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Producer of Hollywood’s “The Martian” Talk at the Museum of Flight

SEATTLE – Aditya Sood, the Hollywood producer who brought Andy Weir’s book, “The Martian,” to the screen, will talk about that process in a special public conversation at the Museum on April 16 at 2 p.m. Following the program will be an open reception with Sood in the Museum’s Space Gallery. The event is free with admission to the Museum.

The MartianAfter reading Weir’s book in 2013 he was instrumental in securing an adaption by Drew Goddard, then director Ridley Scott, Twentieth Century Fox and actor Matt Damon to make one of the biggest hits of 2015. In addition to “The Martian,” Sood was executive producer of “Deadpool” (2016) and is currently executive producer on the upcoming “Deadpool 2.”

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