5 Sci-Fi Movies Like Ryan Gosling's Project Hail Mary

Ryan Gosling is back on the big screen with "Project Hail Mary," a massive sci-fi epic directed by "21 Jump Street" and "Spider-Verse" visionaries Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and here's the good ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Alien Life Could Look Nothing Like What We Expect. Here’s How Microbes Beyond Earth Might Live Without Liquid Water

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability ...

Drew Barrymore Dresses Up As Her “E.T.” Character, Gertie, While Interviewing Ryan Gosling

The two actors bonded over their special costars ...

'Project Hail Mary' starring Ryan Gosling feels like ‘E.T.’ for a new generation

The film adaptation of Project Hail Mary (now in theatres), by author Andy Weir, starring Ryan Gosling, is a new generation's version of seeing Steven Spielberg's E.T. in a movie theatre for the ...
Science Friday

‘Project Hail Mary’ brings a new kind of alien to the big screen

Astrobiologist and planetary scientist Mike Wong is a big fan of Rocky’s non-traditional look, because it points to the fact that evolution is often random.
Boise State Public Radio

Ryan Gosling and a cute alien team up to save humanity in 'Project Hail Mary'

Perhaps the reason Project Hail Mary hits the spot in the spring of 2026 is that novelist Andy Weir, who wrote the 2021 novel and also the book The Martian, is fundamentally an optimist. Both stories ...

‘Project Hail Mary’ explores unique forms of life in space – 5 essential reads on searching for aliens that look nothing like life on Earth

“Project Hail Mary,” the movie adaptation to Andy Weir’s 2021 novel about a science teacher attempting to save the Earth from sun-eating microbes, was released in March 2026 to stellar ratings from ...