20 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi Movies Arriving In 2026
15. Project Hail Mary
UK release date: 20th March
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller certainly don’t rest on their laurels, because as well as penning SOULM8TE and 2027’s Beyond the Spider-Verse, they have been hard at work directing the adaptation of Andy Weir’s 2021 novel Project Hail Mary. And it’s the first time the pair have directed together since modern comedy classic 22 Jump Street way back in 2014.
Project Hail Mary finds Astronaut Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) alone on a spacecraft with no memory of who he is or what he’s doing there. As he gradually recovers his memories and discovers he’s the sole survivor of a crew sent in search of a solution to an Earth-based catastrophe, he must search for answers, use his scientific knowledge and ingenuity, and hopefully find a way to continue on - with one pretty big surprise waiting onboard for him.
It sounds epic, it looks epic, and we all know Gosling is a dependable lead no matter the genre or scope. Supporting cast from Ryland’s Earth days includes an eclectic assemblage of Sandra Hüller, Ken Leung, and Milana Vayntrub. Oh, and that surprise? He’s played by theatre actor James Ortiz, bringing his lauded puppetry abilities to the big screen for a fascinatingly low-tech character approach in such a CGI-heavy production.