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Drew Goddard on Adapting 'Project Hail Mary,' Directing 'The Matrix 5' and How His 'Spider-Man' Movie Got Caught Up in the Sony Hack

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entertainmentMarch 19, 2026

Mar 19, 2026 8:32am PT

Drew Goddard on Adapting ‘Project Hail Mary,’ Directing ‘The Matrix 5’ and How His ‘Spider-Man’ Movie Got Caught Up in the Sony Hack

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The last time Drew Goddard adapted one of Andy Weir’s books, it earned him an Oscar nomination. Plus, “The Martian,” the film that Goddard wrote, was a blockbuster hit. But when he got the call to handle screenplay duties on “Project Hail Mary,” Weir’s bestselling story of a science teacher on a mission to save humanity with the help of a crab-like alien, he hesitated.

“‘The Martian’ was such a magical experience, but there’s something about going back to the well,” Goddard said. “You worry you’re just trying to do an imitation of a previous movie. But then I read the book and loved it. It was much more challenging to adapt, because the scope was much bigger. And it’s got this deep, emotional story about a human and an alien that I couldn’t resist.”

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