• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    23 days ago

    I assume they called it Project Hail Mary because actually crafting a well written story out of a basically new/unknown IP is the actual last thing that anyone in Hollywood would contemplate as the basis of a movie.

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      23 days ago

      I enjoyed the movie, but I don’t think it was that much of a gamble. The Martian set a pretty decent expectation for success.

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        23 days ago

        Right, and prior to the movie coming out… how many people had read that book… compared to how many people have seen a piece of media from Star Wars or Marvel or some other well known IP?