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The Advertiser
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
Ryan Gosling and faceless alien wow crowd at Comic-Con
Comic-Con got a lot of Ryan and a little bit of Rocky at a panel on Project Hail Mary, the forthcoming film that's equal parts space adventure, real-science deep-dive, broad comedy and relationship drama. "What's up Hall H!" a giddy Ryan Gosling in a trucker hat and flannel shirt shouted to the crowd of more than 6000 at Comic-Con's biggest venue. Amazon MGM Studios showed the opening five minutes and several other slightly unfinished scenes from the first third of the film, seven months before its planned release. (Spoilers for that section follow). It included an extended glimpse at Rocky, the stone-shaped and faceless alien who becomes Gosling's mission partner as they attempt to save the universe from ecological disaster. Phil Lord, who co-directed the film with Chris Miller, said the relationship between the two beings stuck alone together in space represents the central theme. "If the universe depended on it," Miller said, "can adult men make friends?" Rocky is already a cult favourite for readers of Andy Weir's novel, and is sure to be a future staple of Comic-Con cosplay. Gosling said he got on board immediately after reading Project Hail Mary in manuscript form, and was only partly kidding when he called Weir, who was sitting next to him, "the greatest sci-fi mind of our time". "I knew it would be brilliant, because it's Andy, but nothing could prepare me," Gosling said. "It took me places I'd never been, it showed me things I'd never seen, it was as heartbreaking as it was funny." Gosling plays Ryland Grace, a middle school teacher and underachiever drafted for the mission. The opening five minutes show a gloppy, long-bearded, amnesiac Gosling as he awakes in a pod. He climbs out, confused. He finds other people in pods who are clearly dead. Then he finds a window and learns he's in space. He gives a mealy-mouthed scream of "Where am ?!" The movie represents the return to directing, and return to space, of Lord and Miller for the first time since they were fired and replaced by Ron Howard by Disney and Lucasfilm from 2018's Solo. Like The Martian, the movie goes heavy on the science but takes the messy, kitchen-sink, everything-is-comedy approach Lord and Miller used in films like The Lego Movie. "This movie is not a Mac, it's a PC," Lord said. "It can be beautiful, it just can't be pretty." Comic-Con got a lot of Ryan and a little bit of Rocky at a panel on Project Hail Mary, the forthcoming film that's equal parts space adventure, real-science deep-dive, broad comedy and relationship drama. "What's up Hall H!" a giddy Ryan Gosling in a trucker hat and flannel shirt shouted to the crowd of more than 6000 at Comic-Con's biggest venue. Amazon MGM Studios showed the opening five minutes and several other slightly unfinished scenes from the first third of the film, seven months before its planned release. (Spoilers for that section follow). It included an extended glimpse at Rocky, the stone-shaped and faceless alien who becomes Gosling's mission partner as they attempt to save the universe from ecological disaster. Phil Lord, who co-directed the film with Chris Miller, said the relationship between the two beings stuck alone together in space represents the central theme. "If the universe depended on it," Miller said, "can adult men make friends?" Rocky is already a cult favourite for readers of Andy Weir's novel, and is sure to be a future staple of Comic-Con cosplay. Gosling said he got on board immediately after reading Project Hail Mary in manuscript form, and was only partly kidding when he called Weir, who was sitting next to him, "the greatest sci-fi mind of our time". "I knew it would be brilliant, because it's Andy, but nothing could prepare me," Gosling said. "It took me places I'd never been, it showed me things I'd never seen, it was as heartbreaking as it was funny." Gosling plays Ryland Grace, a middle school teacher and underachiever drafted for the mission. The opening five minutes show a gloppy, long-bearded, amnesiac Gosling as he awakes in a pod. He climbs out, confused. He finds other people in pods who are clearly dead. Then he finds a window and learns he's in space. He gives a mealy-mouthed scream of "Where am ?!" The movie represents the return to directing, and return to space, of Lord and Miller for the first time since they were fired and replaced by Ron Howard by Disney and Lucasfilm from 2018's Solo. Like The Martian, the movie goes heavy on the science but takes the messy, kitchen-sink, everything-is-comedy approach Lord and Miller used in films like The Lego Movie. "This movie is not a Mac, it's a PC," Lord said. "It can be beautiful, it just can't be pretty." Comic-Con got a lot of Ryan and a little bit of Rocky at a panel on Project Hail Mary, the forthcoming film that's equal parts space adventure, real-science deep-dive, broad comedy and relationship drama. "What's