Ryan Gosling and Miller/Lord’s Project Hail Mary could be the sci-fi event of 2026

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Do you like rip-roaring science fiction books? Do you like movies? Then you are in for a treat in, well, two years. Amazon MGM Studios just set a release date of March 20, 2026 for Project Hail Mary,
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. It’s based on the Andy Weir novel of the same name, which was one of our
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, so color us excited.

The film stars
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Ryan Gosling and will be directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the duo behind The Lego Movie and, allegedly,
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of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Lord also wrote a little-known movie called Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.


The script was penned by Drew Goddard, who cut his teeth on TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lost before moving onto features. He directed Cabin in the Woods, which is somehow both iconic and underrated at the same time. If the name Andy Weir sounds familiar, it’s because he wrote a book called The Martian,
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. Incidentally, Goddard also wrote that script.

This summary of Project Hail Mary, clearly written by an AI, just gets more and more wild as you continue reading:
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— Andy Weir (@andyweirauthor)
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I’ve read the book and loved it. It’s more fantastical than The Martian, but still filled with the same science-based solutions to massive life-or-death problems. This time, the entire Earth is on the chopping block, instead of one lone astronaut. It’s also pretty dang funny, just like The Martian, so Lord and Miller are a good match to direct. The pair also signed on to direct an adaptation of another Weir novel, Artemis, but that project
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.

Or course, a lot can happen in two years. Here’s to hoping our humble little society keeps clunking along so we can chomp down some popcorn in 2026. Speaking of, that year will also see the release of
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, the Rey Skywalker film,
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, Toy Story 5, The Batman Part II and, reportedly, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.

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