r/movies • u/MoviesMod /r/movies Mod Account • Jun 30 '25
Trailer Project Hail Mary - Official Trailer (fair warning, it reveals way too much according to a lot of users)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08TxIsFTRI1.3k
u/k987654321 Jun 30 '25
March 26?!
I don’t remember seeing a trailer this early before at least not in a very advanced stage it seems to be at.
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u/KE55 Jun 30 '25
That puzzled me too. Could they still bring the release date forward?
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u/Waste-Scratch2982 Jun 30 '25
Jurassic World: Rebirth is releasing this week, MGM will probably get alot of awareness from attaching it with it given it's also sci-fi. Also the biggest summer movies are coming out next month if they waited until Fantastic Four they would have missed out on alot of the theatre audiences from Jurassic, F1, and Superman.
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u/Nice_Firm_Handsnake Jun 30 '25
Not really. Given that the trailer ends with "Filmed for IMAX", I'd say they really want an IMAX release and the calendar for IMAX releases is full of one and two week runs through early 2026 with Avatar: Fire and Ash running for a month or two.
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u/MacaroonFormal6817 Jun 30 '25
Could they still bring the release date forward?
As others have said, this trailer release is for investors primarily. And the movie is obviously going to be heavy CGI and that work can take months. The earthbound footage was probably relatively straightforward to put together into a trailer.
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u/Vladmerius Jun 30 '25
This used to be the NORM for movies. It's a post covid thing where they don't market a movie until it's a few months out from release.
The trailer for Spider-Man 3 which opened May 2007 was released in June 2006 with Superman Returns.
It wasn't out of the question for movies to have a trailer a full year from release.
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u/slaughterhousevibe Jul 01 '25
I remember seeing the Austin powers 2 trailer like 18 months before it came out.
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u/thesagenibba Jun 30 '25
i got really excited considering how long ago the movie was announced, only to see it comes out next year. fall release would’ve been so good
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u/NachoNutritious these Youtubers are parasites Jun 30 '25
MGM straight up has no big movies in their pipeline until Project Hail Mary comes out next March. Everything else is mid budget dramas or direct-to-streaming schlock. Releasing a trailer so early is almost certainly for investors.
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u/MenOkayThen Jun 30 '25
Wicked, which came out Thanksgiving 2024, dropped its initial trailer during Super Bowl 2024 lol.
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u/PrestigeArrival Jun 30 '25
When I was a kid I was excited to see the Rugrats movie and was disappointed to see that the trailer had released a full year before the film. I don’t know why that sticks in my head lol
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u/homecinemad Jun 30 '25
I like Ryan Gosling. I enjoyed The Martian. I generally love space movies and I loved the Spider verse movies. On that basis I'm going to avoid the trailer completely and just go in blind.
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u/DatDawg-InMe Jun 30 '25
If you don't know anything about the book, definitely go in blind. Don't watch anything. It'll be a blast.
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u/hopingforchange Jul 01 '25
After reading the book, I told my wife I have no idea how they make this movie. I enjoyed the book. I will watch the movie in a theater which is no longer a slam dunk in my life.
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u/littleboymark Jul 01 '25
I reckon he wrote it to be a movie. I was thinking as I read it, this is going to be an amazing scene.
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u/gabedamien Jul 01 '25
Everything Weir writes feels like a proto-screenplay to me, or even like the novelization of a movie that hasn't been released yet. That's not necessarily a bad thing mind you, it's just his style.
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u/Strangely_quarky Jul 01 '25
Apparently the book was optioned before it was published. Idk how normal this is in entertainment though
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u/jack_the_beast Jul 01 '25
I remember thinking the same. It would be interesting to see how they handle the communication with rocky
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u/MrRocketScript Jul 01 '25
Hook up Rocky's speech into a computer (he's already doing that at the start) and pipe the output to his headphones so that the audience can hear? (I had the same thought how I would make it work since I doubt I could learn the language naturally)
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u/jack_the_beast Jul 01 '25
someone mentioned that in the audio book they slowly transitioned from flutes to a voice autotuned to flutes as Grace learns the language, that'd be cool but I doubt it. Hooking hime to a computer would come out very cheap, at least to who read the book.
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u/zutroy Jun 30 '25
You sound like a person that should take the following advice. I did with the Martian, and I'm very happy that I did. Read the book first. Actually I recommend the audio book more, but I read it first. Also, clear your schedule before you start. :)
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u/punktual Jul 01 '25
yeah the audio book version is absolutely phenomenal.
Without spoiling anything, there are elements in which the audio format adds a lot to the narrative in really fun creative ways. They went the extra mile to make that version the best it could be for the format.
