The Right Stuff is set to become the first scripted original series for Disney+ from Nat Geo and will provide a platform for a notable original drama in the fall when streamers begin to feel the effects of pandemic-related production shutdowns.
The Right Stuff is co-production between Appian Way Productions and Warner Horizon Television in partnership with National Geographic.
Game of Thrones’ David Nutter will direct the series’ premiere episode and is also set as an executive producer.
These individuals, who come to be known as the Mercury Seven, are forged into heroes long before they have achieved a single heroic act.