The big screen debut of Project Hail Mary is just around the corner. With the film coming soon, one of the directors revealed that the film was incredibly committed to practical special effects.
With Ryan Gosling in the headlining role, Project Hail Mary follows science teacher Ryland Grace as he’s recruited for a job he could’ve never imagined. When the sun mysteriously begins to deteriorate, Grace is selected by the government to be at the head of the operation to get to the bottom of the case and restore the sun. But when the mission goes unexpectedly awry, he must find help in the unlikeliest places so he can achieve his goal and save humanity.
Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the trailers for the film already showcase plenty of settings very fitting of a sci-fi film of this caliber. However, Hollywood Reporter pointed out that Lord and Miller opted not to use green screen, as is the practice with many modern films akin to Hail Mary.
“What’s fun about the movie is that there is no greenscreen in the movie whatsoever. Not a single green- or bluescreen was used. The whole ship was built as a set from the inside. We had a huge section of the exterior of the ship on the outside that we built,” Miller specifically told ComicBook.com.
Going further, Miller elaborated on the approach they took for the alien, named Rocky, that appears in the film. Rather than use motion capture, a physical prop was made for the creature. Because you weren’t just guessing and pointing it at where Rocky might be someday [if the character was added in postproduction]. That’s what makes [the action] feel like it was captured in the moment,” he explained.
Project Hail Mary hits theaters March 20th.
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