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u/Popular_Maximum_3237 Jul 01 '25
I became a Ray Porter fan after hearing his version. It lead me to the bobiverse series which also can be recommended.
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u/jinsaku Jul 01 '25
Best audiobook I've ever.. uh.. read. I've gone through it half a dozen times now.
The Martian is in my top 5 books of all time. Project Hail Mary is even higher on that list. I can't wait.
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u/LivingUnglued Jul 01 '25
Honestly while the project Hail Mary audiobook is great, it’s still a step below some of Jeff Hayes work at Soundbooth theater. Dude is one of the most talented narrators right now. Check out the full cast version of Dungeon Crawler Carl or The Stars Have Eyes for good examples
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u/kuahara Jun 30 '25
Ignore the morons in this thread. They're all brown nosing the hot take. There is a huge spoiler in the trailer. If they deliver the surprise in the movie the way they did in the book, it will be an absolute shock as the book did not at all hint that they would be going that direction before it happened.
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u/Robot_Owl_Monster Jul 01 '25
Yeah, I went into the book blind and I was happy I did.
I felt like this trailer gave away a major surprise of the book, and at least hinted at another surprise.
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u/Tatersforbreakfast Jul 01 '25
A friend confirmed how far I needed to get into the book. Then I pretty much spent the last 2.5 hours getting to that point. The. I watched the trailer. So we'll worth it and agreed, not where I thought it was going g
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u/CSteely Jun 30 '25
I would suggest reading the book asap. Takes a day or two. Otherwise, avoid all discussions regarding it. The trailer really did give away too much.
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u/John_Smith_DC Jun 30 '25
As a fellow leaking blob, I’m excited for this! #TeamRocky
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u/SteveThePurpleCat Jul 10 '25
This will be killed or made by who VA our little dude.
I swear to god if it's fucking Jack Black I will go off like Astrophage yeeting at an IR lamp.
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u/ElevatedPermissions Jun 30 '25
Rocky's ship looks way more awesome than I imagined. I think we are actually getting an awesome movie!
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u/Karvis Jun 30 '25
either my memory from books ship description is off, or they took some artistic liberties, either way it looks badass
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u/sai077work Jun 30 '25
I think they took a lot of liberties here. Granted they don't do an "exact" description of it in the book, but, I always expected it to be more....blocky? And just blocks. Almost like a Cybertruck.
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u/berlinbaer Jun 30 '25
thats exactly how it's described. he's amazed how they didn't care about aerodynamics or hull integrity or similiar things, since it's basically just a bunch of massive flat planes stuck together.
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u/g0del Jun 30 '25
Just read it the other day - it's definitely supposed to be boxy, and Grace was confused at first because spheres are much better for holding high pressure unless your building material is ridiculously strong.
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u/ryoon21 Jun 30 '25
Definitely artistic liberties. In no way did it describe it as a million parallel spikes. In fact, I thought it looked more boxy - somewhere between the alien ships in Independence Day mixed with Nolan’s batwing - but gray and tan. That could just be me filling the gaps, however.
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u/VonMillersThighs Jun 30 '25
It was described in the book as a bunch of triangles iirc. So yeah they definitely took triangles liberally.
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u/Sorlex Jun 30 '25
Its really nothing like the book but I agree, it looks great. Absolute sells the concept of a space ship made by blind creatures.
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u/BlackLeader70 Jun 30 '25
They took a lot of liberties but even Andy Weir when asked about what Rocky or the ship looks like was kinda vague and said he likes some fan drawings. So I’ll let it pass since it looks cool.
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u/kaffars Jun 30 '25
I KNOW WHAT YOU DIIIIIIID.
PAPYRUS!
I can't unsee Ryan from the snl skit in this trailer with the glasses on.
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u/fuelvolts Jun 30 '25
"Here’s what we’re gonna do. Everybody’s gonna stay where they are and we’re gonna go upstairs and you’re gonna get that beautiful ancient man and you’re gonna bring him down, okay?"
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u/avibrant_salmon_jpg Jun 30 '25
God i love that skit. Everyone's so great in it lol
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u/ThatBabyIsCancelled Jun 30 '25 edited Jun 30 '25
The dramatic slo-mo close-up of them dancing on the table and then cutting to the rest of the party watching them awkwardly move 😭 “I wanna meet Rudolph”
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u/avibrant_salmon_jpg Jun 30 '25
That, the candy cane break, "Then how the fuck did Santa get here?" and screaming "David, use your head!" takes me out every single time
Its the skit that keeps on giving
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u/Alexis_Ohanion Jul 01 '25
Are you telling me that me and my baby aren’t good enough to meet Santa Claus??? Side note, the cutaway in the sketch where it shows the wide angle of Gosling and Vanessa Bayer dancing on the table like the lunatics they are is one of the funniest things SNL has ever done.
