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Science Fiction Adventure
Believe in the Hail Mary.

Project Hail Mary (2026)

Runtime 157 min
Release date 15/03/2026
Country United States of America
Production
Lord Miller Lord Miller
Amazon MGM Studios Amazon MGM Studios
Pascal Pictures Pascal Pictures
Open Invite Entertainment Open Invite Entertainment
Waypoint Entertainment Waypoint Entertainment
Overview
Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction.
Directors & Screenwriters
Phil Lord profile photo
Phil Lord
Director
Christopher Miller profile photo
Christopher Miller
Director
Drew Goddard profile photo
Drew Goddard
Screenwriter
Cast
Ryan Gosling profile photo
Ryan Gosling
as Ryland Grace
Sandra Hüller profile photo
Sandra Hüller
as Eva Stratt
James Ortiz profile photo
James Ortiz
as Rocky (voice)
Lionel Boyce profile photo
Lionel Boyce
as Carl
Milana Vayntrub profile photo
Milana Vayntrub
as Olesya Ilyukhina
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Astronaut isn’t exactly a fake-it-’til-you-make-it job. But yet here we are.

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We all have that one friend.

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Grace 🤜🤛 Rocky

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One month until we meet our new favourite astronaut

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Rocky is an artist

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Just a science teacher saving the world

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Did You Know?
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The Beatles’ ‘Two of Us’ drops into Project Hail Mary, echoing a cosmic friendship

When Ryland Grace decides to abandon Earth and chase after his alien ally Rocky, the film cues The Beatles’ “Two of Us.” The timing is deliberate: director duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller said the song’s celebration of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s long‑standing bond mirrors Grace’s newfound home with Rocky, even as he leaves his own planet behind. The choice wasn’t random. Producer Aditya Sood championed the track, noting that Andy Weir’s novel already pays homage to the Fab Four. In the Blu‑ray commentary, Miller explains that the duet’s lyric “We’re on our way home” feels like a perfect metaphor for Grace’s journey back to the friendship he’s built in space. While fans often read “Two of Us” as a nod to Lennon‑McCartney’s partnership, Paul McCartney has revealed it was actually inspired by a countryside walk with his future wife Linda. The song, the opening number on the Let It Be album, carries layers of personal meaning—both a tribute to a musical duo and a love song—making it a versatile needle drop that resonates on multiple levels in the movie. That duality is why the track works so well in Project Hail Mary. It underscores the film’s central theme: the bonds we forge, whether across continents or across galaxies, can become the true home we’re searching for.
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Phil Lord and Chris Miller to Deliver Keynote Conversation at IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking Summit
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Inside the making of the surprise sci‑fi blockbuster that thrilled 2026 audiences

Few 2026 releases have dazzled like Amazon MGM’s "Project Hail Mary," a sci‑fi spectacle that married cutting‑edge visual effects with practical puppetry and a career‑defining turn from Ryan Gosling. The film’s unexpected blend of high‑concept storytelling and tactile craft gave audiences a fresh taste of blockbuster wonder, proving that big‑budget adventures can still feel inventive and intimate. Now the film’s architects, directing duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller, will unpack that alchemy at IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking Summit on Oct. 17. In a keynote presentation, the longtime collaborators will break down how they tackled what they call the “most difficult movie” of their careers, sharing concrete lessons on balancing humor, heart, and technical ambition. Lord and Miller’s résumé reads like a modern Hollywood cheat sheet: from the cult‑hit animated series "Clone High" to animated blockbusters "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," "The Lego Movie," and the "Spider‑Verse" franchise, plus live‑action hits like "21 Jump Street," its sequel, and TV hits "The Last Man on Earth" and "The Afterparty." Their summit talk promises to reveal how that eclectic background informed the daring choices that made "Project Hail Mary" a rare success story in a crowded market.
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More Grace and Rocky: All 5 Project Hail Mary deleted scenes, ranked
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The Blu‑ray unlocks five lost moments that deepen the hilarity and heart of Project Hail Mary

