In the official trailer for Project Hail Mary, Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) makes one thing clear: He is not an astronaut. Yet this middle school science teacher is humanity’s only hope.
The sun is dying, and because of Grace’s background in molecular biology, he might be “the only scientist” who can save Earth. Eva Stratt (Sandra Hüller) recruits Grace to join Project Hail Mary, a mission to explore a star 11.9 light-years away that could provide the answers humanity needs to ensure its survival. “If we do nothing, everything on this planet will go extinct,” Stratt tells Grace.
Set to Sign of the Times by Harry Styles, the trailer features Grace waking up from his coma in space. Eventually, he remembers his mission and forges on. Along the way, Grace even encounters an alien.
Project Hail Mary is not Gosling’s first time playing an astronaut. The multi-time Academy Award nominee played Neil Armstrong in Damien Chazelle’s First Man.
Project Hail Mary also stars Milana Vayntrub and The Bear’s Lionel Boyce.
Project Hail Mary is based on the novel of the same name by Andy Weir. If Project Hail Mary gives off similar vibes to The Martian, that’s because Weir also wrote the latter. The Martian was adapted into a 2015 feature film starring Matt Damon. Directed by Ridley Scott, The Martian was a giant success, grossing over $630 million worldwide and garnering seven Oscar nominations.
From Academy Award® winning filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller comes #ProjectHailMary, starring Academy Award® nominee Ryan Gosling. Only in theaters and IMAX – 3.20.26 pic.twitter.com/O8lKbXOmoa
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller helm Project Hail Mary, their first directed feature since 22 Jump Street. Lord and Miller have been working mostly in animation for the last decade, most famously on the Spider-Verse trilogy. Lord and Miller won Oscars for producing Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Drew Goddard, who received an Oscar nomination for writing The Martian, wrote the Project Hail Mary script.
Project Hail Mary opens in theaters and IMAX on March 20, 2026.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.