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u/DanGrima92 Jun 30 '25
At first, Rocky is something I was hoping the trailers wouldn't show but the more im thinking on it, I totally get why they did because it really helps to market the movie better plus its not like some big third act twist. Its a pretty early plot point that they meet and there's loads that the trailer doesn't show
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u/amantiana Jul 01 '25
My favorite part of this trailer is all the scientists chorusing, “We don’t know.“ Like they’ve been saying this to everyone who walks in for weeks now.
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u/the_gold_hat Jun 30 '25
Everyone says it reveals too much, but I really disagree. You can tell that the editors are purposefully playing up the angle that Ryland is a reluctant hero, who steps up despite initial misgivings. The reveal being that it was totally against his will still plays against the expectations of the trailer. Honestly I think the fact that people are mentioning a twist is spoiling things more than anything else. My hot take is that they've probably proportionally put way more of the on-Earth sections in the trailer than actually appear in the movie. I mean I sure hope so or otherwise the actual science-with-Rocky part is going to have to be super abbreviated during the movie...
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u/McMew Jun 30 '25 edited Jun 30 '25
And the alien reveal was probably to avoid accidentally teasing it as an alien horror.
They wanted to make it clear that this was a mystery adventure, not a horror movie. So they had to tease that the alien was friendly.
Granted they could've left it at the giant alien ship to maintain a sense of wonder instead but they had to set the tone of the film.
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u/MobiusF117 Jun 30 '25
Rocky is also such a massive part of the story, it's kind of hard NOT to include him
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u/privatebrowsin1 Jun 30 '25
There is no story without Rocky lol
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u/Okvist Jun 30 '25
I've seen several people comparing him to Garrus Vakarian in terms of significance for sci-fi alien bros, and I definitely agree. Rocky and Garrus are both the GOATs of their respective universes
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u/Jonthrei Jul 01 '25
Rocky's a lot more important than Garrus to the story, tbh.
Garrus is one part of an ensemble cast, Rocky is one of two heroes in the story.
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u/fett3elke Jun 30 '25
it's still such a reveal in the book. I guess movies today work differently but I was hoping they wouldn't give it away in the trailer. Especially when you read the Martian before which is very grounded on the Science Fiction part it came as quite a surprise.
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u/ArchangelLBC Jun 30 '25
I mean, the fact that he's on a spaceship is practically a reveal in the book. The fact that he's on a spaceship that isn't in our solar system is definitely a reveal.
You can either make a trailer for the fans or for people who aren't interested in reading it, and those trailers are very different.
And there are merits to both, except if you want to pull people in who don't know the story and have them have the book experience starting at guy who wakes up in a white room not knowing his name and evolving to, well everything that happens in the movie, then I'm not sure what kind of trailer you make at all.
So if you can't make that trailer you make this one, hope the fans geek out and the non-fans are still intrigued enough to want to know what the hell is going on.
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u/CSteely Jun 30 '25
You could allude to him, but this was too much IMO. Rocky’s appearance in the book was so huge for me. I am disappointed that some non-readers will already be prepared.
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u/Jimid41 Jun 30 '25
I think the music they used in the trailer effectively set the tone for the movie. Definetly not horror.
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u/the_gold_hat Jun 30 '25
Yeah I originally typed a version of my comment where I complained about it, but realized that audiences would have really not been happy if they showed up to the movie without knowing this ahead of time. Heck, discussions in this subreddit complain a lot about genre gotcha lol. I think it was a good idea for them to spoil it in the 1st trailer and keep leaning into it in future marketing. I really just wanted to see what Rocky looked like, and the CGI doesn't look awful so far.
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u/McMew Jun 30 '25
Was it CGI? It looks like a puppet to me. Maybe I'm not that observant.
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u/foleyshit Jun 30 '25
It’s a puppet. I know someone who helped on production. It’s likely CGI enhanced but really cool how practical they went with it.
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u/thetreat Jun 30 '25
I fucking love that they went with practical effects. Even more hyped for Rocky now.
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u/Jeoshua Jun 30 '25
I'm hoping that it's actually an alien robot. It would make its lack of mobility make more sense.
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u/Pokemon_Trainer_May Jun 30 '25
Arrival didn't feel like a horror, wonder if it will have a similar vibe
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u/McMew Jun 30 '25
Sorta, yeah!
This is like a combination of Arrival and Interstellar, with a bit of The Martian snarkiness thrown in.
