- Ryan Gosling’s Project Hail Mary , based on Andy Weir’s novel, has started filming.
- Co-director Christopher Miller shared a behind-the-scenes photo of production beginning.
- The movie, set for release in 2026, involves an amnesiac astronaut trying to save humanity.
Ryan Gosling’s upcoming sci-fi movie Project Hail Mary has begun filming, with co-director Christopher Miller posting a behind-the-scenes image of production starting. Based on a novel by Andy Weir (The Martian), the movie stars Gosling as Ryland Grace, an amnesiac astronaut in the deep reaches of space trying to find a way to save humanity from an approaching disaster. Project Hail Mary’s story is being tackled by Miller and Phil Lord, best known for their work directing The Lego Movie and writing Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Now, Miller has confirmed Project Hail Mary has begun filming, posting a behind-the-scenes photo of a clapboard to show it has begun.
When I read the book and saw the protagonist was named “Ryland Grace”, I figured Weir had already mentally cast Ryan Gosling before he started writing.
I thought he was named Grace purely for the hail mary joke.