, its spectacular, S2 starting in a couple of weeks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 188 ✭✭motley


    Been watching it too. Drags a bit and could have condensed the series into less episodes. Would agree with you about the film and the book. Much better.


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