I assumed that was an April fool's day joke
*** PROJECT HAIL MARY *** (Ryan Gosling)
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schmendeler said:
I assumed that was an April fool's day joke
This one is probably.
After the success of Project Hail Mary, Amazon MGM is reportedly developing an animated series.
— Project Hail Mary Updates (@HailMaryLogs) April 1, 2026
The show would follow Ryland Grace traveling between stars helping alien civilizations solve problems using science.
The source says the Hail Mary would be upgraded with FTL travel. pic.twitter.com/YpfuMExYKh
Just FYI, I'm pretty sure that was an April Fool's joke, as it was April 1st in the timezone from which it was posted (DiscussingFilm is primarily based out of England). Lord and Miller mentioned that their initial "assembly cut" (which isn't really even a movie yet) was 3h 45m, but that it was "embarrassing" and that many parts of it "didn't land." In other words, I just can't see them releasing a version that's even longer than their assembly cut, as that wouldn't make any sense. I could be wrong, but I'd be surprised.
Yeah, it was more wishful thinking since they left some of the best parts of the book out.
I would take a longer cut that wasn't a mess for sure. I'm still holding out a tiny hope we get a longer cut of Dune with that dinner scene that was cut.
TCTTS said:$8m-$8.25m today and given that @supermariomovie not nearly as big as the original and @michaelmovie not likely a phenomenon, @projecthailmary has a great shot at $350m domestic & $700m global. Performing well in places like India and likely will be a solid performer in China. https://t.co/T8HyiQ3y5F
— EmpireCity Box Office (@EmpireCityBO) April 1, 2026
while i definitely hope that Hail Mary makes a but ton of money domestically....where in the world is this guy getting the mario sequel "wont be as big as the original?"
already reading mario galaxy is set to beat the first movies long opening weekend and likely grossed close to 40 million just today.....
The first Mario did $205M domestic over its opening five-day weekend. As of the time of that tweet (24 hours ago), the sequel was "only" projected to do $175-$200M over its five-day weekend. Combined with worse reviews, projections had it falling just short of the original. That said, it's still early and $205M is obviously within reach, while reviews are basically meaningless for a movie like that. Still, that account is one of the most accurate/plugged-in box office prognosticators around, and I trust him more than just about anyone else.
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Read The Martian…Absolutely worth it
I am currently reading The Martian. So far I concur.
I just laughed out loud over the end of one early chapter, after NASA has discovered that Mark Watney is still alive after his funeral. The NASA director says to someone, "I wonder what he's thinking right now?" This was followed up by a very short log entry, where Watney wonders how Aquaman communicates with whales. While that wasn't in the movie to my recollection, I found that to resonate much like the sequence at the mound in Bull Durham when the team was trying to figure out the pitcher's need to buy a wedding gift, or whatever that was.
Cinco Ranch Aggie said:Quote:
Read The Martian…Absolutely worth it
I am currently reading The Martian. So far I concur.
I just laughed out loud over the end of one early chapter, after NASA has discovered that Mark Watney is still alive after his funeral. The NASA director says to someone, "I wonder what he's thinking right now?" This was followed up by a very short log entry, where Watney wonders how Aquaman communicates with whales. While that wasn't in the movie to my recollection, I found that to resonate much like the sequence at the mound in Bull Durham when the team was trying to figure out the pitcher's need to buy a wedding gift, or whatever that was.
They kept this in the movie and is a great scene with the NASA crew and when it switches to Watney he is complaining about the Disco music instead of the aquaman dialog.
My two cents as a guy who knew almost nothing about the plot going in:
-Gosling was amazing, carrying the film like that all by himself.
-I saw a late showing and was tired so I admittedly sort of glazed over at some part near the end. Not the movie's fault.
-I like it a lot, but I came home and told my wife, without even knowing this was a book, that the movie needed to be like an hour longer to really explain or show how a lot of his successes happened. I felt like we missed out on the struggle and joy of solving all the problems he had to solve. I'll absolutely be watching the 4 hour director's cut or whatever. I normally don't want long movies to be even longer, but this one I definitely did.
-Along those lines, I thought the way he and Rocky learned each other's languages was way too fast and easy in this movie. Granted, I'm comparing this to Arrival which is one of my all time favorite movies, and Arrival spent sooo much time on that, which I liked. This movie, it was just so fast and easy, that part didn't sit well with me.
