mindy park played the leading role of a stranded astronaut in the 2015 film the martian.
mindy park played the leading role of a stranded astronaut in the 2015 film the martian.
who played the leading role of a stranded astronaut in the 2015 film the martian?
mindy park
"the martian" was directed by scott and based on a screenplay by drew goddard that was adapted from weir's 2011 novel of the same name. 20th century fox optioned the novel in march 2013, and producer simon kinberg was attached to develop the novel into a film. the following may, goddard entered negotiations with the studio to write and direct "the martian". goddard wrote a screenplay for the film and matt damon expressed interest in starring under goddard's direction. goddard then pursued an opportunity to direct "sinister six", a comic book film about a team of supervillains. kinberg then brought the book to scott's attention. in may 2014, scott entered negotiations with the studio to direct the film with damon cast as the film's stranded astronaut. scott said he was attracted by the emphasis on science and thought a balance could be struck between entertainment and learning. damon said he was attracted by the novel, the screenplay, and the opportunity to work with scott. following scott's commitment, the project picked up the pace and was quickly approved. goddard has since expressed that he felt scott made a much better film than he could have directed, telling "creative screenwriting", "when it's scott, collaboration is easy because i just revere him. every day i would just look around and think, 'is that really ridley scott sitting there at the table? this is exciting!
the martian (film)
other top-10 entries from 2015 like mark ronson's disco groove-infused "uptown funk", maroon 5's "sugar", the weeknd's "can't feel my face" and jason derulo's "want to want me" also ascended the charts and have a strong disco influence. disco mogul and producer giorgio moroder also re-appeared with his new album "déjà vu" in 2015 which has proved to be a modest success. other songs from 2015 like "i don't like it, i love it" by flo rida, "adventure of a lifetime" by coldplay, "back together" by robin thicke and "levels" by nick jonas feature disco elements as well. in 2016, disco songs or disco-styled pop songs are showing a strong presence on the music charts as a possible backlash to the 1980s-styled synthpop, electro house and dubstep that have been dominating the current charts. justin timberlake's 2016 song "can't stop the feeling!", which shows strong elements of disco, became the 26th song to debut at number-one on the "billboard" hot 100 in the history of the chart. "the martian", a 2015 film, extensively uses disco music as a soundtrack, although for the main character, astronaut mark watney, there's only one thing worse than being stranded on mars: it's being stranded on mars with nothing but disco music. "kill the lights", featured on an episode of the hbo television series "vinyl" (2016) and with nile rodgers' guitar licks, hit number one on the us dance chart in july 2016.
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