The first trailer for Project Hail Mary, the highly anticipated adaptation of Andy Weir’s 2021 novel, has just been released by Amazon MGM Studios, offering a glimpse into a cosmic race against time. Ryan Gosling, an Academy Award nominated actor, leads the film as Ryland Grace, a schoolteacher unexpectedly thrust into the role of astronaut and humanity’s last hope. This cinematic endeavor follows in the footsteps of Weir’s previous work, The Martian, which Ridley Scott brought to the screen in 2015.
The nearly three minute trailer opens with Gosling‘s character disoriented and awakening from a coma, adrift in space with no recollection of his mission or how he came to be “several light years” from Earth. As the narrative unfolds, the perilous stakes become clear: the sun is dying, threatening all life, and Grace is seemingly the sole individual capable of devising a solution. The footage captures his initial struggle to convince scientists of his lack of astronautical experience before he ultimately embarks on his improbable journey into the cosmos. The trailer culminates with a tantalizing revelation: Grace is not alone in the vast emptiness of space, hinting at unexpected encounters that will shape his desperate quest. The film is slated for a 2026 release.
