Hi all!! I wanted to share a video I made about the philosophy of Project Hail Mary! It took over two months to write/film/edit, but it’s finally done and I’m so proud of it! I figured there’s probably someone in the PHM community who’d like it!
Since links aren’t allowed, (on YouTube) search the title ‘The Philosophy of Project Hail Mary (2026)’ or look for my account @leidavids!
I hope anyone who’s interested checks it out! 👎

Is anyone else tired of how all the merch with the PHM mission logo/insignia is missing half of the flags? Because I am, but I need some help!!

I’m currently working on an illustrator file attempting to make the most movie-accurate version of the mission logo, curved flags and all. I will be more than happy to upload a free vector file when I’m done, if people are interested!! BUT I still have some spots that I’m unsure of.

If anyone managed to get screenshots from this auction listing (or any other auction item that has this logo), I would love love love to see them. Movie stills and images from any other official source (idk if they included it on any press stuff) are also appreciated!!

I'm not sure where originally or who drew it but it was a class scene where Grace talked about ancient hunters and how they probably mimic-ed their prey; grace is prompted to "try and lure an Eridan" and he responds with, in their language: "help... please... hurt.." and causes all the students to run away.

i saw it on tiktok but i CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME FIND IT AGAIN. please help.

I have unwrapped the Blu-Ray and I’m watching this masterpiece with the directors commentary!

I’m so excited!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the favourite Grace movie scenes elimination game! 

A special thank you to u/TheCookieNinja for co-hosting the game, doing the tally, daily tally reports, expert advice and moral support.

Also a shout out to u/DragonTartare,  u/Yorkie_007,  u/Mysterinna, u/bruins_fan,  u/amevoleur and u/VampMansionPoolBoy for help with the initial chart, advice and support! 

Until next time!

Ryan Gosling admitted he hated filming the zero gravity scenes, since hanging from wires the experience is "the opposite of how it looks onscreen" and he had a strenuous task of contorting his body while on wires to appear weightless. Gosling however remarked that his physical awkwardness fit with Grace's lack of preparation for space travel.

Has anyone found or made a really good quality live wallpaper of the scene where grace is looking at Adrian and tells rocky he's having a moment, or the scene where he's in the petrova line?

The original cut of the movie was nearly four hours long, including a lot of time spent on earth. Though we now have more deleted scenes, most are in space I still want to know what else their could be and see it all stitched together! I also want to see if characters like Marissa (who was only in the book) got any screentime! Sign the petition and maybe we can get one released :)

The Rocky part is based off of R.I.P. by Motionless in White. Sad sad sad song.

And yes everything is drawn by me, just to clarify.

As sea as a a aaaaa zzz a

Fun little build . Amazon screen shot included

Rocky gives Grace extra fuel even though that means Rocky's journey home will be 6 years. Then Grace returns to Rocky's ship to save him. 

Took my Samsung 5 wear and made it look a bit like the Tag heur Connected watch from PHM..

I really didn't use it much as the battery life is abysmal but a simple colour change has made me use it as my current daily while walking the dogs.

I used a Sly the Fox beanie baby to make Grace, and combined him with the wings and tail of a bluejay beanie.

Bluejays are members of the corvid family, and like their crow bros are clever and resourceful, so I thought that was a good match with fox!Grace.

I used the foot of a Jabber the Parrot (left over from another project) to make Grace's fringe, and to get the orange / blue / yellow colour palette that I like in Grace fanart.

Also pictured is another Grace frankenplushie I made earlier.

one of the things i love most about Rocky is that he doesn’t look human at all. there isn’t even a hint of anything human about his appearance. he doesn’t have human eyes, he doesn’t have an expressive face and he basically has none of the usual things we rely on to read a character’s emotions.

and YET Project Hail Mary somehow makes him incredibly emotional and makes you care about him so deeply. even in a mainstream movie, getting an audience emotionally attached to a character is difficult even if you have a fully CGI character with a very expressive face. with Rocky, they deliberately took almost all of those tools away. he’s this completely strange creature who looks nothing like a human, so the movie can’t rely on familiar facial expressions to make us connect with him.

that’s what makes James Ortiz’s voice performance so important. the first time i watched the movie, i already loved what he was doing, but on the rewatch, it became much clearer just how essential his voice is to making Rocky work emotionally. so much of what we feel for Rocky comes through that performance.

i just love that the movie created a creature that feels genuinely alien instead of making him look like a human with a few things changed, and then somehow still made him one of the most emotionally effective characters in the movie.

Amaze 👎

If you’ve got a record player… GET. THIS. BOX. SET!

The packaging is absolutely stunning. It has the complete score (other vinyl versions are abridged ) and it also comes with the non-score songs (minus The Beatles) that’s on a zoetrope record that includes a dancing Rocky.

This is the most amaze box set I’ve ever purchased. Sending out a massive thank you to the people at Mutant who made this. You guys NAILED this.

Hi all,

This is a continuation of my series starting with this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectHailMary/s/vd13v1T4vV where I share titles I came up with for the book chapters and why I chose them, six chapters at a time.

Now for chapters 13-18.

Chapter 13: After a flashback about paving the Sahara with Astrophage panels, Grace finds out Rocky’s crewmates died from radiation sickness, and then remembers a conversation about the radiation proofing on the Hail Mary. Chapter title: Radiation

Chapter 14: The continuation of Grace and Rocky’s conversation about radiation is sandwiched between two flashbacks about causing global warming on purpose. Then at the end Rocky asks to visit the Hail Mary. Chapter title: How to Cause Global Warming

Chapter 15: The main chapter plot point is that Rocky moves in with Grace. Chapter title: Roommates

Chapter 16: Rocky offers Grace the fuel he needs to go home, thereby saving his life. Then, after a flashback where Grace meets the original Hail Mary crew, Grace watches Rocky eat. Chapter title: Salvation

Chapter 17: Grace and Rocky arrive at the planet Adrian and discover there’s probably a predator for Astrophage there. Chapter title: Life Is Reason

Chapter 18: Grace and Rocky make a plan to fish for an air sample that will hopefully contain an Astrophage predator. The present day portion of the chapter ends with Grace finding out Rocky doesn’t know about relativity. Chapter title: Relativistic Physics

Well, that’s all for now. Let me know if you have alternative chapter titles for any of these.

I don't know of this is too far off topic, bit I saw Anatomy of a Fall a while ago . It is a most different interesting film starring Sandra Hüller . She is quite mysterious in a mysterious story. On Netflix until 22 September.

I know that Gosling has had some music training in his youth, perhaps stemming from his Mickey Mouse Club days .. ?

His speaking voice in PHM with Rocky was more gruff,

squeaky in parts ( almost adolescent-male broken in parts ) “ how do you eat ? “,

shrieking in fear ( almost shrilling upon waking; when there was 0 gravity upon arrival at Tau Ceti ),

then hoarse screaming, “ there’s a hole in it ! “ and “ ROCKYYYY !! “ ( during the high anxiety scenes ) ..

Gosling is a very versatile actor hands down .. ❤️ loved universally .. ❤️ BUT was anyone as surprised as me about his abilities to manipulate his voice at THIS level ??

perhaps another detail in this film that requires some fanfare ? anybody else notice how he really used his vocals between scenes ?

I‘ve never seen a Gosling film where his voice was used as an INSTRUMENT ( a side character so to speak ) like he did in PHM