You realize their story. You have possible already seen the movie and even learn the best-selling e-book by Tom Wolfe. However now the enduring story of America’s first astronauts, referred to as the Mercury Seven, is coming to TV. Disney+ introduced Thursday that the eight-episode The Right Stuff will debut on the streaming service on Friday, Oct. 9 with a two-episode premiere. Disney+ additionally revealed the primary full-length trailer for the sequence, which you’ll watch above.
The Proper Stuff, which was produced for Nationwide Geographic earlier than shifting to Disney+, examines the early days of the U.S. House Program and the thrilling and provoking house race that gripped america in the course of the Chilly Conflict, nevertheless it additionally reveals how these astronauts and their households have been thrust into the highlight and have become celebrities in a single day, whether or not they have been prepared for it or not.
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Bringing these American heroes to life are Patrick J. Adams as Main John Glenn; Jake McDorman as Lieutenant Commander Alan Shepard; Colin O’Donoghue as Captain Gordo Cooper; Aaron Staton as Wally Schirra; James Lafferty as Scott Carpenter; Micah Stock as Deke Slayton; and Michael Trotter as Gus Grissom. Patrick Fischler and Eric Ladin painting Bob Gilruth and Chris Kraft, the NASA engineers who helped choose the soon-to-be-heroes from a pool of army take a look at pilots and get the house program off the bottom.
However this is not simply the story of the Mercury Seven; the sequence additionally options the astronauts’ wives and households. Nora Zehetner portrays Annie Glenn, who battles a speech impairment within the public eye; Shannon Lucio performs Louise Shepard, a spouse and mom who refuses to let her husband’s transgressions have an effect on her household; and Eloise Mumford brings to life Trudy Cooper, an completed pilot in her personal proper who places her desires apart so as to current the picture of a cheerful household.
The Proper Stuff premieres with two episodes on Friday, Oct. 9 on Disney+.
The Proper Stuff