‘Project Hail Mary’ Trailer 2 Pairs Ryan Gosling with an Alien to Save a Dying Earth

A desperate mission and a strange alliance collide in the second trailer for Project Hail Mary, an epic sci-fi thriller that blends isolation, cosmic dread, and one very unexpected alien partnership.

Set to Oasis’ “Champagne Supernova,” the trailer follows Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace—a middle school science teacher turned reluctant astronaut—thrust into a galaxy-spanning crisis. With Earth on the brink of extinction, Grace forms a fragile bond with an extraterrestrial being as they race to stop a cosmic threat swallowing the sun itself.

Shot for IMAX, the film crash-lands into theaters on March 20, 2026, courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios.

Based on Andy Weir’s bestselling novel (the mind behind The Martian), Project Hail Mary comes from directors Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, working off a screenplay by genre favorite Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods, The Martian).

The story begins with Grace waking up alone aboard a spacecraft, light-years from Earth, with no memory of who he is—or why he’s drifting through deep space. As fragments of his past return, he discovers his mission: decode a mysterious star-eating phenomenon threatening to wipe out all life back home.

Armed with only his scientific instincts and unconventional problem-solving… Grace realizes he’s not as alone as he thought. A strange, intelligent alien survivor becomes his only hope—and maybe his only friend—as the two attempt the unthinkable: save an entire dying solar system.

Sandra Hüller, Lionel Boyce, Ken Leung, and Milana Vayntrub join Gosling in the cast. Producers include Lord, Miller, Gosling, Weir, Amy Pascal, Aditya Sood, and Rachel O’Connor, with executive producers Drew Goddard, Patricia Whitcher, Sarah Esberg, Lucy Kitada, Nikki Baida, and Ken Kao.