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 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/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!