Ryan Gosling’s New Sci-Fi Thriller Rocks Prime Video’s Streaming Chart At #1
Ryan Gosling continues to have one of his most succesful years ever. With summer fully underway, 2026 has already had some of its biggest theatrical releases, with more films on their way for the rest of the year. However, one of the most beloved hits that arrived months ago was a massive sci-fi adaptation, featuring Gosling, and the success is only continuing for the Barbie star. Project Hail Mary officially made its Prime Video streaming debut on Friday, July 3, and it didn’t take long for it to become #1 on the Amazon-owned platform. As of writing, it has become the top title on the service in Finland, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. In England and the United States, the Gosling-starring picture is sitting at #2 on Prime Video, as well as in Poland, New Zealand, Indonesia, Canada, and Australia. The 2026 entry has also become a success for the platform at #3 in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Ireland, and Norway.
Based on Andy Weir’s 2021 sci-fi novel, the big-screen adaptation grossed $683.5 million at the worldwide box office. $344 million came through the domestic market, while it collected the other $339.5 million through international ticket sales. Directed by Spider-Verse’s Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Drew Goddard penned the screenplay, as the story focuses on Gosling’s Ryland Grace, who goes from being a science teacher in middle school to attempting to save humanity. Following its release in March, the project is sitting at 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, while having a 95% rating on its audience score. The Project Hail Mary cast stars Sandra Hüller as Eva Stratt, Lionel Boyce as Carl, Milana Vayntrub as Olesya Ilyukhina, Ken Leung as Yao Li-Jie, and James Ortiz as Rocky. The Hollywood adaptation of Weir’s book also features Priya Kansara voicing Mary, while Malachi Kirby, Mia Soteriou, and Orion Lee appear as Martin Dubois, Dr. Browne, and Dr. Li, respectively.
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The Ultimate Sci-Fi TV Trivia Quiz
“The truth is out there.”
DeepSpaceFinal frontiers
TimeTravelWibbly wobbly
AliensWe are not alone
DystopiaThe black mirror
UpsideDownHawkins, 1983
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The most famous opening monologue in TV sci-fi begins: “Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the ___.” Complete the line from the original 1966 Star Trek series.
AUSS Voyager
BUSS Defiant
CStarship Enterprise
DUSS Discovery
✓ Engage! William Shatner’s iconic opening — “Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before” — has become one of the most quoted passages in all television. Later Trek series would adapt it, but the Enterprise is the one that started it all.
✗ Subspace interference! The answer is Starship Enterprise. USS Voyager belongs to the 1995–2001 series, the Defiant to Deep Space Nine, and the Discovery to the modern 2017 series. It’s the original Enterprise, captained by James T. Kirk, that William Shatner immortalized in that final-frontier monologue.
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The Doctor’s time machine is disguised as a 1960s British police box and is famously bigger on the inside than the outside. What is the acronym it’s known by?
ATRACIS
BTARDIS
CTRADIS
DTANDIS
✓ Allons-y! TARDIS stands for Time And Relative Dimension In Space. The name was coined by the Doctor’s granddaughter Susan in the very first 1963 episode. The police-box shape is the result of its chameleon circuit getting stuck while parked in 1963 London — and it’s stayed that way for sixty-plus years.
✗ Chronal distortion! The answer is TARDIS — Time And Relative Dimension In Space. The other options are invented distractors. The TARDIS first appeared in 1963 and has followed every regeneration of the Doctor since, though its interior famously redesigns itself whenever the showrunners want a fresh look.
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The acclaimed 2004 Battlestar Galactica reboot — considered one of the greatest sci-fi TV shows ever made — was developed by which writer-producer, a veteran of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine?
ARonald D. Moore
BJ. Michael Straczynski
CDavid Eick
DGlen A. Larson
✓ So say we all! Ronald D. Moore developed the modern Battlestar Galactica, reimagining Glen A. Larson’s 1978 original as a gritty, post-9/11 political allegory. Moore had cut his teeth writing many of TNG and DS9’s best episodes. His BSG aired 2004–2009 and tackled terrorism, torture, faith, and what it means to be human.
✗ Frak! The answer is Ronald D. Moore. J. Michael Straczynski created Babylon 5, David Eick was Moore’s co-executive-producer on BSG, and Glen A. Larson created the original 1978 Battlestar Galactica. Moore took Larson’s cheesy space opera and rebuilt it into a Peabody Award-winning meditation on war and morality.
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Netflix’s ’80s-drenched sci-fi hit Stranger Things is set in a small American town sitting above a secret government lab that tore a hole into the “Upside Down.” What is the town called?
ADerry, Maine
BCastle Rock, Oregon
CHawkins, Indiana
DSpringwood, Ohio
✓ Friends don’t lie! Hawkins, Indiana is the fictional town the Duffer Brothers invented for Stranger Things — home to Hawkins National Laboratory, where Dr. Brenner’s MKUltra-style experiments opened a rift into the Upside Down. The show is actually filmed in Jackson, Georgia, but the Hawkins sign is now an iconic TV landmark.
