March 12, 2026
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Ryan Gosling plays a science teacher turned (reluctant) astronaut in the upcoming film adaptation of Project Hi Maria, a science fiction novel by author Andy Weir
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Ryan Gosling may not be a formally trained scientist, but he plays a science teacher who reluctantly embarks on an interstellar space mission in the upcoming blockbuster Project Hi Maria. The film, which premieres on March 20, 2026, is an adaptation of a popular science-fiction book by Andy Weir, who also wrote The Martian. Our Associate Books Editor Brianne Kane sat down with Gosling in the control room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and chatted with the actor about hopeful science fiction, career reversals and the pain of portraying zero. g on film.
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