On the heels of the success of Hidden Figures , about female African-American NASA mathematicians’ contributions to Project Mercury, an event series is looking to shine a light on another little known group of women in the early 1960s who were denied a chance to be part of the Mercury space program. In her first foray into TV producing, Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Chastain has teamed with Sully writer Todd Komarnicki and TV producer Christina Wayne for Mercury 13 , an event series project set at ITV Studios America , where Wayne’s Assembly Entertainment has a pod deal.