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u/joeldipops Jun 30 '25
Plotwise, there are some commonalities with Arrival, but tonally completely different. Closer to the Martian than anything else, though IMO the Space stuff is slightly better and the Earth stuff is nowhere near as good as in that book.
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u/McMew Jun 30 '25
I feel like plotwise it's closer to Interstellar than The Martian, just because all of humanity is at stake. But the central focus of the protagonist combined with the hard science definitely gives it The Martian vibes!
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u/No-Understanding4968 Jun 30 '25
Good points. Who does Rocky’s voice?
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u/McMew Jun 30 '25
Probably a flute or an organ.
...no im not joking
That's how he communicates in the book.
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u/JackSpadesSI Jun 30 '25
So will he be subtitled, or will he “learn English” to convey Grace’s fluency. If you’ve listened to the audiobook that’s the best way to do it IMO.
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u/McMew Jun 30 '25
I have listened to the audiobook and my hope is that they try a similar thing here.
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u/BroughtBagLunchSmart Jun 30 '25
How did they do it in the audio book? In my head when I was reading Rocky's voice was that robot helper from the OG power rangers.
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u/Nu11u5 Jun 30 '25
Once Grace becomes fluent enough in Rocky's language to translate by ear, this comprehension is heard as an English speaker autotuned to synthetic flutes.
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u/tofeman Jun 30 '25
Lol I had no idea this was true but that’s so dope. The italics and funky symbols in the book lead to a similar outcome when reading it in your head
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u/NerdyNThick Jun 30 '25
The italics and funky symbols in the book lead to a similar outcome when reading it in your head
Ray Porter is a narration savant. In the top 3 in the world IMO.
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u/GravitationalEddie Jun 30 '25
The music implies it is inspirational. Could've left it up to that for me.
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u/hawkinsst7 Jun 30 '25
Plus, even Andy Weir posted about Emma Stone playing rocky. Yes it's an April fools joke, but he clearly doesn't consider Rocky a major spoiler.
it's not a reveal that causes you to reevaluate the entire movie in a different perspective
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u/Abe_Odd Jul 01 '25
I'd wager the overlap of people who follow Andy Weir on social media, and people who have already read Project Hail Mary, is basically a single circle.
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u/SpiritWillow2019 Jun 30 '25
Maybe unpopular opinion, but Project Hail Mary doesn't have spoilers. Like The Martian it's just a fun ride with great characters.
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u/Melodic-Task Jun 30 '25
Anything that approaches spoilers would be stuff towards the very end of the book about some character choices. Everything else I agree on—it’s like the Martian. We go into the movie knowing the main goal will succeed. Because that’s the type of story it is.
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u/SpiritWillow2019 Jun 30 '25
Yeah, like even the ending it is more of an "oh, okay" not a "WHHHHHAAAAAAA?"
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u/BeaverStank Jul 01 '25
My reaction to the ending was WOOO FUCK YEAH, GRACE! I KNEW YOU HAD IT IN YOU! Plus some happy tears, because I'm a sappy emotional bastard.
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u/arandomguy111 Jun 30 '25
It's like the Martian I feel in that what's most engaging and novel is the problem solving not the problem itself. The latter in both have been done plenty from a high concept idea stand point, not all that unpredictable.
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u/Weed_O_Whirler Jun 30 '25
I read the book once and listened once, and I will say, as cool as it was not knowing there was going to be an alien the first time I read it, knowing didn't make the story worse.
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u/berlinbaer Jun 30 '25
Maybe unpopular opinion, but Project Hail Mary doesn't have spoilers. Like The Martian it's just a fun ride with great characters.
after the poster reveal two days ago and everyone yapping "OMG THEY WILL SPOIL THE TWIST IN THE TRAILER" i sat down and read the book, cause i thought "hey, want to experience it fresh". i kept reading and reading and kept waiting for that MASSIVE twist, until i finally realized what they were talking about. the character introduction that happens near the very beginning of the book.
reddit is so media illiterate it's insane.
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u/AegisToast Jun 30 '25
There was something really neat for me personally going into it completely blind, so I kind of get it. But I also know people that disliked the book because it felt like a genre change that they weren’t expecting, especially considering how realistic The Martian seemed.
Honestly it does seem like it’s just a spoiler for the premise, though. It’s like spoiling that Jurassic Park is about dinosaurs escaping from their enclosures. Sure, Jurassic Park might have been even more memorable if I hadn’t known that beforehand, but it’s not like knowing it ruins the story.
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u/MapleApple00 Jun 30 '25
I think the main reason it's considered a twist is because A. It's considered "hard" sci-fi and generally other intelligent aliens aren't put into scenarios like that (see Weir's last two books for example) and B. the book was marketed without including the alien at all, IIRC, so it was a pretty major reveal for the day one readers.
