Director Chris Miller is sipping an Aperol Spritz during a well-earned family vacation to the Dolomites, marveling at the success of his and co-director Phil Lord’s film Project Hail Mary.
Starring Ryan Gosling, the movie about a hapless schoolteacher who is blasted off into space to save civilization has also done something otherworldly: become a box office hit. To date, it has grossed $300 million globally, a miraculous feat for a movie in the modern era that isn’t a sequel or based on existing IP. (Industry observers point to 2023’s Oppenheimer as the last example of a similar hit). One could even say that…
