Comic-Con attendees received their first glimpse Saturday on the new sci-fi area thriller “Project Hail Mary,” starring Ryan Gosling, forward of its arrival in theaters in March 2026.
Gosling was joined on a conference panel by directing duo Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, in addition to screenwriter Drew Goddard and e book creator Andy Weir — whose earlier novel “The Martian” was additionally become an Oscar-nominated movie starring Matt Damon.
Based on Weir’s 2021 e book of the identical title, “Project Hail Mary” follows astronaut Ryland Grace (Gosling), a science trainer waking as much as be taught he was recruited for an area mission to save lots of Earth from an existential photo voltaic menace.
Gosling described his character as “a scared guy who has to do something impossible.”
“I knew it would be brilliant, because it’s Andy [Weir],” Gosling informed the group.
“It took me places I’ve never been. It showed me things I had never seen. It was as heartbreaking as it was funny and I was… not just blown away, but also overwhelmed.”
Weir for his half mentioned it was “so cool” to see his e book come to life and complimented Gosling for giving “many layers to this character I made up.”
Lord and Miller, the Oscar-winning duo behind the “Spider-Verse” Spider-Man animated movies, talked concerning the challenges of capturing a “crazy ambitious” movie which takes place inside a spaceship for probably the most half.
“We had to build an entire spaceship in two modes of gravity, and then we built this entire massive tunnel at scale,” Miller mentioned.
“This is insane, to build a tunnel that was like 100 feet (30 meters) long, filled up an entire stage.”
The occasion additionally showcased varied clips from the movie, receiving a optimistic response from followers, who famous the bond shaped between Gosling’s character and an alien named Rocky.
“The relationship between these two characters is the heart of the movie,” Miller mentioned.
“I loved it,” attendee April Rodriguez, who additionally learn the e book, gushed concerning the movie. “I just never, like, envisioned it that way. So that was pretty cool.”
Comic-Con, which convey some 130,000 followers for the conference in San Diego, California, welcomed the Star Trek universe to the principle stage earlier within the day Saturday to showcase its upcoming releases.
Thousands of followers stuffed the corridor to look at unique footage from the fourth season of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” earlier than it premieres on Paramount+.
One clip confirmed Captain Christopher Pike performed by Anson Mount in a complete episode the place the forged is depicted like puppets from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.
Fans have been additionally provided a primary look of a brand new Star Trek collection, dubbed “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” starring Holly Hunter.
Hunter performs Nahla Ake, the academy’s chancellor and captain of the USS Athena, who in a clip proven at Comic-Con welcomes a brand new class of cadets.
“It was really interesting to get the offer to be the captain, but then also to combine that with being the chancellor,” Hunter mentioned.
“The captain is there to investigate in emergency conditions, after which to delegate. And the chancellor is there to information, to collaborate and to have great empathy.
“It was just a wonderful combination of things,” she added.
Comic-Con continued on Sunday for its remaining day of occasions.
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