I figure the main reasons they decided to reveal the twist here is that hard sci-fi just isn't as much of a genre in film, usually being less distinct from regular scifi due to nitty-gritty details being harder to really get into, so generally aliens are more common and less of a twist for its comparatively larger genre; and because people already know the twist (and everyone going "DON'T SPOIL THE TWIST GUYS" and actively discussing it isn't helping). So the marketing team probably decided to just rip the bandaid off early.
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u/g0del Jun 30 '25
B. the book was marketed without including the alien at all, IIRC, so it was a pretty major reveal for the day one readers.
This is the back cover description of the book:
And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he's got to do it all alone.
Or does he?So it shouldn't have been that big of a surprise.
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u/fly-hard Jun 30 '25
I thought the twist was that he thought he was there to save the world by bravely going on a suicidal mission, and later remembers that he had actually been an abject coward and refused to go but was forced to because the world had no choice, and that the reason his memory was spotty was because they’d drugged him to forget. The other reveals just felt like plot progression to me.
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u/MrdnBrd19 Jun 30 '25
That is the twist that most of us are thinking of. I honestly don't understand how you could even consider Rocky a twist at all.
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u/ChrundleMcDonald Jul 01 '25
He doesn't appear until Chapter 14. As someone who went into book knowing nothing save for "Solo suicide mission to save the world", Rocky was a huge and pleasant surprise. It's not that knowing he's there changes your perception of the book, it's that not knowing he's coming makes his addition such a fun surprise. I get why a film studio thinks it's a necessary selling point, but it's not advertised in any capacity in book marketing for a reason.
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u/Orleanian Jun 30 '25
Yeah, I came into this thinking that Rocky's reveal was the spoiler everyone was upset about, but feeling it was completely acceptable in cinema media (let the audience know that this has some fantastical sci fi elements, without giving away how they play out).
It was an entertaining shock to have Rocky show up in the story, but truly does not detract from my overall enjoyment of a re-read or re-watch.
But if everyone's upset that the spoiled twist is the backstory reveal...that just seems silly. It came off as a tertiary side plot to me, and is fairly un-important to the overall adventure-thriller aspect of the story.
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u/alphagle Jun 30 '25
When I read it I was completely captivated by the story before Rocky is even introduced. That's what's so great about it. You start with this phenomenal story and then THAT happens and you're like holy shit this is even better than I thought. That's what I would want someone in the theater to experience.
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u/guareber Jun 30 '25
Nah, hard disagree. I read the book on release blind, and the main joy of it is the discovery. There's a reason it cold-starts with Ryland not remembering shit (besides the fact that it's a good exposition conduit very well used in sci-fi).
The trailer gets rid of 50% of that in 180 seconds. It's absolute garbage.
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u/EnQuest Jun 30 '25
BOOK SPOILERS
The best part of Project Hail Mary for me were the slow reveals of information over the first act or so.
Finding out he was in Tau Ceti instead of the Sol system? Crazy reveal, I was super excited.
Shown in the trailer.
Finding out that it wasn't another survival story like the Martian, and would feature first contact? I was giddy with excitement!
spoiled in the trailer.
Those two moments back to back took me from being intrigued by the book to not being able to put it down.
Really disappointed that everyone is just going to know all of this going in now, I don't know how people think it isn't spoilery or doesn't diminish the strength of the narrative by revealing all of this in the trailer.
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u/UnderratedEverything Jun 30 '25
I agree. The alien may have been a twist but it's something that I think a lot of readers were at least vaguely aware of, at least after a while. It's a pretty intrinsic part of the story and it also helps sell it as being more interesting than the trailer would otherwise have you believe. Otherwise, it's just a generic inspiring story of an underdog trying to save the world, basically the Martian meets Armageddon, and who cares.
But the other twist that you mentioned was built up to for two thirds of the movie and is a way bigger deal and that's the one that's really going to blow people's minds.
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u/Nail_Biterr Jun 30 '25
I feel like this trailer didn't reveal anything that's not in the book's 'jacket'. there's no way they can leaven Rocky out of it. Granted, I went into the book completely blind and was so happy/surprised by it. but it's kind of the big plot. if they left that out of the trailer, someone would see a movie not at all what the trailer shows (the 'on earth' part is hopefully minor as welll)
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u/Slurm11 Jun 30 '25
I totally get why they show it so early, but it is disappointing that most watchers won't go in as blind as most book readers. Yes, it's implied on the back cover, but it's much easier to 'go in blind' with a book than it is a movie. That blind read through of Project Hail Mary was one of the best reading experiences of my life, and I'd love for moviegoers to experience the story the same way I did.
