Anthony Mackie Is Lost in Space in First Official Trailer for Andy Weir’s New Sci-Fi Series [Exclusive]
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Get ready to blast off with Audible. The podcast hosting service has produced a number of scripted podcasts over the years, but their latest science fiction adventure might be their most mind-blowing yet. Collider has an exclusive look at the first trailer and the first 19 minutes of Exoplanet, a new scripted podcast with a top-flight creative team and an all-star cast.
The podcast takes place in the far future, where humans have developed interstellar travel…but, as the characters of Exoplanet will soon learn, they haven’t quite mastered it. The starship Wild Blue Yonder is exploring a distant exoplanet when they hit a bizarre quantum anomaly that sends them hurtling through time. Now, the crew have all crashed on the same planet, but they find themselves in radically different time periods. Chief Engineer Jeff Shaw (Anthony Mackie, Captain America: Brave New World) finds himself in the present; First Officer Becca Bang (Ariana DeBose, West Side Story) is stranded in the world’s primeval past; and Science Officer Logan Bowers (John Leguizamo, The Odyssey) has future shock. But there’s a sinister intelligence behind their predicament, and they’ll need to find a way to communicate with each other across the ages to survive.
In the clip of episode 1, “Crash,” we’re introduced to the crew of the Wild Blue Yonder, who’ve signed up for a yearlong space mission to the planet Forge LV. First, we meet Bang, a military veteran who relishes the chance to fly starships, even a “bus” like the Wild Blue Yonder. However, even her piloting skills can’t avoid the quantum disaster that awaits them. After the crash, we follow Shaw, who has a young daughter whose birthday he missed thanks to the mission. He’s the first to recover from the crash; he seems to find Bowers when he picks up his distress signal, but there’s a problem: the signal is somehow coming from outer space. Intrigued? Make sure to subscribe to Exoplanet on Audible so you won’t miss an episode when it debuts on November 5.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Who Are the Creatives Behind the Scenes of ‘Exoplanet’?
Exoplanet is executive produced by Andy Weir, the science fiction novelist behind hits like The Martian and Project Hail Mary. It’s written by Benjamin Percy, a novelist and short story writer who’s also penned Teen Titans and Green Arrow for DC Comics and Wolverine and X-Force for Marvel. He’s recently begun writing The End Times with Stephen King; it’s a serial novel set in the world of King’s classic novel The Stand.
Exoplanet will premiere exclusively on Audible on November 5. Get more details on Audible and stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
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