Editing Mars trilogy (section)

==Adaptations and uses==

===Screen adaptations===
The series has had difficulty moving into film and TV for over two decades.  The Mars trilogy screen production rights were held by [[James Cameron]] in the late 1990s,<ref>Lynne Jamneck, [http://www.strangehorizons.com/2005/20050815/robinson-int-a.shtml Strange Horizons Articles: Interview: Kim Stanley Robinson], 15 August 2005, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060711191614/http://www.strangehorizons.com/2005/20050815/robinson-int-a.shtml |date=2006-07-11 }}</ref> who conceived a five-hour miniseries to be directed by [[Martha Coolidge]],<ref>Greg Clark, [http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/cameron_mars_speech_825.html Cameron Sending Two Missions to Mars], 25 August 1999,  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001214165700/http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/cameron_mars_speech_825.html |date=2000-12-14 }}</ref> but he subsequently passed on the option.{{cn|date=September 2020}} Later, [[Gale Ann Hurd]] planned a similar mini-series for the [[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]], which also remained unproduced.<ref>[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-sfc.html?2003-06/06/12.30.sfc] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615011108/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-sfc.html?2003-06%2F06%2F12.30.sfc|date=2008-06-15}}, 06-June-03</ref> Then, in October 2008, it was reported that AMC and [[Jonathan Hensleigh]] had teamed up and were planning to develop a television mini-series based on ''Red Mars''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gallagher|first=Brian|title=AMC Lands on Red Mars|date=3 October 2008|url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/amc-lands-on-red-mars|publisher=MovieWeb|access-date=27 November 2012|archive-date=10 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610090253/http://www.movieweb.com/news/amc-lands-on-red-mars|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In September 2014, [[SpikeTV]] announced it was working with producer [[Vince Gerardis]] to develop a TV series adaptation of ''Red Mars''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/red-mars-kim-stanley-robinson-spike-tv-vince-gerardis-scripted-series-1201312931/|title=Kim Stanley Robinson's 'Red Mars' Book Adapted as Series at Spike TV - Variety|author=Shelli Weinstein|work=Variety|date=24 September 2014}}</ref> and in December 2015, formally greenlit a ten-episode first season of a TV series based on the novels, with [[J. Michael Straczynski]] serving as showrunner and writer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/red-mars-spike-series-order-1201656112/|title=Spike Orders 'Mars' Trilogy Straight to Series with Writer Michael Straczynski |author=Elizabeth Wagmeister|work=Variety|date=8 December 2015 }}</ref> However, in March 2016, ''Deadline'' reported that Straczynski had left his position as showrunner with [[Peter Noah]] replacing him, but he too left due to creative differences with Spike. Spike then put the series on hold for further development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/red-mars-pushed-spike-tv-showrunner-exits-1201726651/|title=Spike TV 'Red Mars' Series On Pause After Showrunner Exits|author=Nellie Andreeva|work=Deadline|date=25 March 2016|access-date=26 March 2016}}</ref>

===On Phoenix spacecraft===
The content of ''Green Mars'' and the cover artwork for ''Red Mars'' are included on the Phoenix DVD, carried on board ''[[Phoenix (spacecraft)|Phoenix]]'', a [[NASA]] lander that successfully touched down on Mars in May 2008. The First Interplanetary Library is intended to be a sort of [[time capsule]] for future Mars explorers and colonists.<ref>[http://www.planetary.org/about/press/releases/2008/0522_First_Interplanetary_Library_Will_Land.html First Interplanetary Library Will Land on Mars] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309143219/http://www.planetary.org/about/press/releases/2008/0522_First_Interplanetary_Library_Will_Land.html |date=2012-03-09 }} (from the Web site of the [[Planetary Society]]. Accessed 2008-05-26.)</ref>