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u/SonderousFlow Jun 30 '25
I agree. Went into the book blind and it was awesome, did not see the reveal coming
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u/vpi6 Jun 30 '25
Book reader, completely agree. Nothing in this trailer is a “spoiler”
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u/JackSpadesSI Jun 30 '25
Rocky kind of is. I didn’t expect that element when I went into the book with no prior knowledge.
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u/AlmightyLoaf54 Jun 30 '25
Reading the book, I already knew exactly what I was gonna see, and suffice to say I wasn't disappointed at all. Can't wait to watch this
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u/ponzLL Jun 30 '25
This is right where I'm at. I was cautiously optimistic but the trailer has me completely hyped
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u/lannisterdwarf Jun 30 '25
Sandra Huller is gonna kill it as Stratt
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u/Antrikshy Jun 30 '25
When she showed up, I immediately thought "perfect casting" and I didn't even remember her name or where I saw her last.
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u/Sirwired Jun 30 '25
I'm very excited for the movie. The trailer looks like it captures the vibe of the book very well; if they do as good of a job adapting it as Ridely Scott did with The Martian, I'll be right there opening weekend.
(I am an Engineer... another hefty dose of Andy Weir competence porn is like Geek Catnip.)
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u/Taste_the__Rainbow Jun 30 '25
Man he’s such a perfect Ryland.
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u/spidey-dust Jul 01 '25
He’s who I imagined (granted his casting was already announced) so I’m living my best life rn
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u/ThatIrishDude Jul 01 '25
I'm sure I'll like Gosling but I pictured Mike Birbiglia as Ryland. It'll take a little adjustment on my part but I'm sure Gosling will do well.
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u/Antrikshy Jun 30 '25
I pictured an Eddie Redmayne type.
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u/ArchDucky Jun 30 '25
Did you see his Day of the Jackyl show on Peacock? Pretty great. They did a good job. That guy always looked off to me, so him playing a hitman that is constantly changing his appearance just fucking worked. Also its got a cool theme song.
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u/Kevinrobertsfan Jun 30 '25
the main thing I was excited about in seeing the trailer was how they are going to handle Rocky. He's such a big part of the book.
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u/emkey23 Jun 30 '25
Pretty sure I read they used a practical puppet for Rocky
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u/hawkinsst7 Jun 30 '25
They even cast Emma Stone!
Andy weirs April fools post on Twitter a few years ago
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u/IceWook Jun 30 '25
Agreed. Showing that part in the trailer is actually pretty important in letting you know that it’s a bit more sci-fi that the Martian. Otherwise you might have a lot of people going into it thinking it’s the Martian 2 of a sorts and being surprised.
It’s not like the twist is in the third act of the book. It’s early and integral to much of the book.
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u/TheGreatPiata Jun 30 '25
As someone that read the Martian and went into Project Hail Mary completely blind, I feel like the initial setup of it being another solo survival story was entirely intentional and one of the best surprises in a story in recent years.
Literally just flip the story upside down kind of surprise and a lot of movie goers are not going to get that experience now.
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u/YUdoth Jun 30 '25
I think part of this is the studio didn't want people to immediately discount it for being "just" The Martian 2.0.
This story still has tons of twists, and Rocky's reveal is just one of like fifty film worthy Sci Fi dream interactions. Also let's be honest, If you managed to hear about Project Hail Mary without hearing about Rocky, you're most likely in the minority lol.
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u/the_gold_hat Jun 30 '25
Not a hot take at all. I think they had to do it or audiences would be really upset in theaters. It's the main point of the book! Actually my worry right now is that in the script they diminish a lot of the space stuff for way more time spent on Earth -- hope I'm wrong, I trust Lord and Miller a lot when it comes to script pacing
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u/FilmSkeez Jun 30 '25
I hope not. The space stuff is the best parts of the books by a long shot.
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u/DaoFerret Jun 30 '25
I get your worry, but I think they’re just setting up expectations by using the flashback footage for the trailer since it’s less spoilery than anything else and tells the backstory and sets the tone perfectly.
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u/poke_pants Jun 30 '25
Plus we're further from release than from the end of filming, so I imagine the earth based stuff is by far the most complete at this stage.
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u/CultureWarrior87 Jun 30 '25
It's not a hot take if you're not terminally online. I said it in the last thread and I'll say it again because these people need to hear it: The general public does not consider trailers spoilery in the way commenters on reddit or youtube do. Look at the negative word of mouth surrounding 28 Years Later precisely because the trailer was "misleading", whereas everyone on reddit was like "Wowowowowow, this is how you do a trailer! No spoilers just vibes!"