If you’ve only seen the theatrical cut of Project Hail Mary, the new Blu‑ray and 4K release is a treasure trove. Five deleted scenes—just under ten minutes total—give fans a deeper dive into Ryland Grace’s (Ryan Gosling) misadventures, from clumsy space‑walk prep to the absurdities of waking up on a doomed starship. One of the funniest cuts expands the spacesuit sequence: Grace fumbles through a Russian‑language manual before a lo‑fi, DIY‑style video tutorial walks him through the suit‑up, complete with his signature hip‑wiggling. While it doesn’t shift the story’s emotional stakes, it showcases Gosling’s effortless physical comedy. Another deleted montage stretches Grace’s early isolation, pairing a half‑hour of his breakdowns with Nat King Cole’s "Let’s Face the Music and Dance" and a Kris Kristofferson‑timed segment. We see him playing whiteboard darts, staring at calming jellyfish footage, and even slow‑dancing with the ship’s robotic arm, Armando—moments that add a tiny but poignant arc to his loneliness. The opening “Day 1 Food Paste” scene also makes the cut, preserving the cringe‑worthy catheter gag from Andy Weir’s novel. Grace’s horrified realization that a tube is still attached as he climbs a ladder adds a layer of bodily humor that the theatrical edit trimmed away. All of this comes from an original assembly cut that ran a staggering 3 hours 45 minutes, later whittled down to the 2 hours 36 minutes we know. The vault of footage is massive, and these five scenes are a generous glimpse into what was left on the cutting room floor. For anyone who’s ever wished they could spend a little more time with Grace and his alien companion Rocky, the physical release delivers exactly that—extra laughs, extra pathos, and a reminder of just how much was sacrificed to keep the film’s pace tight.
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10 Hard Sci-Fi Movies Without a Single Flaw
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Ryan Gosling’s amnesiac astronaut battles a sun‑killing mystery with real equations in Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary bursts onto the screen with a classic hard‑sci‑fi hook: a lone science teacher, Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), awakens aboard a spacecraft with no memory of how he got there. As his fragmented recollections snap back into place, he discovers a desperate mission—to stop a mysterious cosmic substance from extinguishing the Sun. What sets the film apart from typical space adventures is its devotion to real science. Every problem the crew faces is tackled with on‑screen calculations, equations, and physics that are described as scientifically sound and meticulously researched. The movie leans heavily on mathematics, turning each crisis into a puzzle that feels more like a classroom experiment than a Hollywood spectacle. That commitment to authenticity has paid off with both critics and genre fans. While the relentless focus on equations could alienate casual viewers, the consensus is that the blend of humor, high‑stakes survival, and genuine scientific rigor makes Project Hail Mary a standout entry in the hard‑sci‑fi canon.
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Ryan Gosling's New Hard Sci-Fi Masterpiece Is Better Than the Book in Every Way
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Ryan Gosling’s cosmic odyssey turns hard‑science thrills into a dazzling, heartfelt IMAX spectacle

