‘Project Hail Mary’ Directors Screened a Nearly Four-Hour Cut to Other Filmmakers and Were Told to ‘Get It Way Shorter’: ‘It Was Embarrassing’

Mar 27, 2026 2:49pm PT ‘Project Hail Mary’ Directors Screened a Nearly Four-Hour Cut to Other Filmmakers and Were Told to ‘Get It Way Shorter’: ‘It Was Embarrassing’ By Zack Sharf Plus Icon Zack Sharf Digital News Director ZSharf Latest Andrew Garfield Defends Watching ‘Harry Potter’ Movies Even if ‘It’s Controversial and We Shouldn’t Be Putting Money in the Pocket’ of ‘She That Shall Remain Nameless’ 7 hours ago Josh Duhamel Says Actors Should Stay Quiet on Politics: ‘Why Would You Make Half of Your Audience Despise You by Your Beliefs?’ 8 hours ago Savannah Guthrie Sets ‘Today’ Return for April 6 After Mom’s Disappearance: ‘It’s Part of My Purpose’ and ‘My Joy Will Be My Protest’ 10 hours ago See All “ Project Hail Mary ” directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller recently appeared on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast and revealed they showed a nearly four-hour cut of their space movie to a group of director friends. However, the results were “embarrassing.” “Our first official test screening went great, but we do a lot of earlier screenings for friends and family and other filmmakers and writers,” Miller explained. “This movie was massive. When we finally got the assembly cut down to under four hours long, we subjected some filmmaker friends of ours to a three hour and 45 minute cut of the movie, which was embarrassing.” Related Stories Nielsen Will Delay March 'Gauge' Report After Streamers Fret Over Audience Declines