Classic Movies Live Season 7, Episode 7 – Project Hail Mary

Classic Movies Live Season 7, Episode 7 – Project Hail Mary

From Classic Movies Live! by Heatwave Radio

March 25, 2026

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on the sci-fi film Project Hail Mary, starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.

This week on Classic Movies Live!, Ryan Gosling returns! Project Hail Mary is a new sci-fi film from Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, directors of 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, and The Lego Movie, but most recently best-known as the Oscar-winning producers of Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse! Written by Drew Goddard -- screenwriter of Ridley Scott's The Martian -- and adapted from a novel by Andy Weir -- the original writer of the novel The Martian -- Project Hail Mary is packed with big names behind the cameras, and Gosling and Sandra Huller aren't small names in front of the camera, either. In Project Hail Mary, a high school science teacher wakes up 11 light years from Earth, alone in a small spacecraft and no idea who he is or why he's there. Those questions are answered pretty quickly though: his name is Ryland Grace, and he's there to try and find a way to stop the sun from dying. Should be simple enough. Retrograde amnesia makes for a film where just about everything is spoilers, so keep that in mind for Pierre and Jeff's spoiler-filled discussion of Project Hail Mary! What did our hosts think of Gosling? What did they think of Huller? Is there anyone else in the movie…

People in this episode

Hosts: Pierre, Jeff

Guest: Ryan Gosling

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Books & works: Project Hail Mary, The Martian, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, The Lego Movie

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