Amazon MGM Studios released the final trailer for Project Hail Mary during the 2026 Super Bowl, showcasing Ryan Gosling's astronaut teaming up with an alien named Rocky to save their worlds from a dying sun. The sci-fi adaptation of Andy Weir's novel arrives in theaters on March 20, 2026. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the film highlights high-stakes space adventure and interstellar friendship.
The third and final trailer for Project Hail Mary premiered during the Super Bowl on February 8, 2026, building excitement for the upcoming release. Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace, a middle school science teacher and molecular biologist who awakens on a spaceship with amnesia. His mission involves solving the mystery of a substance dimming the sun and threatening Earth. As depicted in the trailer set to Prince's 'I Would Die 4 U,' Grace encounters Rocky, an alien from another star system facing the same crisis. They form a bond, communicating via a device that translates Rocky's language, with one appendage knocking on glass in a friendly gesture.
Previous trailers provided glimpses of the story. The first, released on June 30, 2025, introduced Grace's solo predicament and featured Harry Styles' 'Sign of the Times.' The second, on November 19, 2025, expanded on the alien encounter, backed by Oasis' 'Champagne Supernova.' At CinemaCon in April 2025, Gosling described the project as an 'insanely ambitious story, massive in scope,' joking, 'we tried to put it on a TV once, it wouldn’t fit.' He also quipped in a snippet, 'I put the “not” in “astronaut.”'
The screenplay is by Drew Goddard, reuniting with Weir from The Martian. Co-starring are Sandra Hüller as a scientist who informs Grace that 'every star in the galaxy is dying except one,' along with Lionel Boyce, Ken Leung, and Milana Vayntrub. Cinematography is by Greig Fraser, with producers including Amy Pascal, Gosling, Lord, Miller, Aditya Sood, Rachel O’Connor, Ken Kao, and Weir. Executive producers are Lucy Kitada, Nikki Baida, Goddard, Sarah Esberg, Ken Kao, and Patty Whitcher.
Promotion included Gosling throwing a neon green football through the donut hole at Randy’s Donuts in Los Angeles. The film will screen in theaters and IMAX.