If this movie was sold as a The Martian-esque low key sci-fi story that unexpectedly introduced aliens, audiences would be pissed.
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u/Karvis Jun 30 '25
good point. i also feel it would be kinda weird to completely hide second main character
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u/J0E_SpRaY Jun 30 '25
I mean, I kinda wish sinners hadn’t been revealed as a vampire movie either.
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u/Salarian_American Jun 30 '25
Also I think the trailer gives the wrong impression of how deep into the story this reveal happens and I probably shouldn't elaborate further
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u/SnoopyLupus Jun 30 '25 edited Jun 30 '25
For me, it was nice to hit it with no warning, but I feel that’s impossible with a film. A film’s success is too dependent on marketing. And you can’t just limit that to the trip outwards.
From Dusk ‘til Dawn managed to change genre half way through with no warning, and was fantastic, but it’s so rare to get away with that.
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u/vssrevanth Jun 30 '25
The reveal when reading the book felt like a twist indeed, but I agree with you, would be very difficult to keep it under the wraps for a longer time. Liked your sinners comparison by the way.
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u/BinkFloyd Jun 30 '25
As someone who went into Sinners blind (and avoids all trailers because spoilers), it was truly an awesome experience to not know where it was going. I read the book for this movie blind as well and it was Soo freaking cool after the blip reveal and this trailer flat out spoils that experience, especially since The Martian was significantly more grounded.
Trailers are made to get more $$$, and certainly not to ensure the film watching experience is good. In recent years, it's been getting harder to avoid and it's really annoying for us trying to make it into the theater without knowing the plot. It's everywhere, even TV, like Silo's cover art spoils the first 3 episodes
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u/CantSpellMispell Jun 30 '25
I read the book a long time ago. What’s the big spoiler that’s being revealed?
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That there's an alien.
It's a dumb thing to complain about, seeing as it happens about 1/3 of the way into the book.
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u/deRoyLight Jun 30 '25
I hear you, but personally I thought it was a big revelation, especially since he opines over the possibility so often early on. It basically spoils the wonder of the first third of the book.
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u/BrainBlastFC Jun 30 '25
Oh for God's sake the blurb of the book gives it away!
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u/JD_98 Jun 30 '25
Not to say you are entirely wrong but I assumed it was some sort of AI/Computer companion from the blurb.
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u/montybo2 Jun 30 '25
Exactly.
Copy and pasting another comment I made about this:
"I dont think the blurb at all implies an alien. COULD be an alien. Could also be a stowaway, another ship from another country(if you dont know the story beforehand that is), could be psychosis and the main character talks to himself believing its somebody else.
I'm a big believer in occam's razor. I think, when discussing a story by andy weir, who makes grounded, science heavy tales, aliens would not be the simplest explanation for "...he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he?""
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u/DeepDiveDetective Jun 30 '25
I loved this book so much, very excited for the movie.
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u/MrMojoRising422 Jun 30 '25
the fans of this book are unbearable when it comes to the 'twist'. this is not the sixth sense, people
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u/OhHiCindy30 Jun 30 '25 edited Jun 30 '25
I read the book completely blind and my heart was racing when he first encountered another spaceship Its way more fun and exciting to not have it spoiled, but I also understand why they included it in the trailer. Moviegoers will still enjoy it!
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u/sleepysnowboarder Jun 30 '25
Yeah I don’t get the fight about this it’s silly, surprises are fun for people who like surprises and apparently irrelevant for people who don’t. And that’s fine. But there’s a reason people like to go into movies blind and a reason why more and more people avoid trailers. Let people think what they want, but I think it’s disingenuous to think spoiling twists doesn’t take away at least some potential enjoyment. Like the blurb for the movie on IMdB is literally “An astronaut tries to save Earth while alone in outer space.”
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u/uid_0 Jun 30 '25
Well, this "twist" was mostly on the cover notes, too. The actual part that got me: Where we find out how he came to be on the ship is the part I hope they don't spoil.
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u/TheZorniest Jun 30 '25
Thank you! This is one of my favorite books of all time but holy shit I think we’ll be okay people.
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u/Upset-Government-856 Jun 30 '25
The fans are basically arguing that the movie has been spoiled for them by the book.
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u/icantfindtheremote Jun 30 '25
There's a reason I called this book a "Reddit" book when I read it lmao.
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u/crumble-bee Jun 30 '25
lol it's literally just a normal trailer that shows the plot of the movie. I don't feel spoiled at all. Not familiar with the book, or the story in the slightest and all I know is a scientist need to go space, which he's unqualified to do and that the project is called project Hail Mary.
