Mamie Gummer has been cast as recurring guest star on National Geographic’s Leonardo DiCaprio-produced astronaut series “The Right Stuff,” TheWrap has learned exclusively.
An adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s iconic, bestselling book of the same name, the scripted series stars Jake McDorman (“Limitless”) as Alan Shepard, Patrick J. Adams (“Suits”) as John Glenn and Colin O’Donoghue (“Once Upon a Time”) as Gordo Cooper.
According to Nat Geo, “the eight-part series takes a clear-eyed, non-nostalgic look at the nation’s drive to be the first in space and the lives of the ambitious astronauts and their families, who gained instant fame in a competition that would either kill them or make them immortal. The first season takes place at the height of the Cold War in 1959, when the Soviets are dominating the space race. The public is in fear of a nation in decline, so the U.S. government conceives...
An adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s iconic, bestselling book of the same name, the scripted series stars Jake McDorman (“Limitless”) as Alan Shepard, Patrick J. Adams (“Suits”) as John Glenn and Colin O’Donoghue (“Once Upon a Time”) as Gordo Cooper.
According to Nat Geo, “the eight-part series takes a clear-eyed, non-nostalgic look at the nation’s drive to be the first in space and the lives of the ambitious astronauts and their families, who gained instant fame in a competition that would either kill them or make them immortal. The first season takes place at the height of the Cold War in 1959, when the Soviets are dominating the space race. The public is in fear of a nation in decline, so the U.S. government conceives...
- 11/26/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
MaryAnn’s quick take… An essential documentary look at yet another example of historical feminism that should never have been forgotten: the first American in space might have and probably should have been a woman. I’m “biast” (pro): big space nerd; desperate for stories about real women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
You’ve heard of the Mercury 7. They were America’s first astronauts: the first to sit atop a rocket and get shot into space, the first to experience zero gravity, the first to orbit our planet. They were the subject of the multiple-Oscar-winning film The Right Stuff, based on the bestselling book of the same name. They were global celebrities for their exploits in the 1960s and remain national heroes to this day.
The Mercury 7 were all men.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
You’ve heard of the Mercury 7. They were America’s first astronauts: the first to sit atop a rocket and get shot into space, the first to experience zero gravity, the first to orbit our planet. They were the subject of the multiple-Oscar-winning film The Right Stuff, based on the bestselling book of the same name. They were global celebrities for their exploits in the 1960s and remain national heroes to this day.
The Mercury 7 were all men.
- 4/23/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Some of the women who were tested and trained the same as the Mercury 7 astronauts before Nasa shut the unofficial program down, the topic of the Netflix documentary Mercury 13, premiering on April 20. Photo courtesy of Netflix and Falco Ink.
Did you know that there were a group of women pilots who went through the same testing and training as the male pilots who became Nasa’s first astronauts, the Mercury 7? Despite the fact that 13 of the women achieved the same scores or even higher than the men chosen as astronauts, none of the women were even considered for the space program.
Likely most of you answered no, which is why this hidden bit of history makes such a good subject for Mercury 13, a documentary debuting on Netflix on April 20. Hidden Figures uncovered the untold story of mathematically-gifted women who played key roles in Nasa’s space program yet went unrecognized or worse.
Did you know that there were a group of women pilots who went through the same testing and training as the male pilots who became Nasa’s first astronauts, the Mercury 7? Despite the fact that 13 of the women achieved the same scores or even higher than the men chosen as astronauts, none of the women were even considered for the space program.
Likely most of you answered no, which is why this hidden bit of history makes such a good subject for Mercury 13, a documentary debuting on Netflix on April 20. Hidden Figures uncovered the untold story of mathematically-gifted women who played key roles in Nasa’s space program yet went unrecognized or worse.
- 4/20/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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