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With Amazon MGM Studios’ marketing machine operating at full throttle for the upcoming release of “Project Hi Maria” starring Ryan Gosling and a stone-skinned alien named Rocky, it’s easy to think the hype is getting dangerously close to over-saturation, but we dig it!
Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (“The Lego Movie”) and adapted by Alex Garland (“Cloverfield,” “Cabin in the Woods”) from 2021 novel by “The Martian’s” Andy Weir“Project Hail Mary” lands in wide release on March 20, 2026.
And if you’re lucky enough to live in one of a handful of select cities, you can catch it a week early on a limited number of IMAX screens in a glorious 70mm digital transfer print from March 13, 2026.
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Alongside the teaser, another official clip was also shared, revealing the exact moment when Ryland Grace (Gosling) first meets Rocky, the cute little engineer in space. Their first meeting is depicted as a moving exchange of pantomimed thoughts, as Rocky uses a rendered image of Grace to communicate his desire for the human astronaut to return to his own spacecraft.
Another component of “Project Hail Mary’s” emotional tone is the delicate score by composer Daniel Pemberton, who worked with two accomplished filmmakers on their “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”
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Finally, the studio has graciously provided a longer behind-the-scenes video titled “Finding Grace Vignette,” which gives us a more detailed description of the process of bringing Andy Weir’s best-selling novel to the screen and explains some of Ryan Gosling’s goals in fleshing out his complex lead performance. Directors Lord and Miller also pay tribute to their star and his absolute commitment to the project during the film’s long 102-day shoot.
“Ryan brings a lot of depth to the character that I never thought about,” Weir says in the featurette. “It’s like he’s revealing what Grace was all along.”
Starring Sandra Hüller, Milana Vayntrub and Ken Leung, “Project Hail Mary” hits theaters and IMAX across the US on March 20, 2026.
