Ridley Scott in talks to direct 'The Martian'

Filmmaker Ridley Scott is in talks to direct 'The Martian', which stars Matt Damon in the lead role.

Simon Kinberg has come aboard as a producer alongside his executive Aditya Sood through Kinberg's Genre Films banner, reported Variety.

Fox executive Steve Asbell will oversee the project for the studio.

The story is a science fiction thriller about an astronaut who gets stranded on Mars and must figure out how to stay alive long enough to get back home.

Scott is currently in post-production on his Moses film 'Gods and Kings' and Damon can be seen next in 'Interstellar'.