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Matthew Razak

10 major differences between the 'Project Hail Mary' book and movie

A split image showing the book cover for "Project Hail Mary" on the left, and the poster for the "Project Hail Mary" movie on the right.

"Project Hail Mary" has hit theaters, and it's getting rave reviews (and not just from us). Fans of the book are in for a treat, but there are some major changes between the Ryan Gosling flick and the Andy Weir novel it's based on.

The book was equally lauded when it landed, delivering a delicate balance of speculative and hard science fiction that’s hard to come by. While the book reads easily and is seemingly structured to facilitate a film adaptation, bringing it to the big screen in such a successful way was definitely no easy task.

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