-From there, I thought Rocky's tone and interactions got way too cutesy. Like, he understands humor and sarcasm? There's so much nuance to language, some of the ease of communication just felt like too much for me. I think it would have been more believable though if the process took a lot longer on film.
-Speaking of Rocky being too cutesy, I just didn't care for the way he went from basically being a stone crab to being portrayed with actual cuteness. To me that took away from the seriousness of the movie. Yes I did laugh at some of it, but still just didn't feel like it landed.
-All in all, I really, really liked it. Those are just nitpicks. I liked it enough that I'll see it again and I can't stop thinking about the movie. That's a winner. Gosling was a huge part of that. He just did so, so well.
-Gosling was amazing, carrying the film like that all by himself.
-I saw a late showing and was tired so I admittedly sort of glazed over at some part near the end. Not the movie's fault.
-I like it a lot, but I came home and told my wife, without even knowing this was a book, that the movie needed to be like an hour longer to really explain or show how a lot of his successes happened. I felt like we missed out on the struggle and joy of solving all the problems he had to solve. I'll absolutely be watching the 4 hour director's cut or whatever. I normally don't want long movies to be even longer, but this one I definitely did.
-Along those lines, I thought the way he and Rocky learned each other's languages was way too fast and easy in this movie. Granted, I'm comparing this to Arrival which is one of my all time favorite movies, and Arrival spent sooo much time on that, which I liked. This movie, it was just so fast and easy, that part didn't sit well with me.
-From there, I thought Rocky's tone and interactions got way too cutesy. Like, he understands humor and sarcasm? There's so much nuance to language, some of the ease of communication just felt like too much for me. I think it would have been more believable though if the process took a lot longer on film.
-Speaking of Rocky being too cutesy, I just didn't care for the way he went from basically being a stone crab to being portrayed with actual cuteness. To me that took away from the seriousness of the movie. Yes I did laugh at some of it, but still just didn't feel like it landed.
-All in all, I really, really liked it. Those are just nitpicks. I liked it enough that I'll see it again and I can't stop thinking about the movie. That's a winner. Gosling was a huge part of that. He just did so, so well.
I agree completely. Rocky was brilliant and did most of the science in the book. He figured out how to solve their most pressing problems and the movie glossed all over that.
Give it a decade and Amazon can turn it into a limited 6-8 episode series and really expand on the science. This cut was perfect for the theater.
Anyone wishing for more that's read the book should give the Audio Book a listen. IMO it's the best way to enjoy PHM although I loved reading the book and watching the movie as well
Anyone wishing for more that's read the book should give the Audio Book a listen. IMO it's the best way to enjoy PHM although I loved reading the book and watching the movie as well
The book/audiobook is so worth it. The depth of the story really makes a difference there. I too, agree that the movie glossed over some stuff I wish it hadn't. But I also understand that decisions have to be made when it's already 2.5 hours long.
I was impressed they stayed as faithful to the novel as they did. Great movie and really enjoyed it.
Saw the movie today. I'm a fan of Andy Weir's books and certainly enjoyed The Martian. Liked this movie, but I'm honestly not sure I could have kept up with it well without having read the book. Seems like I filled a lot of gaps in myself from the knowledge I had from the book. Just my opinion.
I saw it today, knew nothing going in, didn't feel more lost than any other syfi. I appreciated them not trying to get into the weeds on explaining science concepts, just doing a good story. Ryan G did a great job.
Spoiler tag just incase.
I can't remember the last time I went to a movie completely blind, I went with some family members last second. Didn't watch any trailers, nothing. One of the previews was for the audio book, mentioned the alien aspect and showed the alien ship from the movie. Would have been cool for that to be a surprise. Haha
Spoiler tag just incase.
I can't remember the last time I went to a movie completely blind, I went with some family members last second. Didn't watch any trailers, nothing. One of the previews was for the audio book, mentioned the alien aspect and showed the alien ship from the movie. Would have been cool for that to be a surprise. Haha
Lots of people criticized the movie trailer for the same reason because it's definitely a surprise moment in the book.Jason Ag said:
I saw it today, knew nothing going in, didn't feel more lost than any other syfi. I appreciated them not trying to get into the weeds on explaining science concepts, just doing a good story. Ryan G did a great job.
Spoiler tag just incase.
