The following contains spoilers for the ending of Project Hail Mary.
Project Hail Mary has been the biggest theatrical hit from the 2026 movie schedule thus far, and not only from a box office standpoint. The Ryan Gosling-led film has received critical acclaim, and it continues to generate conversations amongst general audiences. One of the aspects of the film that’s seemingly being discussed at length is the way the story ends. In the mind of Andy Weir -- the author of the original novel -- the ending is "perfect" and, just recently, Weir opened up about knowing how the book would end before he actually started writing it.
