Unable to communicate with Earth, his only chance of rescue is the next Mars mission. As Watney recovers, he begins a video diary.
He returns to the crew's surface habitat ("Hab") and treats his wound. Watney awakens after the storm, injured and with a low-oxygen warning. With the MAV on the verge of toppling, the remaining crew takes off for their orbiting vessel, the Hermes. The telemetry from his suit's bio-monitor is damaged and Watney is erroneously presumed dead. The mission is scrubbed, but as the crew evacuates, astronaut Mark Watney is struck by debris. A severe dust storm threatens to topple their Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV). In 2035, the crew of the Ares III mission to Mars is exploring Acidalia Planitia on Martian solar day (sol) 18 of their 31- sol expedition. Damon won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and was nominated for several awards including the Academy Award for Best Actor, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor.
It received several accolades, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, seven nominations at the 88th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for Goddard, and the 2016 long form Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. The Martian received praise for its direction, visual effects, musical score, screenplay, scientific accuracy, and likability, largely due to Damon's performance. It received positive reviews and grossed over $630 million worldwide, becoming Scott's highest-grossing film to date, as well as the 10th-highest-grossing film of 2015. The film was released in the United Kingdom on September 30, 2015, and in the United States on October 2, 2015, in 2D, 3D, IMAX 3D and 4DX. The film premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2015, while the London premiere was held on September 24, 2015. Wadi Rum in Jordan was also used for exterior filming. Twenty sets were built on one of the largest sound stages in the world in Budapest, Hungary. Filming began in November 2014 and lasted approximately seventy days. Scott replaced Goddard as director, and with Damon in place as the main character, production was approved. Producer Simon Kinberg began developing the film after Fox optioned the novel in March 2013, which Drew Goddard adapted into a screenplay and was initially attached to direct, but the film did not move forward. Produced through 20th Century Fox, the film is a co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States.
It also stars Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Mackenzie Davis, Donald Glover, and Benedict Wong. The film depicts an astronaut's lone struggle to survive on Mars after being left behind, and the efforts of NASA to rescue him and bring him home to Earth. Drew Goddard adapted the screenplay from the 2011 novel The Martian by Andy Weir. The Martian is a 2015 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon.