New Delhi, Anthony Mackie, Ariana DeBose and John Leguizamo will headline "Exoplanet", a new Audible Original sci-fi thriller that will launch exclusively on the audio platform on November 5.
"The Martian" and "Project Hail Mary" author Andy Weir serves as an executive producer of the show, which is written by acclaimed novelist Benjamin Percy, Audible said in a statement.
"Exoplanet" follows a starship crew separated across different eras after a quantum anomaly tears their spacecraft apart, forcing them to find a way to communicate across centuries to survive.
The story centres on the crew of the starship Wild Blue Yonder, which is torn apart by a quantum anomaly, leaving its surviving members stranded in different eras on the same deadly exoplanet.
"Captain America: Brave New World" star Mackie voices Chief Engineer Jeff Shaw, who lands in the present and, aided by his virtual assistant, must navigate the hostile planet while driven by his determination to return home to his daughter.
Oscar winner DeBose plays First Officer Becca Bang, who finds herself stranded in the planet's dangerous alien past, while "The Odyssey" star Leguizamo voices Science Officer Logan Bowers, who awakens in a machine-controlled future that should not exist.
The crew soon discovers that the anomaly was not random. A relentless alien intelligence that feeds on human technology has been waiting for them across different timelines, forcing the survivors to find a way to communicate across centuries before the planet consumes them.
{{/usCountry}}The crew soon discovers that the anomaly was not random. A relentless alien intelligence that feeds on human technology has been waiting for them across different timelines, forcing the survivors to find a way to communicate across centuries before the planet consumes them.
{{/usCountry}}Weir said the project combines his fascination with scientific problem-solving and survival with a story about people separated not by distance but by time.
"Benjamin Percy's writing in 'Exoplanet' takes that and adds a twist that genuinely kept me up at night: what if the people trying to save each other were separated not by distance, but by centuries?" Weir said.
"You can't see that story. You have to hear it. The crackle across a five-hundred-year gap, the desperation in a voice that doesn't know if anyone's still listening," he added.
Marshall Lewy, Head of Audible Content for North America, said the series was created specifically as an audio experience.
"With Andy as executive producer and Benjamin Percy crafting beautiful scripts specifically for the ear, 'Exoplanet' is built for the audiences who loved Project Hail Mary and The Martian while also giving them something entirely new," Lewy said.
The supporting cast includes Cherry Jones, Sufe Bradshaw, Charlie Plummer, Ray Porter and Aida Osman.
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