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‘Project Hail Mary’ Author Andy Weir Is Keeping the Science in Science Fiction

Ryan Gosling co-produces and stars in a film praised for blending complex science with emotional storytelling, earning rave reviews and early award season buzz.

Ahead of the film adaptation’s release, Weir talked to Popular Mechanics about creating accurate sci-fi tech, protagonist Ryland Grace, and more.

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Ryan Gosling turns out to be funny and touching as an astronaut launched into a mission on which the future of humanity depends.

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Great expectations are attached to »The Astronaut – Project Hail Mary« as the space opus of the season – but this is rather the caricature of science fiction. Even Sandra Hüller can't save the film.

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Ryan Gosling embodies the ideal of postmodern masculinity in "The Astronaut – Project Hail Mary". On his cosmic sacrificial mission, he cries and cuddles with an alien. Sandra Hüller's Hollywood debut is buffed up in this failed sci-fi buddy comedy.

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Kansas City Pitch broke the news in on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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