{"id":325540,"date":"2026-03-06T20:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/325540\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:25:08","slug":"watch-ryan-gosling-meet-his-adorable-alien-co-star-in-this-project-hail-mary-clip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/325540\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Ryan Gosling Meet His Adorable Alien Co-Star in This ‘Project Hail Mary’ Clip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cinephiles have been champing at the bit for the theatrical release of Ryan Gosling<\/a>\u2018s upcoming space movie, Project Hail Mary<\/a>. And who can blame them, with the likes of Phil Lord and Chris Miller<\/a> directing a sci-fi flick as well as some good-ass practical effects<\/a>, it\u2019s pretty much a movie lover\u2019s wish upon a star. As if to send folks off into the weekend with even more hype for the film before it\u2019s at the end of the month, MGM dropped an official clip from the movie to both satiate fans\u2019 appetites and leave them craving more.<\/p>\n

Based on Andy Weir\u2019s novel<\/a>, Project Hail Mary follows Ryland Grace, a school teacher-turned-supremely underqualified astronaut. To make matters all the more perilous, the dude wakes up in deep space<\/a> with amnesia only to come to the slow realization that he\u2019s been tasked with saving the world from cosmic doom.<\/p>\n

While many a moviegoer who saw the first trailer for Project Hail Mary<\/a> scratched their heads, wondering why they put a big spoiler<\/a> at the end revealing Ryland would come into contact with some sort of alien. Turns out, dear reader, that is what the movie is really about: their friendship. So, to further hammer that point home, here\u2019s an extensive clip from the movie of Ryland meeting Rocky<\/a>, a little rock alien guy.<\/p>\n

Ryland and Rocky\u2019s meet-cute is, well, cute. The clip shows Rocky\u2019s little rover-shaped claws peeking out of rubble beyond the wall separating the two, revealing a little figurine we can safely assume he made of Ryland. But like a kid showing off his toys, the show\u2019s not quite over yet, because Rocky also pulls out a metal clump shaped like a four that Ryland gives us a huge assist in ascertaining what the hell it\u2019s supposed to be, saying it\u2019s his ship. Rocky then concludes his impromptu prop show by pantomiming his Ryland figure waddling back into the ship, even though he apparently just got here. But no worries, Ryland meekly says he\u2019ll see Rocky again, like how Elmo would tell kids at the end of Sesame Street.<\/p>\n

As mentioned up top, folks have been abuzz about Project Hail Mary. So much so that critics\u2019 first reactions<\/a> were glowing. Among their praises, critics found the weird sci-fi film incredibly touching, funny, innovative, and they even threw around the word \u201cmasterpiece.\u201d After seeing 30 minutes of the film at a special screening, io9\u2019s own\u00a0Germain Lussier<\/a> was blown away, saying it was \u201cpure joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, it doesn\u2019t hurt that the movie will be in IMAX, giving fans an eyeful of its hypnotic visuals and booming score. But the rest of us regular folk will have to hold on to this clip (and any others they might drip-feed us) and play pretend<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Lego sets<\/a> before we can see what all the buzz is about for ourselves.<\/p>\n

Project Hail Mary releases in theaters on March 20.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cinephiles have been champing at the bit for the theatrical release of Ryan Gosling\u2018s upcoming space movie, Project…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397,86964,20672],"class_list":{"0":"post-325540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-project-hail-mary","13":"tag-ryan-gosling"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}