She disappears the next day, but the man subsequently begins to receive clues from her that he must follow. The story follows a young man who wakes up one night to find his neighbor Margo dressed as a ninja, asking him to help her get revenge on the people who have hurt her. Additionally, TFiOS producers Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen are producing the adaptation. Weber on the project and attached Nat Wolff, who had a supporting role in Fault, to star. A few months ago, Fox put Fault screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Peregrine’s Home for Peculiarsįollowing the massive success of Fox 2000’s low-budget drama The Fault in Our Stars earlier this summer, the studio revived its adaptation of another John Green novel, Paper Towns. It also happens to be five days after the concluding installment in the Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, opens in theaters. On the Thanksgiving holiday release date, The Martian will square off directly against Pixar’s long-delayed The Good Dinosaur and Jeff Nichols’ sci-fi film Midnight Special. Goddard finished the script, but it’s unknown if Scott will bring in another writer to tailor it to his instincts. Matt Damon is attached to lead the pic, which was initially set up as a directorial vehicle for The Cabin in the Woods helmer Drew Goddard before he was forced to depart due to scheduling conflicts. Based on the e-book by author Andy Weir, the Gravity-esque story tells the tale of an astronaut who becomes stranded on Mars and must make his way back home. Ridley Scott continues to roll right along, as he moved directly from Prometheus to The Counselor to Exodus: Gods and Kings, and now he’s poised to moved from the biblical epic right into the sci-fi adaptation The Martian.