Oscar nominee Drew Goddard confirmed that production on Amazon MGM Studios’ long-awaited Project Hail Mary movie starring Ryan Gosling has officially wrapped. The project will be based on Andy Weir’s 2021 sci-fi novel of the same name. It is expected to arrive in theaters on March 20, 2026.

During a recent interview, Goddard revealed that the upcoming film has a similar tone to Ridley Scott’s Matt Damon-led movie The Martian, which Goddard adapted from Weir’s 2011 novel. This won’t be the first time that Gosling will portray an astronaut, as he previously starred in the 2018 biopic First Man.

“If you like ‘The Martian,’ I suspect you’re really going to like what we’re cooking up with ‘Hail Mary,’” Gosling said. “Chris and Phil and I have known each other for decades now, and I love their work. And then obviously, Ryan Gosling is one of the staggering talents of our time.”

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Besides Gosling, Project Hail Mary will also star Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest), Milana Vayntrub (This Is Us, Werewolves Within), Bastian Antonio Fuentes (Jurassic World Dominion), Isla McRae (The Christmas Quest), and James Wright (How to Train A Princess). The project is directed by Oscar-winning filmmaking duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a screenplay written by Goddard. It is produced by Lord, Miller, Gosling, Weir, Amy Pascal, and more.

“The story follows Ryland Grace, a schoolteacher-turned-astronaut who wakes up from a coma, alone, on a space station with no memory of who he is or his mission,” reads the synopsis. “His memory returns in bursts and he pieces together that he was sent to the Tau Ceti solar system, 12 light-years from Earth, to reverse the impact of a space event that had already hurled our planet into the early stages of an Ice Age. As details of the mission unravel, he must call on all of his scientific training and sheer ingenuity, but he might not have to do it alone…”

(Source: Variety)