"Goddard grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico, the home of rocket scientists who gave us the atomic bomb, and still boasts the highest IQ per capita in America. Weir captured the humor of scientists, said Goddard, who made 'The Martian' work with a 20-minute section with Matt Damon alone - and earned an Oscar nomination for it."
"Now, he's in space again, adapting Weir's bestseller 'Project Hail Mary,' this time with solo scientist Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) - not a trained astronaut - who is in way over his head but uses science to figure out the many problems that come his way. The stakes on his mission couldn't be higher: Save the Earth by saving the dying sun."
"En route, Grace meets another solo space traveler, a crab-like alien he names Rocky. Somehow, they figure out how to inhabit the same space without breathing the same atmosphere - and how to communicate."
Drew Goddard, a University of Colorado graduate from Los Alamos, New Mexico, has built a successful Hollywood career collaborating with sci-fi writer Andy Weir. After thriving as a TV writer on shows like 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and 'Alias,' and directing films including 'Cloverfield' and 'The Cabin in the Woods,' Goddard is now adapting Weir's bestseller 'Project Hail Mary.' The film stars Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace, an ordinary scientist rather than a trained astronaut, who must use scientific problem-solving to save Earth by rescuing a dying sun. During his mission, Grace encounters Rocky, a crab-like alien, and the two must learn to coexist despite their different atmospheric needs and communicate across species barriers.
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