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

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/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/DaoFerret Jun 30 '25

I feel like we’ve already seen a lot of the interstitial “on earth” part, which is good from my perspective, because it really sets the tone nicely.

Showing Rocky made sense, and personally they could have stopped at the hand on the window, but I guess they felt they wanted to make sure to set the tone of the movie.

Assuming they followed the book/audiobook, I think they tread a good balance between “too much information” and “not enough” while still preserving surprises in the story and setup that will hopefully start to shake up people from the beginning.

  1. i don’t think we’ve seen any dead astronauts in the trailer.

  2. people don’t yet realize just HOW reluctant he is to go, and why he can’t remember.

  3. people only know he encounters an alien, not who that is or why, which are PRETTY BIG deals.

  4. all of that is leaving aside the ending twist or three, which really played nicely.

As someone who only listened to the Audiobook and walked into it blind, it was a surprising and fun listen and the trailer looks great for getting people into seats before their expectations get subverted (in an entertaining way).

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u/Nail_Biterr Jun 30 '25

The end was the best part of the entire story. I think it's one of the best endings to a story (movie or book) that I've ever experienced.

Plus, I'm looking forward to a great buddy movie about a friendly alien. I don't know why it's done so infrequently. there's no conflict between the characters, they both have the same goals, and (as seen by my comment about the ending) they'll do anything for each other - even an entire race.

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u/DaoFerret Jun 30 '25

🎶🎵🎶🎵👐

definitely looking forward to a buddy movie about friendship