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Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“The Right Stuff,” Nat Geo’s adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s book of the same name, just didn’t have the, well, right stuff for Disney Plus. The series is not moving forward at the Disney streaming service, but Warner Bros.

Ever since his father handed him a copy of Tom Wolfe’s seminal book “The Right Stuff,” Patrick J. Adams has been in love with the idea of going to space.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticAs television production continues to ramp up in Hollywood and coronavirus cases surge in America, Hunters and The Right Stuff are heading out West, thanks to some very generous tax credits from the state of California.Amazon Prime’s Nazi chasing series and the latest adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s space race novel from Disney+ are the 21st and 22nd shows to relocate to the Golden State since the California Film Commission-run program was raised to $330

First Man and, there is a wealth of movies and TV series orbiting around the U.S. space program.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticEven if you haven’t seen the 1983 film or read Tom Wolfe’s 1979 book of the same name, chances are you’ve already seen something exactly like “The Right Stuff.” In its retelling of the true story of “The Mercury 7” (i.e. the intrepid group of American astronauts vying to be the country’s first space travelers), this TV version of “The Right Stuff” never met a space story cliché it didn’t embrace with open arms.

Philip Kaufman's 1983 adaptation of Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff is a rare creature in that it's borderline perfect, from tone to casting to miles-ahead-of-the-curve effects work. And yet it isn't close to being definitive.

Tom Wolfe’s bestseller and the 1983 big-screen movie (starring Ed Harris as Glenn).“I was lucky in that I was very familiar with the source material,” says Adams, 39, who filmed “The Right Stuff” premiere while wrapping up “Suits” on USA. “I think, in a lot of ways, [‘The Right Stuff’] was the first book I consciously fell in love with.

the movie or even read the best-selling book by Tom Wolfe. But now the iconic story of America's first astronauts, known as the Mercury Seven, is coming to TV. Disney+ announced Thursday that the eight-episode The Right Stuff will debut on the streaming service on Friday, Oct.

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Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVUPDATED, 7:15 AM: Disney+ has set an October premiere date for National Geographic Channel’s The Right Stuff. The period drama, starring Patrick J.

Comin-Con @ Home is giving fans the first inside look at Leonardo DiCaprio’s television adaption of “The Right Stuff”.

Patrick J. Adams’ return to TV is now set for Disney+. His new series, which revisits the early days of the space race, is moving from the National Geographic channel to the streaming platform and is now slated for a fall debut.

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By Nellie Andreeva