Although Andy Weir’s famous 2011 debut novel, The Martian, had a title that suggested extraterrestrial life, that lonely astronaut tale was about humankind, specifically, the race to rescue Mark Watney. But Weir’s 2021 book, Project Hail Mary, which also focused on a lone astronaut, Ryland Grace, did something that is very difficult for hard science fiction stories to pull off convincingly: give us a straight-up alien that we love and believe in. This alien is a huge spoiler in the story of Project Hail Mary, so if you haven’t read the book, be warned: the new, epic trailer for the movie version of the story has fully revealed the beloved alien that makes this story something special. So, spoilers ahead!
Ahead of the 2026 Super Bowl, directors Christopher Miller, Phil Lord, and Amazon MGM Studios revealed the final trailer for Project Hail Mary, and in it, we finally meet the alien that makes Ryland Grace’s (Ryan Gosling) adventure so special, Rocky.
