Fox Options Rights to Andy Weir's Martian Followup Novel

The sci-fi novel will release on November 14.

By Alex Gilyadov

Artemis, the upcoming novel from The Martian author Andy Weir, is getting a film adaptation.

IGN can confirm Fox has optioned the rights to the book, which, as reported by Nerdist, will release on November 14 in the US and Canada in both print and digital formats.

Andy Weir's Artemis novel is now available for pre-order on Amazon

Simon Kinberg and Aditya Sood are producing the film adaptation. The project has yet to find director and a release date has not yet been announced.

Artemis tells the story of Jazz, a directionless woman in her twenties who longs for life beyond Artemis, the Moon's only city. With a poor salary and massive debts to pay, Jazz decides to pull off the "perfect score," which lands her in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself.

Weir's 2011 novel, The Martian, was also turned into a movie. For our thoughts on the 2015 film adaptation, read IGN's The Martian review.

Alex Gilyadov is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter. 

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