COVER
214 MIAMI LIVING
Ryan Gosling
Inside Project Hail Mary
A HIGH-STAKES SCI-FI GAMBLE THAT DELIVERS
Florida has become a center stage for modern space exploration,
anchored by Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, and the broader
Space Coast, where launches continue to shape the future of human
spaceflight through NASA's Artemis program. It is a landscape where
science fiction and reality often feel closely connected, a theme
recently explored in Miami Living's guide on how to watch a rocket
launch in Florida.
Against that backdrop, we thought Ryan Gosling in Project Hail Mary was a
perfect cover for our latest issue.
Based on Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary arrives as one
of the most ambitious science fiction films of the decade, combining
large-scale production with an unusually grounded, character-driven
approach. Backed by Amazon MGM Studios and produced on a budget
nearing $200 million, the 156-minute feature has quickly established itself
as both a critical and commercial success.
B Y C O U R T N E Y S H E E LY. P H O T O S C O U R T E S Y O F TA G H E U E R . M O V I E
S C E N E P H O T O S C O U R T E S Y O F A M A Z O N M G M S T U D I O S .