I can't remember the last time I went to a movie completely blind, I went with some family members last second. Didn't watch any trailers, nothing. One of the previews was for the audio book, mentioned the alien aspect and showed the alien ship from the movie. Would have been cool for that to be a surprise. Haha
This. My wife and I went last night (I read the book, she hadn't). And I kept thinking during the movie that 'no way non book readers are keeping up with the detail. And sure enough the after movie discussion revealed a lot of it didn't translate well enough.Duckhook said:
Saw the movie today. I'm a fan of Andy Weir's books and certainly enjoyed The Martian. Liked this movie, but I'm honestly not sure I could have kept up with it well without having read the book. Seems like I filled a lot of gaps in myself from the knowledge I had from the book. Just my opinion.
Saw it today and loved. I haven't read the book but it's definitely next on my list along with The Martian.
rynning said:Jason Ag said:
I saw it today, knew nothing going in, didn't feel more lost than any other syfi. I appreciated them not trying to get into the weeds on explaining science concepts, just doing a good story. Ryan G did a great job.
Spoiler tag just incase.
I can't remember the last time I went to a movie completely blind, I went with some family members last second. Didn't watch any trailers, nothing. One of the previews was for the audio book, mentioned the alien aspect and showed the alien ship from the movie. Would have been cool for that to be a surprise. Haha
Lots of people criticized the movie trailer for the same reason because it's definitely a surprise moment in the book.
I was surprised in the book. Gave the book to my son to read and even told him he wasn't going to suspect the surprise. Trailers ruined that.
In the book the ship and robot arm were a bigger character; I didn't like they rushed past that; it took Ryland awhile to earn the right to exit the medical bay.
The learned language was a bit quick; if I remember correctly the clocks were a bigger player. Ryland says math is the universal language; they showed each other their clocks and then went straight to recording words.
Regardless, I enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed The Martian.
During Artemis 2 approach to the moon today, 'amaze amaze amaze' became part of the official transcript log
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A saw that clip. Pretty neat
I read the book several years ago. Finally saw the movie. It was awesome.
I agree, the science and language were rushed. Maybe they could have shown that it took months to learn a few words without slowing the movie down.
Spaceship reveal could have been better.
They missed a great part of the book. After Ryland was settled for a while on Erid, Rocky said "good news from our scientists, your star is getting brighter". Really cool scene. Ryland just sent the probes out with hope. He had no way of knowing if they reached Earth, still had living bugs, etc. Big miss from movie script.
I agree, the science and language were rushed. Maybe they could have shown that it took months to learn a few words without slowing the movie down.
Spaceship reveal could have been better.
They missed a great part of the book. After Ryland was settled for a while on Erid, Rocky said "good news from our scientists, your star is getting brighter". Really cool scene. Ryland just sent the probes out with hope. He had no way of knowing if they reached Earth, still had living bugs, etc. Big miss from movie script.
Rudyjax said:DB Coach said:
Just got out of the 8:30am showing at the IMAX in Dallas. I have not seen another movie that's as close to the book as this one. Both are outstanding!
I had heard the complaints about the humor, but that's how the book is! Gosling was very good in this role as Grace.
"Asked" my wife to go and she absolutely loved it!
The ONLY negative was the a-hole on the other side of my wife who dropped his phone loudly, then later his giant wad of keys, then again when he decided to search for his keys with his flashlight with about 30 minutes still to go, in the tiny imax rows/seats to boot, then again with his flashlight to look for something in his lap. I didn't know until afterwards that apparently he was chomping on his straw the whole time too, to my wife's major irritation.
Because of my misophonia, sitting in a movie theater is unbearable.
The constant popcorn chewing sends me into a near rage.
I guess that's why I rately go to crowded movies.
you should hear my wife eat carrots...oof.
Movie was really good, visually fantastic.
a little to simplified, and rocky was kind of reduced to a sidekick vs scientist, but movie cannot last 5 hours.
birdman said:
I read the book several years ago. Finally saw the movie. It was awesome.
I agree, the science and language were rushed. Maybe they could have shown that it took months to learn a few words without slowing the movie down.
Spaceship reveal could have been better.
They missed a great part of the book. After Ryland was settled for a while on Erid, Rocky said "good news from our scientists, your star is getting brighter". Really cool scene. Ryland just sent the probes out with hope. He had no way of knowing if they reached Earth, still had living bugs, etc. Big miss from movie script.
I bet it was filmed and will be included in the 4 hour cut Amazon will release after it leaves the theaters.
