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Project Hail Mary

“Believe in the Hail Mary.”

8.2
2026
2h 37m
Science FictionAdventure
Director: Phil Lord

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… but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone.

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The Geometry of Hope

I can't quite pinpoint when Hollywood gave up on being hopeful. Over the last ten years or so, sci-fi has basically pivoted to bleak dystopias or gray, miserable war zones—that specific look where everything feels like it's been dragged through wet asphalt. So it’s a relief to see Phil Lord and Christopher Miller reunite to drop a two-and-a-half-hour case for human decency into the 2026 slate. *Project Hail Mary* does more than just adapt Andy Weir’s book; it’s this stubbornly sincere argument that maybe the universe is actually worth the effort of saving.

Ryland Grace examines a glowing sample aboard the Hail Mary

Lord and Miller have a knack for turning concepts that sound like disasters on paper into something genuinely great. They’re working with a huge budget here, alongside cinematographer Greig Fraser, who chose to film the Earth-bound flashbacks on clean, sharp stock while leaving the deep-space scenes feeling tactile and unpolished. For the most part, it really works, anchoring the wild premise in something physical. We see Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wake up in a cold centrifuge, amnesiac and flanked by his dead crew. The lens stays locked on his terror, refusing to cut away from his shaking hands.

I'm still thinking about a scene roughly forty minutes in where Grace has to manually figure out the local gravity because the lab equipment is off. It’s literally just a guy dropping things and scribbling math on a board, which sounds like a total snooze in most movies. But Gosling sells it with this frantic, weirdly giddy energy. After seeing him do the quiet, brooding thing in *Blade Runner 2049* or the glossy, stylized performance in *Barbie*, seeing him this vulnerable and "uncool" is a jolt. He’s just a middle-school science teacher twelve light-years out of his depth. Edgar Wright called it an "overwhelming and very human epic," and he’s spot on—the massive scope only lands because the guy at the center is visibly sweating through his clothes.

The exterior of the Hail Mary spacecraft against the starry void

Down on Earth, the story stays grounded thanks to Sandra Hüller’s Eva Stratt, the bureaucrat charged with stopping the sun from dying. Hüller is genuinely chilling here. She has the stiff posture of someone who’s already calculated exactly how many millions of people are expendable. She carries over that clinical edge from *Anatomy of a Fall*, but here it feels dangerous. Meanwhile, the actual soul of the movie is Rocky, the alien engineer Grace runs into. Rocky is an incredible mix of practical puppets and CGI. How you feel about their friendship probably depends on how much you like "buddy comedy" banter between different species, but I thought it was completely charming.

Flashback to a tense briefing room on Earth

It doesn't nail every single moment. The middle act sometimes gets lost in the weeds of orbital physics, and a few emotional beats feel a bit rushed to make room for the big set pieces. That’s probably just what happens when you try to condense a 500-page hard science fiction book. Yet, by the time the credits hit, I didn't have that typical "blockbuster fatigue" you usually get. I actually left the theater feeling oddly uplifted. *Project Hail Mary* goes all-in on the hope that curiosity and basic kindness are universal truths, and I’m more than happy to buy into that.

Clips (4)

“Personal Space” – Official Clip

“Schoolteacher in Space” – Official Clip

“Roommates” – Official Clip

“Grace Meets Rocky” – Official Clip

Featurettes (34)

Watch Rocky Sleep (Ft. Original Motion Picture Score)

Project Hail Mary takes on the WORLD

What would you take in your space capsule?

An unforgettable night at the Paris Premiere

Sleep Pod Break

A look at Project Hail Mary's IMAX 70mm film print

Our saving Grace

Andy Weir, Phil Lord & Chris Miller Play Thumbs Up/Down

From Erid to Earth! London had an unexpected visitor last week

1.43 Scene Breakdown | Filmed For IMAX®

Global Light Show – Toronto

Pretending we know what that means...

Andy Weir, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller React to Fan Posts

IMAX Out Of This World Premiere

Just what the doctor ordered

Last week was out of this world

Global Light Show

Ryan Gosling throws a Hail Mary to fix the La La Land poster, thanks to Rocky….

Misission accepted

Our IMAX-sized screens are Rocky approved

AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE

so satisfying every. single. time.

Ryan Gosling & Rocky at the Project Hail Mary World Premiere

Screening VOXPOPS

World Premiere Sizzle

The Real Science With Cleo Abram

Unconventional Friends

The stars aligned for the Exclusive Screening of Project Hail Mary

Happy world book day to all Project Hail Mary fans

Last night was AMAZE

Sneak Peek Vignette

Project Hail Mary is Filmed For IMAX

Theater Tour With Phil Lord And Christopher Miller

Guess Your Movie with Ryan Gosling and Sandra Hüller

Behind the Scenes (6)

Creating Rocky

If she believes in the mission, you should too. Sandra Hüller is Eva Stratt in Project Hail Mary.

Finding Grace Vignette

Welcome Aboard Vignette

Behind the Scenes Featurette

First Look Featurette