Após o enorme sucesso de adaptações recentes, o aclamado autor best-seller Andy Weir está retornando ao espaço profundo com uma nova produção original da Audible intitulada “Exoplanet”, com lançamento marcado para 5 de novembro de 2026.
Weir (“Perdido em Marte”) atua como produtor executivo deste ambicioso audiolivro dramático de elenco completo ao lado do renomado escritor Benjamin Percy (“Wolverine”), marcando o primeiro título de uma série de projetos de ficção científica selecionados para a plataforma da Amazon. O thriller de sete episódios conta com as vozes de Anthony Mackie, Ariana DeBose e John Leguizamo em uma jornada alucinante de viagens no tempo e desastres espaciais, contando também com o suporte da Skywalker Sound, da Lucasfilm, responsável pelos elementos acústicos imersivos da obra.
“One crew. One planet. Three timelines. No one survives alone”, diz a sinopse oficial. “When a quantum anomaly tears apart the starship Wild Blue Yonder, each surviving crew member crash-lands in a different era on the same deadly exoplanet—hunted, alone, and running out of time.”
Bastidores e criação da história
Quando Percy foi convidado pela Audible para este desafio, ele participou de um processo seletivo competitivo contra vários outros autores. “I think the thing that set me apart is my understanding of how to channel legacy properties”, conta Percy. “Having written for DC and for Marvel, I can take ‘Star Wars’ or ‘Predator’ or Wolverine or Batman and honor that legacy but also put my own unique spin on it.”
“When it came to the banner of ‘Andy Weir Presents,’ my job was to write my best version of an awesome Andy Weir story. So I thought about space disasters, big-hearted hopefulness, quippy humor, and a roller coaster plot, and then I nested into all of that a time-travel story.”
Escrever um áudio-drama é diferente do trabalho com quadrinhos que consagrou Percy, mas ele aponta que a experiência também difere da televisão e do cinema convencional. “If you’re watching TV or film, you’re passive and letting it wash over you. You’re taking in the story as a passenger”, destaca Percy. “But when you’re listening to audio, you’re invited in with the dialogue, the narration, the sound cues. You’re invited to fill in the vacancies. As a result of that, you become like a co-author in the experience. I was super excited to jump into this project.”
O resgate das radionovelas
A gênese de “Exoplanet” começou quando a Audible apresentou a ideia básica a Weir, sem saber que o autor já matutava a ideia de ressuscitar as grandes radionovelas do passado. “Earlier on in my life, even before ‘The Martian,’ I wanted to bring back audio-only entertainment with full-cast productions and sound effects”, compartilha Weir. “I got into listening to things like ‘The Lone Ranger’ and ‘The Shadow’ and, of course, the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes adaptations. Also, ‘Zorro’ was a radio show, and there were a lot of good westerns.”
“At the time, I wasn’t yet famous or a writer, but I thought I could do this myself. I could write something, narrate it, throw in some sound effects, and put it up online”, lembra Weir. “But then I didn’t because I’m really lazy. Then many moons later, Audible comes up to me, and I have an opportunity to participate in that exact thing. I especially like the part where all the hard work is done by Ben. That’s my favorite part.”
Weir explicou que escolheu Percy para liderar a escrita. “We got a bunch of different story concepts submitted to us from lots of talented authors, and ben’s was the one that stood out head and shoulders above the rest. It’s a really interesting concept”, diz Weir.
“It’s not just trope sci-fi with an evil empire of bad guys and some plucky rebels. Ben came up with a unique story with a unique angle. Audio is quickly becoming a larger and larger medium. Everyone’s on the go, and now for the first time in history we all have computers in our pocket capable of storing multiple audiobooks to last us years. It’s a great time to revive the old art of radio plays, and I think this is a great way to do it.”
“Exoplanet” chega em 5 de novembro de 2026 com exclusividade na Audible, estando disponível para assinantes ou por compra avulsa.
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