Ryan Gosling’s Space Epic With ’21 Jump Street’ Directors Has All The Right Stuff (And A Trailer)

• After dazzling at CinemaCon 2025, Project Hail Mary – Amazon MGM Studios’ adaptation of the Andy Weir novel (The Martian) – now has a first trailer.
• The film sends Ryan Gosling back up to screen space; with Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (21 Jump Street, The Lego Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) at the helm.
• Project Hail Mary release date: March 2026.

Still riding the high of his Kenaissance post-Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, Ryan Gosling is once again leaning into his previously underrated comedic chops for Phil Lord & Christopher Miller’s Project Hail Mary. And if you weren’t sold by all the buzz it generated from its early preview at this year’s CinemaCon, perhaps the trailer will sway you.

Adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Andy Weir (The Martian) – side note: the screenplay has also been handled by Drew Goddard, who adapted Ridley Scott’s The Martian – the story follows Ryland Grace (Gosling), a middle-school science teacher who awakens aboard a spacecraft with no memory of how he arrived there.

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As his amnesia gradually subsides, Grace discovers he’s the sole survivor of a crew sent to the Tau Ceti solar system and has been dispatched on a desperate mission to save Earth from an extinction-level threat. According to the official synopsis: “In his search for answers, Grace must rely on his vast array of scientific knowledge, sheer ingenuity, and human will – but he may not have to search alone.”

“He goes on such a journey as you can see, and this is why you go to the movies. I’m not just saying it because I’m in it because I’m a producer on it as well,” Ryan Gosling, who famously portrayed Neil Armstrong in Damien Chazelle’s First Man, said of his character.

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Between Gosling’s proven track record in delivering nuanced humanity throughout his entire filmography, along with his ability to bring the laughs (see: Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Big Short, The Nice Guys); and the reputation of Phil Lord & Christopher Miller as the filmmakers behind the 21 Jump Street revival, The LEGO Movie, as well as the animated Spider-Verse features… the synergy is bound to be off the charts.

This forthcoming affair becomes even more compelling when you realise the cinematography has been accomplished by Australian-born extraordinaire, Greig Fraser, who you will have no doubt encountered via the likes of Rogue One, The Batman, The Creator, and perhaps most notably, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune franchise.

March 2026 cannot come any sooner – check out the Project Hail Mary trailer starring Ryan Gosling above (pro tip: to avoid having the book’s twist spoiled for you, stop it at two minutes and 19 seconds).