The Right Stuff (franchise)

The Right Stuff
Official franchise logo
Based onThe Right Stuff
by Tom Wolfe
StarringVarious
(See list below)
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures,
Disney+
Release date
1983–present
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$27,000,000
(Cumulative of 1 theatrical film)
Box office$21,713,000
(Cumulative of 1 theatrical film)

The Right Stuff franchise consists of American historical drama installments, including film and television mediums. Each installment details the aeronautical research at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States, which lead to the Mercury Seven where seven military pilots were selected to be astronauts for Project Mercury; the first human spaceflight by the United States. Pilots were chosen from the Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. A television series was developed by Warner Bros. for National Geographic, and upon being acquired by The Walt Disney Company, the studio also green-lit a documentary feature film; both were released as streaming exclusives available on Disney+.

The original film was met with critical and box office success, and was nominated for various Academy Awards;[1] winning a number of those nominations.[2] In contrast to these accolades, the movie was a disappointment financially at the box office.[3] Conversely the television series adaptation, was met with negative reviews from critics and viewers alike who compared it as inferior to the original.[4][5][6] The accompanying documentary movie was met with a mixed response with praise given to its director for the use of archival recordings and lack of modern-day narration,[7][8] but complaints calling it "boring".[9][10] Despite this reception and its cancellation on Disney+, the television show was actively being shopped around to other networks and streaming services at that time.[11]

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