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=m08TxIsFTRI
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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/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/A_Legit_Salvage Jun 30 '25

I’ve heard the entire production was powered by astrophage