✗ The Upside Down! The answer is Hawkins, Indiana. Derry is Stephen King’s fictional town from IT, Castle Rock is another King town (and an anthology series), and Springwood is from A Nightmare on Elm Street. The Duffer Brothers deliberately evoked King’s small-town horror tradition when creating Hawkins.
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In The X-Files, Fox Mulder has a famous poster hanging in his FBI basement office — a UFO photograph with a three-word tagline beneath it. What does the tagline say?
A“Trust No One”
B“The Truth Is Out There”
C“Deny Everything”
D“I Want To Believe”
✓ The truth is out there! “I Want To Believe” sits below a blurry UFO photo on the poster that hangs in Mulder’s basement office throughout the series. The line became so associated with the show that it was used as the title of the 2008 feature film, The X-Files: I Want to Believe.
✗ File that one away! The answer is “I Want To Believe.” “Trust No One,” “Deny Everything,” and “The Truth Is Out There” are all iconic X-Files taglines — but it’s “I Want To Believe” that’s literally printed on the UFO poster in Mulder’s office, and which became the title of the franchise’s 2008 movie.
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Apple TV+’s Severance — about office workers whose memories are surgically divided between their work and personal lives — was created by a first-time showrunner who used to be a customer service rep. Who is he?
ADamon Lindelof
BDan Erickson
CBen Stiller
DJonathan Nolan
✓ Praise Kier! Dan Erickson wrote the Severance pilot while working soul-crushing office jobs — literally daydreaming about splitting his mind so the “work-him” would suffer instead. Ben Stiller came on as executive producer and directed most episodes, but Erickson is the creator whose personal ennui gave us Lumon Industries.
✗ Outie interference! The answer is Dan Erickson. Damon Lindelof created Lost, The Leftovers, and Watchmen; Ben Stiller is Severance’s executive producer and primary director (but not its creator); Jonathan Nolan created Westworld and Person of Interest. Erickson’s script sat on the Black List for years before Stiller championed it.
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In 2018, Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror released a groundbreaking feature-length episode that let viewers make choose-your-own-adventure style decisions for the protagonist. What was it called?
ABandersnatch
BUSS Callister
CSan Junipero
DMetalhead
✓ Interactive transmission received! Bandersnatch followed young programmer Stefan as he adapted a choose-your-own-adventure novel in 1984. Viewers could make choices at key moments, branching the story into multiple endings. It was Netflix’s most ambitious interactive experiment — and the meta commentary on viewer control remains quintessential Black Mirror.
✗ Null pointer! The answer is Bandersnatch. USS Callister is the Emmy-winning Star Trek riff, San Junipero is the beloved ’80s romance episode, and Metalhead is the black-and-white robot-dog thriller. All are Black Mirror, but only Bandersnatch was the interactive choose-your-own-adventure special that launched in December 2018.
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Joss Whedon’s space-western Firefly became a legendary cult classic after Fox infamously cancelled it — airing episodes out of order, burying the pilot, and pulling the plug. How many episodes aired on Fox before cancellation?
A8
B11
C13
D22
✓ Shiny! Only 11 of the 14 produced Firefly episodes aired on Fox in late 2002 before the network pulled the plug. The remaining three (including the two-hour pilot “Serenity”) first aired in proper order on the Sci-Fi Channel and eventually on DVD. Fan outcry led to the 2005 film Serenity — a rare cinematic rescue for a cancelled series.
✗ Fox strikes again! The answer is 11. Fourteen episodes were actually filmed, but Fox only aired 11 before cancellation, and they aired them out of order with the pilot held until last. The complete set finally aired on Sci-Fi Channel and DVD, and the fan-driven “Browncoats” campaign eventually convinced Universal to greenlight Serenity.
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In ScreenRant’s Project Hail Mary review, Gregory Nussen gave the big-screen blockbuster 9/10 as they praised Gosling for giving one of his most solid performances, stating, “this is, without a doubt, the eminently charming actor’s best work yet.” Nussen also added how the film poses some deep questions, commenting, “What Project Hail Mary asks is, are you willing to fight for the life of someone you do not know? Are you willing to sacrifice yourself to do so? Of course, you are. You’re only human.”
Following its box office, critical, and streaming success, it will be interesting to see how it affects Gosling in 2027, as he is returning to the sci-fi genre sooner rather than later. The beloved actor will be joining the Star Wars universe next year, as the headliner for Star Wars: Starfighter. Project Hail Mary is now streaming on Prime Video worldwide.
Release Date
March 15, 2026
Runtime
157 minutes
Director
Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
Writers
Drew Goddard, Andy Weir
Producers
Aditya Sood, Amy Pascal, Andy Weir, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord, Rachel O’Connor, Ryan Gosling
Diterbitkan : 2026-07-04 17:20:00
sumber : screenrant.com