ETA - there is a scene where Stratt is watching the video from Ryland (which wasn't in the book) and I actually like that better as you get to see her reaction which made the "reveal" from the Erid scientists mostly moot (you have to assume Stratt's team will employ the fix). I still bet they filmed it in the longer version.
GoAgs92 said:Rudyjax said:DB Coach said:
Just got out of the 8:30am showing at the IMAX in Dallas. I have not seen another movie that's as close to the book as this one. Both are outstanding!
I had heard the complaints about the humor, but that's how the book is! Gosling was very good in this role as Grace.
"Asked" my wife to go and she absolutely loved it!
The ONLY negative was the a-hole on the other side of my wife who dropped his phone loudly, then later his giant wad of keys, then again when he decided to search for his keys with his flashlight with about 30 minutes still to go, in the tiny imax rows/seats to boot, then again with his flashlight to look for something in his lap. I didn't know until afterwards that apparently he was chomping on his straw the whole time too, to my wife's major irritation.
Because of my misophonia, sitting in a movie theater is unbearable.
The constant popcorn chewing sends me into a near rage.
I guess that's why I rately go to crowded movies.
you should hear my wife eat carrots...oof.
Movie was really good, visually fantastic.
a little to simplified, and rocky was kind of reduced to a sidekick vs scientist, but movie cannot last 5 hours.
No thanks... my wife chomping on edamame drives me absolutely ****ing bonkers.
Got tickets for this weekend. Wife bought the book and is trying to finish it before we go see it Saturday.
Nm. Just watchdd the trailer. He said it looks fun
birdman said:
They missed a great part of the book. After Ryland was settled for a while on Erid, Rocky said "good news from our scientists, your star is getting brighter". Really cool scene. Ryland just sent the probes out with hope. He had no way of knowing if they reached Earth, still had living bugs, etc. Big miss from movie script.
It may have more practical than anything else. In order to do that scene right you'd have had to age Gosling 16-20 years. They may have even tried it and didn't like how it turned out. I did like the fact that they included Rocky being seen by Strat. That was one element I wondered about when the book ended.
Not sure if he plans to do a sequel, but I think it'd be cool to be a fast forward and Grace is returning to Earth. Eridians are a lot smarter than humans, they just didn't have the need to come up with all of the things that have driven modern science. We handed that to them in the laptop. So have Grace come to Earth because Eridians have mastered quantum physics and created FTL. Except "Grace" is actually Rocky's kid, then go from there.
It was announced they're doing a VR game. Weir is involved, and it looks like it's just immersing you into a part of the story vs trying to tack on a bad sequel. Hopefully they stay true to the heart of the story.
'Project Hail Mary' is Getting a Mixed Reality Game for Quest & Pico This Year
'Project Hail Mary' is Getting a Mixed Reality Game for Quest & Pico This Year
Agree that seeing Strat see Rocky was a nice touch. Also, not including the "me burger" was a good call too.
Trying to avoid things on this thread but heard something today that's pretty cool….
Since dvds are all but dead along with that has been the extras that people have come to enjoy, mainly the dvd commentary in this case…apparently there's an app the director is using for this and you can go back and watch the movie with this app and along with your phone and ear buds listen to the director's commentary for this movie while in theaters….
That is honestly a really cool idea and for a film like this could really help it keep a solid hold in theaters…
Since dvds are all but dead along with that has been the extras that people have come to enjoy, mainly the dvd commentary in this case…apparently there's an app the director is using for this and you can go back and watch the movie with this app and along with your phone and ear buds listen to the director's commentary for this movie while in theaters….
That is honestly a really cool idea and for a film like this could really help it keep a solid hold in theaters…
We saw it last night with our kids and wife's parents. Ages 11 to 82 all really enjoyed it.
I want to read the book now.
I want to read the book now.
Saw it again with the kids this time. It was a perfect adaptation from the book. If the movie was longer it would have driven the non book readers nuts. If it was shorter then the book readers would have lost their minds. Great balance. And again, the sounds and music hit harder than the visuals.
Gnome Sayin said:
Saw it again with the kids this time. It was a perfect adaptation from the book. If the movie was longer it would have driven the non book readers nuts. If it was shorter then the book readers would have lost their minds. Great balance. And again, the sounds and music hit harder than the visuals.
I still think a 10 episode HBO would've been perfect.
Expand on Strout. Expand on the astronauts that died. Expand on Grace.
Who knows. 20 years later they did the same with Harry Potter.
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