up Hall H!" a giddy Ryan Gosling in a trucker hat and flannel shirt shouted to the crowd of more than 6000 at Comic-Con's biggest venue. Amazon MGM Studios showed the opening five minutes and several other slightly unfinished scenes from the first third of the film, seven months before its planned release. (Spoilers for that section follow). It included an extended glimpse at Rocky, the stone-shaped and faceless alien who becomes Gosling's mission partner as they attempt to save the universe from ecological disaster. Phil Lord, who co-directed the film with Chris Miller, said the relationship between the two beings stuck alone together in space represents the central theme. "If the universe depended on it," Miller said, "can adult men make friends?" Rocky is already a cult favourite for readers of Andy Weir's novel, and is sure to be a future staple of Comic-Con cosplay. Gosling said he got on board immediately after reading Project Hail Mary in manuscript form, and was only partly kidding when he called Weir, who was sitting next to him, "the greatest sci-fi mind of our time". "I knew it would be brilliant, because it's Andy, but nothing could prepare me," Gosling said. "It took me places I'd never been, it showed me things I'd never seen, it was as heartbreaking as it was funny." Gosling plays Ryland Grace, a middle school teacher and underachiever drafted for the mission. The opening five minutes show a gloppy, long-bearded, amnesiac Gosling as he awakes in a pod. He climbs out, confused. He finds other people in pods who are clearly dead. Then he finds a window and learns he's in space. He gives a mealy-mouthed scream of "Where am ?!" The movie represents the return to directing, and return to space, of Lord and Miller for the first time since they were fired and replaced by Ron Howard by Disney and Lucasfilm from 2018's Solo. Like The Martian, the movie goes heavy on the science but takes the messy, kitchen-sink, everything-is-comedy approach Lord and Miller used in films like The Lego Movie. "This movie is not a Mac, it's a PC," Lord said. "It can be beautiful, it just can't be pretty."
Winnipeg Free Press
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Ryan Gosling and faceless alien named Rocky wow crowd at ‘Project Hail Mary' Comic-Con panel
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Comic-Con got a lot of Ryan and a little bit of Rocky at a panel on 'Project: Hail Mary,' the forthcoming film that's equal parts space adventure, real-science deep-dive, broad comedy and relationship drama. 'What's up Hall H!' a giddy Ryan Gosling in a trucker hat and flannel shirt shouted to the crowd of more than 6,000 at Comic-Con's biggest venue. Amazon MGM Studios showed the opening five minutes and several other slightly unfinished scenes from the first third of the film, seven months before its planned release. (Spoilers for that section follow). It included an extended glimpse at Rocky, the stone-shaped and faceless alien who becomes Gosling's mission partner as they attempt to save the universe from ecological disaster. Phil Lord, who codirected the film with Chris Miller, said the relationship between the two beings stuck alone together in space represents the central theme. 'If the universe depended on it,' Miller said, 'can adult men make friends?' Rocky is already a cult favorite for readers of Andy Weir's novel, and is sure to be a future staple of Comic-Con cosplay. Gosling plays Ryland Grace, a middle school teacher and underachiever drafted for the mission in the film based on the novel by Weir, whose first novel became the 2015 Matt Damon movie 'The Martian.' Screenwriter Drew Goddard adapted both. Gosling was asked what he connected to in the reluctant character. 'I connect to his reluctance. I'm reluctant to answer this question,' Gosling said. 'Aside from he fact that he has a doctorate in molecular biology he's quite an ordinary person. He reacts to a lot of things that I might or a lot of us might. He's terrified — appropriately — of the task at hand.' Weekly A weekly look at what's happening in Winnipeg's arts and entertainment scene. The opening five minutes show a sloppy, long-bearded, amnesiac Gosling as he awakes in a pod. He climbs out, confused. He finds other people in pods who are clearly dead. Then he finds a window and learns he's in space. He gives a mealymouthed scream of 'Where am ?!' The movie represents the return to directing, and return to space, of Lord and Miller for the first time since they were fired and replaced by Ron Howard by Disney and Lucasfilm from 2018's 'Solo.' Like, 'The Martian,' the movie goes heavy on the science — Weir, also a producer, said he spent hours going over every equation one very white board But it takes the messy, kitchen-sink, everything-is-comedy approach Lord and Miller used in films like 'The Lego Movie.' 'This movie is not a Mac, it's a PC,' Lord said. 'It can be beautiful, it just can't be pretty.'
The Age
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Does the new Smurfs movie find its thing?
