Project Hail Mary is a natural follow-up to The Martian. Both movies are based on sci-fi novels by Andy Weir, and both have bankable stars in the lead role (Matt Damon for The Martian, Ryan Gosling for Project Hail Mary) and accomplished directors at the helm (Ridley Scott for the former, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller for the latter). Even still, Drew Goddard, the screenwriter on both movies, went into Project Hail Mary with a lot of trepidation.
"My first thought was, 'Oh god, I don't know how we're going to make this into a movie.' I was so scared," he tells The Verge. "I didn't want to let Andy down. But I realized how challenging it …
