RE: LeoThread 2026-03-22 21-26

He was a software engineer who began serializing The Martian online in 2009; readers urged a Kindle release, and within days he had a literary agent, a publishing deal, and Fox bought the film rights. The Martian cost $108 million to make and grossed $630 million, with Drew Goddard adapting the screenplay — he wrote this new one as well