The long‑awaited adaptation of Andy Weir’s *Project Hail Mary* has already earned a perfect 95% on both Rotten Tomatoes and Popcornmeter, and it’s clear why. By stripping away the novel’s heavier exposition while preserving the rigor of Weir’s hard‑science world, the film lets Ryan Gosling’s Ryland Grace shine with an emotional transparency that the page‑bound scientist never quite achieved. Meanwhile, the alien sidekick Rocky—once an inventive idea—has been given a fully realized physical presence that adds a new layer of kinetic humor and pathos. At its core, the movie remains a love‑letter to the limits of known science. It leans on orbital mechanics, gravity, and the speed of light as unbreakable pillars, yet it also introduces the fantastical Astrophage and the Eridians, whose biology is twisted just enough to feel plausible. As Weir told *Astronomy*, “As a writer, I want to find the absolute minimum way that I can break the rules and then just do that,” a philosophy that translates on screen as a quantum‑level cheat‑code that fuels the star‑hopping mission. Visually, the film is an IMAX showcase. Cinematographer Greg Fraser deliberately avoided the darkness of Ridley Scott’s *Alien*, insisting “we could never allow this film to be that level of darkness and scariness.” The result is an “Avatar‑esque kaleidoscope” of interstellar iridescence—vivid Astrophage fields, shifting color spectra, and a luminous backdrop that turns the void into a living canvas. Those visual choices echo the story’s many dualities: human‑alien, cowardice‑heroism, theory‑application, and, most poignantly, the bond between Grace and Rocky, which the film deepens into a sweeter, more resonant friendship than the book could convey. Beyond the spectacle, *Project Hail Mary* radiates a hopeful message: that sentient life, no matter how alien, can find common ground and unite against extinction. By marrying meticulous scientific detail with soaring cinematography and heartfelt character work, the adaptation not only honors its source but expands it, offering audiences a rare blend of intellectual rigor and cinematic wonder.
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'Project Hail Mary' DoP Says Film Was 'Most Complicated' He's Shot
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Greig Fraser reveals why ‘Project Hail Mary’ was the toughest shoot of his career

Cinematographer Greig Fraser says every day on Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s space adventure felt like a physics lesson gone wild. From filming a faceless alien puppet in a weightless rotating set to navigating tiny, eight‑to‑10‑foot ship interiors, the crew had to reinvent how to capture motion when there’s literally no gravity. The production leaned heavily on practical effects, building miniature sets and animatronic puppets rather than relying on endless CGI. Director Cameron Wood praised the puppeteers for making Rocky feel "real enough to exist," while Fraser emphasized that the visual choices were rooted in scientific honesty, mirroring Andy Weir’s meticulously researched novel. To keep the illusion authentic, the team consulted NASA astronauts, even learning how an astronaut’s tears don’t fall in space—a detail that informed the film’s visual language. Fraser notes that VFX was used sparingly, only when it served a specific narrative purpose, ensuring the audience always felt inside the cramped ship with Ryland Grace. Box‑office numbers confirm the gamble paid off, with the Amazon‑MGM crowd‑pleaser pulling in $684.5 million worldwide. While Fraser admits he’s heard nothing yet about a sequel, the film’s blend of hands‑on craftsmanship and scientific fidelity has set a new benchmark for sci‑fi storytelling.
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Project Hail Mary Star Opens Up About Potential Sequel: Rocky's Return and Alien Reintegration
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James Ortiz imagines Rocky’s return home could reshape an alien world.

The sci‑fi blockbuster Project Hail Mary has turned into a $684 million global hit, far outpacing its $200 million budget and earning a fresh 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences fell in love with Ryan Gosling’s reluctant astronaut Ryland Grace and James Ortiz’s vocal performance and puppetry for the rock‑like alien Rocky, sparking early chatter about a possible sequel. In a candid interview with ScreenRant, Ortiz revealed the sequel he’d love to see would focus on Rocky’s reintegration with his own species after years apart. He mused, “I’d be curious about what the acclimation period would be like. He’s kind of turned into a person now, so how would they respond to him?” The actor hopes to explore how the Eridians react to a Rocky who’s been changed by his friendship with a human. Meanwhile, author Andy Weir, whose novel inspired the film, confirmed he’s tinkering with “bits and pieces of good ideas” for Project Hail Mary 2, but admitted he doesn’t yet have a concrete plan. Instead, he’s channeling his energy into a new standalone sci‑fi novel that will feature AI as a central element, keeping the franchise’s creative momentum alive while the sequel remains in speculation. Fans can already celebrate the film’s legacy with an upcoming three‑disc Steelbook set slated for October 13, 2026, and an immersive mixed‑reality game, Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars. As the franchise expands beyond the screen, the question of Rocky’s future on Erid continues to fuel excitement for what could come next.
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