It's an arthouse movie with a major Hollywood franchise budget. There's pretty much no way this would actually make financial sense. But you have to give them credit for taking a creative risk. That's far too rare these days.

It's a black satire alejandro inarritu film, that happens to star tom cruise, id never call this a tom cruise film. Never. Inarritu has an amazing ability to elevate his lead actors to career best performances. Keaten in Birdman, Pitt and Blanchette in Babel, Bardem in Biutiful. That guy in Bardo. Revenant, AKA the only movie I felt DiCaprio ever put real acting effort into.

And it's another film that Inarritu gives a giant middle finger to Hollywood California critics. He is unapologetically heavy handed in his message in recent films and I expect this to be even more, if only to piss off the critics.

That being said, audiences looking to movies to escape the the daily news and it's reminders of an encroaching dystopic future are probably not going to find it in this film.

Production costs seem way high, for this type of film, but Hollywood accounting is part black magic anyway.

I know that Cruise is a much bigger household name to sensationalize the headline, but it's really doing a disservice to the film

Tanking a hollywood studio is perhaps the most revolutionary act possible for a director. Kudos to Iñárritu.

I'll bring this point up again, finances are tight.

I don't thing many people are going to theatres these days. Something like mario galaxy or whatever still holds some grab because it's aimed for kids. Some families can handle a movie night but it's hard to justify a family movie night if it costs $100+ even if you bring your own stuff in; I know that tickets and popcorn and drinks aren't that expensive everywhere. But like hey, the movie theatre is closing down at the mall plaza in a VERY populated area.

Also what is Hollywood thinking releasing movies like Project Hail Mary’s with a runtime 2 hours and 46 minute. Look, I haven't even finished the movie on a stream site. My gaming buddies in their 20's don't go to movie theatres, they mostly watch anime. I don't remember the last movie I watched in a theatre.

I'll guess most people will watch whatever movie at home since it costs what? Going out to see maybe two or three movies for a giant TV these days? There's no burning passion to go to the theatre, I'd rather just stay home.

does this mean we'll just see more Marvel movies :)

Oops. Shouldn't have retired the MI team quite so soon, eh Mr. Hunt?

LOL, 100mill marketing budget and Lemmy is where I am reading about it first. I guess I am not the target audience.

Looking at the cast, with the exception of Cruise, this would be a movie I’d check out once it went to streaming (Jesse Plemons is awesome). But in 2026, I have zero interest in watching a film about a wealthy white guy that unleashed some bullshit on the world and is now trying to prove he’s “humanity’s savior.” The US is a dystopian hellscape and I’m not about to subject myself to more of that, even if it’s some sort of dark comedy. I watched the trailer and it made no goddamn sense to me. All I saw was Cruise, an actor I dislike, bathing a weird fucking Muppet cat, while looking like one of the multitude of old white dumb fucks running the US into the ground. There’s a metric fuckload of other stuff I’d rather be watching and I’m over needlessly subjecting myself to more dystopia.

In the days of yore, this would become a cult classic a year after release and the only people to lose out would be the investors so who cares. But now who knows. It'll go to streaming and who knows how many people will look at it on Netflix and think how bad could it be? when it's sitting next to Avengers: The Fortieth One?

The Wile E. Coyote film gets held for a year then finally releases to tons of money. This gets blasted all over social media and bombs, it's almost like studio execs don't have a fucking clue.

Sounds like an ambitious, timely film that made some questionable decisions, starting with making it big-budget and hiring Cruise. It's probably the wrong audience for him, though.

I like the premise and message, but it also sounds pretty self-important. Audiences rarely go for that, it seems.

I’m getting to the point where I won’t see a movie because it has big name stars in it. I am so fucking tired of seeing the same faces on movie posters for fucking 30 years.

Saw a trailer which was quite literally just a compilation of Tom Cruise clips from his other movies.

No info on plot, setting or story just "y'all love him" and... no, no I do not. Incredibly off-putting.

My Spidey sense is tingling. A movie that talks shit about the oil industry and I keep hearing about how really bad it is. Hmmmm.

I’m actually kind of interested after I heard a synopsis. I just don’t really go to movies these days, and I think a lot of other folks don’t go as much either.

Good. He's long overdue for a reality check.