Disney+'s space drama needs to find a new home.
Fans almost believed that the National Geographic Disney+ original series, The Right Stuff was getting a second season soon. Deadline had reported that although there is no official announcement of a second season just yet, the show was given $13.7 million to move production from Florida to California. The NASA series executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio is now the fourth-highest awarded relocating show ever under the CFC program.
The space drama tells the story of the early days of the U.S. space program and is based on the 1983 Academy Award-winning film. It is also the latest adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s 1979 space race novel. So where is the second season now? Let's find out.
Things were looking great for ‘The Right Stuff’, but in April 2021, we received a piece of devastating news. Disney+ canceled the show after just one season. Warner Brothers is trying to find a new home for the series, but as of this update, there is still no new streamer or network announced to pick up the series.
According to Variety's source, the cancellation was not due to the show’s performance but a redesign of NatGeo’s strategic focus.
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— National Geographic Magazine (@NatGeoMag) October 9, 2020
The story of 'The Right Stuff’ starts off with the Soviet Union dominating the space race at the height of the Cold War in 1959. The American government decided to step up its game and make up lost ground by launching its own space program in the span of two years. Newly-formed NASA handpicks seven astronauts from a pool of military test pilots and the series follows their journey with a focus on their families as well. Season two could continue to dramatize the story of NASA, along with the personal lives of the 'Mercury 7'.
@halfadams we finished #therightstuffseries in one night. I hope so much @disneyplus will pick it for a second season, I really want to keep following their stories... and see John Glenn go to space! 🚀 https://t.co/JNJfkplDBy
— Arianna :) (@MyLifeIsAthread) January 24, 2021
If the show finds its new home and proceeds with season 2, we're likely to see all seven main stars return to the show... they are the heart of the story after all. Patrick J. Adams would be returning as Major John Glenn and Jake McDorman would again assume the mantle of Lieutenant Commander Alan Shepard. Colin O’Donoghue would be back 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. Other cast members likely to be back could be Nora Zehetner as Annie Glenn, Shannon Lucio as Louise Shepard, Eloise Mumford as Trudy Cooper, Patrick Fischler as Bob Gilruth, and Eric Ladin as Chris Kraft.
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