If you like Alone on Mars… this sci-fi movie with Ryan Gosling will be one of the big movie events of 2026

It was Oscar-nominated screenwriter Drew Goddard who confirmed: Amazon MGM Studios’ long-awaited Project Hail Mary, starring Ryan Gosling, has officially wrapped. The project, based on Andy Weir’s 2021 sci-fi novel of the same name, will hit theaters in 2026.

In a recent interview with Variety , Goddard revealed that the upcoming film has a similar tone to Ridley Scott’s The Mars Alone starring Matt Damon, a feature the screenwriter himself adapted from another novel.Andy Weir in 2011 – and for which he was nominated for an Oscar. This will not be the first time either Ryan Gosling will play an astronaut, as he previously did in Damien Chazelle’s 2018 biopic First Man.

“If you like Alone on Mars, I think you’ll really like what we’re doing with Project Hail Mary.”said Drew Goddard. “Chris, Phil and I have known each other for decades and I love their work. And then, obviously, Ryan Gosling is one of the most amazing talents of our time.“

What do we know about Project Hail Mary?

In addition Ryan Gosling, Project Hail Mary Oscar nominee Sandra Huller (Fall Anatomy, Zone of Interest) also stars, as well as Milana Weintraub (This Is Us, Werewolves), Bastian Antonio Fuentes (Jurassic World: The World After), Isla McRae (A Christmas Carol) and James Wright (How to Train Your Princess). . The project is directed by Oscar-winning filmmaking duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a screenplay. Drew Goddard So. The film is produced by Lorde, Miller, Gosling and Weir, among others.

“The story follows Ryland Grace, a professor-turned-astronaut who wakes up from a coma alone on a space station with no memory of who he is or his mission.“, we read in the synopsis. “His memory slowly returns to him, and he realizes that he has been sent to the Tau Tset solar system, 12 light years from Earth, to reverse the effects of a cosmic event that had already thrown our planet off course. ice age As the details of his mission unfold, he must use all his scientific training and ingenuity, but he may not have to do it alone…“

Project Hail Mary Due out on May 20, 2026 in the United States. A release date in France has not yet been set.

In the meantime, since the comparison was made by the screenwriter himself, On Mars Alone is still available to stream on Disney+ and Prime Video.