There are countless movies based on novels, but many changes have been made when adapting these stories for live-action.

Directed by Ridley Scott, The Martian features Damon as Dr. Mark Watney, a scientist on a mission to Mars. After a storm on the Red Planet, Watney ends up stranded, alone, and struggling to survive.

Watching stranded astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) use his intellect to survive on the surface of Mars, while people from ...

Ready for its close-up "[It] looked pretty good to me," said Donna Shirley, who in 1997 was NASA's Mars Exploration program manager. ["The Martian": A Movie and Book Review]collectSPACE.com asked ...

In the 2015 movie "The Martian," Matt Damon played a botanist stranded all alone on the inhospitable planet. ... MENDOZA: To maybe not be Mark Watney - I'd prefer not to get stranded on Mars ...