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.

[–] HearTwoTalk@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

The Martian came out in 2015.

11 years ago.

In 11 years.... how many well known IPs were rebooted or continued or reimagined, as major movies?

How many times did Hollywood release another version of Skyrim?

[–] Qwaffle_waffle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

That reminds me, I gotta re-up.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It based on the book of the same name.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours 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?