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VARIETY: Ryan Gosling to Star in Astronaut Movie ‘Project Hail Mary’
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: The Widening Web of Phil Lord and Chris Miller

Now, for the first time since Solo, they will co-direct a live-action movie together, heading to the U.K. early next year to shoot Project Hail Mary. The adaptation of The Martian author Andy Weir’s 2021 novel stars Ryan Gosling and tells the story of a lone astronaut who travels to another star on a mission to save Earth.
 

“The [Solo] experience clarified what was important to us,” Lord says. “In the case of Hail Mary, it’s kind of radically benevolent. And it’s going to be hard.” Much of the Drew Goddard-penned movie features Gosling’s character, Ryland Grace, alone on a spaceship with no one to talk to. But the key emotional relationship in the film will be between Ryland and an alien, one much easier to describe in a novel than depict onscreen. He speaks through musical tones, not language — and won’t have a cute cuddly face (no Baby Yoda toys to sell on this one).
 

“Having one of your main characters have no face and speak through music is a challenge that’s crazy enough that we would want to take it on,” says Miller. But they’re used to translating challenging concepts for audiences.

 

Edited May 25, 2023 by mystery