There’s no question that Project Hail Mary will be a stunning science fiction film, but it looks even better in IMAX. Last week, directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller screened a selection of clips from their upcoming film on the biggest screen possible, teasing a breathtaking adventure following Ryan Gosling’s hapless Ryland Grace and his alien companion Rocky. Hail Mary follows this unlikely pair as they labor to stop a new ice age from destroying their respective home planets, and that task will bring them to stunning new worlds.
The minds behind Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse certainly have the visual element down pat here: Hail Mary takes its heroes to massive green planets and realms where only infrared light is visible, and its latest trailer teases a bit of that splendor. But the tone of Project Hail Mary is also set to subvert expectations. “It’s a bit of a genre defier,” Miller told the audience after the screening. “It’s thrilling, it’s dramatic, it’s emotional, it’s funny...”
