CBS orders young astronaut drama from The Martian’s Andy Weir
Variety reports that Andy Weir is sticking with space, with CBS announcing that it’s picked up a new, NASA-set project from the The Martian author. Centered on “the next generation of NASA astronauts and scientists,” the series will see these sexy young space cadets ”juggle their personal and professional lives during a critical mission with no margin for error,” and will be titled Mission Control, even though Grey’s Astronomy is waiting right there for someone to pick up and use. The hour-long drama will be one of Weir‘s first project as a screenwriter; he was previously attached to a still-untitled film from The Martian director Ridley Scott.