Project Hail Mary (2026)

Believe in the Hail Mary.

Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction.

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Epic, contemporary, earnest and classical in form.

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Cast

Ryan GoslingRyland Grace
Sandra HüllerEva Stratt
James OrtizRocky (voice)
Lionel BoyceCarl
Milana VayntrubOlesya Ilyukhina
Ken LeungYao
Priya KansaraMary (voice)
Mia SoteriouDr. Browne
Annelle OlaleyeOlivia
Maya Eva HoseinRekha

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Phil LordDirector
Christopher MillerDirector
Drew GoddardScreenplay
Andy WeirNovel
Greig FraserDirector of Photography
Daniel PembertonOriginal Music Composer
Joel NegronEditor
Rachel O'ConnorProducer
Ryan GoslingProducer
Phil LordProducer

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