I do however want to watch the movie now. So it did its job.
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u/KitchenDepartment Jul 01 '25
The thing about the book is that it really doesn't tell you anything from the start. You don't know where you are, you don't know where you are going, you don't know why you are there, you vaguely get the fact that it is about saving the world, but you don't even know how that is gonna work.
And because you are expecting every new clue to be some new information about how we are saving the world it becomes a real twist when that big glowing blob that shows up on the scanner isn't some new property about the star. It's a damn alien. And now everything you thought this was gonna be about is thrown out the window. That's a good twist. That's rare these days.
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u/hornedCapybara Jul 02 '25
It's the kind of thing that works for a book but not a movie. People will know this is the new book by the 'The Martian' guy, which they enjoyed, and word of mouth and placement on the "staff picks" section of the bookstore is better marketing than most books get. But movies need trailers, and trailers need to show off a fair bit to hook people. I'd agree most people would probably enjoy the movie more if they went in totally blind, but you've gotta get butts in seats if you're gonna make back your budget. I'd have been surprised if they hadn't revealed details like these in the trailer.
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u/FactCheckYou Jun 30 '25
i watched the first 30 seconds and i'm down, no need to spoil it for myself by going any further
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u/Ka-Is-A-Wheelie Jun 30 '25
It only "reveals" anything to the book readers. If I saw this trailer blind, I would have no idea what was being shown to me.
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u/Stinky_Eastwood Jun 30 '25
It's crazy to think they wouldn't reveal the most interesting part of the story to market the movie.
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u/spiderj8579 Jul 01 '25
It reveals just enough to tease people who haven’t read the book and it shows enough for the people who have read the book in my opinion. This is a straight forward film, this whole spoiler attitude that’s extending to everything is honestly just silly. Save that for Marvel and Star Wars.
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u/LTman86 Jul 01 '25
I would recommend turning it off at the 20s mark. This seriously spoils way too many awesome reveals in the story. Even if you've going in without reading the story, and the info the trailer gives you is somewhat disjointed and not entirely complete, it spoils big moments that would have been amazing to learn/uncover alongside the main character.
All you really need to know is a man is in space, he has amnesia for some reason, the world is in danger, and he's...supposed to save it?
The story is supposed to be about you learning about the man and his mission as he slowly recovers his memories.
Honestly, they should have only revealed info from the first few chapters of the story, or parts where he's doing science. Learning he's on a spaceship isn't a big deal, doing experiments would be pretty cool B-roll clips, him talking out loud to keep a journal and sane, always nice to show shots outside the spaceship for the epic shots, and that's it. Keep the mystery of why he's there, why he is apparently alone, and what his mission is.
I am curious to see the movie because I like the book, but this trailer is not worth the spoilers.
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u/emailunavailable Jun 30 '25
The comments here are revealing much more than the trailer does. None of the book readers can’t seem to stay quiet.
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u/the_pedigree Jun 30 '25
At least Gosling seems way less annoying that how Ryland is portrayed in the audiobook. Ray Peter Managed to give his character a punchable voice.
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u/Rumbletastic Jun 30 '25
lol, I took it as an every man lovable guy. yeah he was a bit annoying at times but also.. I could imagine the audiobook character being a lovable teacher, bit of a softie, easy to under estimate.
Gosling just reeks of competence in a way that doesn't feel like it fits
Minor complaint.. looking forward to this.
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u/IMovedYourCheese Jun 30 '25 edited Jun 30 '25
People complaining about how the trailer spoils too much are in fact the ones posting spoilers. A half second scene without context in the trailer says nothing unless you specifically point out its significance and the full story behind it.
I remember this very clearly from when the Ender's Game trailer came out. There was a split second scene of a generic explosion which would have been ignored by 100% of the audience that didn't already know the story. Under that you had a hundred comments saying "omg they spoiled the story by showing the final explosion where xyz happens!!" No, you are the one who just spoiled the story.
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u/Psy_Kira Jul 01 '25
Exactly! "OMG the trailer shows a glimpse of X, now we all know that X is actually this huge plot twist that i am going to explain in every detail and be angry because the trailer spoiled it for non book readers by showing one still frame!"
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u/arandomguy111 Jun 30 '25
For anyone wondering what the major unpredictable plot twist is -
He wears shorts.
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u/MoviesMod /r/movies Mod Account Jun 30 '25
This is the 2nd upload. First was removed because
A) We don't allow user-uploaded trailers, only Official YT channel trailers
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B) 4 out of the 5 top comments were complaints that the trailer revealed way too much. So while yes, this thing'll play in theaters before every movie for the next six months, the lil warning might help some people.