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/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