Amazon MGM Studios released a final trailer for its upcoming space odyssey "Project Hail Mary," based on Andy Weir's bestselling novel, while SpaceX announced a shift in focus from Mars to the moon, according to recent reports. Meanwhile, casting news emerged for both a Gucci family series and a dark comedy starring Keira Knightley and Alicia Vikander.
The "Project Hail Mary" trailer, released just before the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics, previews the film adaptation of Weir's 2021 novel. Amazon MGM Studios acquired the rights to the book before its publication and tapped Drew Goddard, who wrote the screenplay for "The Martian," to adapt it.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk stated the company would prioritize establishing a settlement on the moon, shifting away from its longstanding focus on Mars colonization. SpaceX has found success as a NASA contractor, but Musk's Mars plans have faced criticism as overly ambitious, according to Phys.org.
In other entertainment news, the upcoming Sky series "Gucci: Game Over," described as Italy's answer to Ridley Scott's "House of Gucci," revealed its key cast. Miriam Leone will play Patrizia Reggiani, the former socialite convicted of hiring a hitman.
Additionally, a dark comedy titled "The Worst" will star Keira Knightley, Alicia Vikander, Jamie Dornan, and Erin Kellyman. Protagonist Pictures and Logical Pictures International are launching the "class satire," which marks the directorial debut of Simon Woods, at the EFM in Berlin, according to Variety.
In other news, Josh Miele, a blind scientist and 2021 MacArthur Foundation genius fellow, is working to make life more user-friendly for the disability community. In the 1990s, before the invention of GPS, Miele would climb street signs to feel the embossed letters to work out which street he was on, according to Nature News.
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