SMURFS ★½ Rated G, 92 minutes Hollywood is so lavishly stocked with guys named Chris, it can be hard to keep up. I had assumed, until I checked, that Smurfs was the work of Christopher Miller, the co-director of The Lego Movie, though it seemed oddly conventional coming from a filmmaker who used to be known as a hip innovator in the field of family entertainment. As it turns out, this reboot is by his fellow animator Chris Miller, who brought us Shrek the Third and Puss in Boots – although both do wacky fantasy lands, pop culture shoutouts and hero's journeys, so the difference is only a matter of degree. There's less risk of getting confused about the Smurfs, small blue creatures who live in a woodland village and possess one notable trait apiece, sometimes represented by a signature prop: Brainy Smurf, voiced by Xolo Mariduena, wears glasses, Vanity Smurf (Maya Erskine) carries a mirror, and so on. These markers aside, they all look identical, except for Papa Smurf (John Goodman), who has a beard and wears a red cap rather than a white one, and the blonde-haired Smurfette (Rihanna), by tradition the only female Smurf, sculpted out of clay by the evil wizard Gargamel (J.P. Karliak), who intended her as a femme fatale to lure the other Smurfs into captivity. This bizarre but long-standing origin story is more or less the only interesting thing about the Smurfs, and was central to Smurfs: The Lost Village, their last big-screen vehicle in 2017 (in that one Smurfette was voiced by Demi Lovato; before that she was Katy Perry). In this latest reboot we appear to have regressed: the focus is on the brand-new character of No-Name Smurf (James Corden) who hasn't found the 'thing' that would let him stand out from the crowd. Smurfette's 'thing,' essentially, is being a girl, which is a tricky matter and always has been, although in her current incarnation she's also meant to be tough and strong, meaning she's resolved her own identity issues and can spend her time reassuring the protagonist that being a total blank doesn't make him any less terrific.
Sydney Morning Herald
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Smurfs movie review: All-star cast and a few good jokes
SMURFS★½ Rated G, 92 minutes Hollywood is so lavishly stocked with guys named Chris, it can be hard to keep up. I had assumed, until I checked, that Smurfs was the work of Christopher Miller, the co-director of The Lego Movie , though it seemed oddly conventional coming from a filmmaker who used to be known as a hip innovator in the field of family entertainment. The Smurfs are back, including No Name (James Corden) and Smurfette (Rihanna). Credit: Paramount Animation As it turns out, this reboot is by his fellow animator Chris Miller, who brought us Shrek the Third and Puss in Boots – although both do wacky fantasy lands, pop culture shoutouts and hero's journeys, so the difference is only a matter of degree. There's less risk of getting confused about the Smurfs, small blue creatures who live in a woodland village and possess one notable trait apiece, sometimes represented by a signature prop: Brainy Smurf, voiced by Xolo Mariduena, wears glasses, Vanity Smurf (Maya Erskine) carries a mirror, and so on. These markers aside, they all look identical, except for Papa Smurf (John Goodman), who has a beard and wears a red cap rather than a white one, and the blonde-haired Smurfette (Rihanna), by tradition the only female Smurf, sculpted out of clay by the evil wizard Gargamel (J.P. Karliak), who intended her as a femme fatale to lure the other Smurfs into captivity. This bizarre but long-standing origin story is more or less the only interesting thing about the Smurfs, and was central to Smurfs: The Lost Village , their last big-screen vehicle in 2017 (in that one Smurfette was voiced by Demi Lovato; before that she was Katy Perry). In this latest reboot we appear to have regressed: the focus is on the brand-new character of No-Name Smurf (James Corden) who hasn't found the 'thing' that would let him stand out from the crowd. Smurfette's 'thing,' essentially, is being a girl, which is a tricky matter and always has been, although in her current incarnation she's also meant to be tough and strong, meaning she's resolved her own identity issues and can spend her time reassuring the protagonist that being a total blank doesn't make him any less terrific.
Euronews
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Ryan Gosling's ‘Project Hail Mary' trailer breaks viewings record
Ryan Gosling's new sci-fi movie Project Hail Mary has broken trailer viewing records, gaining more than 400 million views since it was released online on 30 June. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (21 Jump Street, The Lego Movie), the film is based on the 2021 novel of the same name by Andy Weir (author of 'The Martian') and stars Gosling as Ryland Grace, a man who wakes up on a space station. Snag is that he's not an astronaut. He's a science teacher with no recolection of what his mission is. He slowly learns that he was sent into outer space to reverse the impact of a phenomena causing the sun to die out – something which recalls one of Danny Boyle's best films, Sunshine. However, he won't be searching for a solution on his own... Check out the trailer below - which has already achieved more than 400 million views across various platforms, which is a record for an original movie (i.e. not a remake or sequel): This sci-fi drama (with a comedic tone) also stars the great Sandra Hüller (Toni Erdmann, Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest) - check out our interview with Hüller here – and is set to be released in March 2026. Both directors Lord and Miller both posted matching thank you messages on X: 'Holy Moly! Thank you all you glorious generous fans of movies / books / near light speed space travel / the Sun for pushing the trailer for Project Hail Mary past 400 million views – the most in one week for a non-sequel non-remake original film trailer… ever. Can't wait to thank some of you in person at San Diego Comic-Con in Hall H with our pals Ryan, Andy, and Drew (Goddard, screenwriter) ….and a few other surprises…' Excited yet? We are. Project Hail Mary hits theaters on 20 March 2026.
