Among those bits and bobs in the case of Project Hail Mary is the sci-fi novel of the same name by Andy Weir, who also wrote the book that served as the source material for Ridley Scott’s The Martian.

Should the universe “choose” braneworld, it could mean that your senses (which perceive fewer dimensions) are keeping you from experiencing the full number of dimensions surrounding you. This could ...

Ryan Gosling anchors Project Hail Mary, a visually striking, character-focused sci-fi about an unlikely alien friendship that shines despite some rushed late-film science.

In their two decades making movies together, Phil Lord and Chris Miller have shown a particular talent in making inanimate ...

A great deal of Ryan Gosling’s journey through the film Project Hail Mary unfolded in solitude. The La La Land actor spent long stretches filming alone on set, or acting opposite an alien creature his ...

The screenwriter talks about adapting Andy Weir's novel for the screen, and the challenge of writing dialogue for smart characters.

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

The actor plays a molecular biologist trying to help save the world in this upbeat science-fiction fantasy from Phil Lord and ...

Full set of genetic 'seeds of life' found on a rock billions of years old ...

Project Hail Mary is one of the first major blockbusters of 2026, telling a hopeful story of cooperation and bravery in the ...

In an appearance at NASA's JPL, the actor explains why his latest intergalactic role was so 'liberating,' while the movie's ...

Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace in Project Hail Mary, a school science teacher who finds himself on board a spaceship with ...