The Bearded Trio

Official stills have surfaced of the new film by fellow bearded director: Sir Ridley Scott. Having made the jump to science fiction on 3 previous occasions (with Alien , Blade Runner and Prometheus ), he intents to return to the outer space territory in November with his film  The Martian . The Martian is based on the first novel of American author Andy Weir, that he originally self-published in 2011, after which Crown Publishing purchased the rights and re-released the book in 2014. The story follows an American astronaut Mark Watney, who, during a manned mission to Mars becomes stranded on the planet.  On Earth it is believed he has died after a fierce storm, so his crew leaves without him on board. Watney however survives the storm and finds himself stranded and alone on a rather hostile planet. With hardly any supplies he must draw upon his own ingenuity, power to improvise and determination to survive and find a way to send a signal to...