The film scored 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and an “A” CinemaScore. If word of mouth follows The Martian’s pattern, it could exceed $600 million globally — same screenwriter adapting both books for a studio

The commercial logic: roughly 200 million people subscribe to Amazon Prime, which includes Prime Video, so theatrical releases primarily serve as marketing for a streaming service those customers already

Amazon MGM’s 2026 began poorly — a Melania documentary earned $16 million on a $40 million budget, and Crime 101 made $65 million worldwide against $90 million in production costs — then Hail Mary opened

Project Hail Mary cost about $200 million and was released by Amazon MGM, a studio created after Amazon paid $8.45 billion for MGM in 2021. After several pricey flops, this release is the first clear payoff

He was a software engineer who began serializing The Martian online in 2009; readers urged a Kindle release, and within days he had a literary agent, a publishing deal, and Fox bought the film rights.

Andy Weir wrote a novel no publisher wanted, posted it chapter-by-chapter on his website for free, then put it on Kindle for 99 cents; it sold 35,000 copies in a month, and the movie based on his third

It's rare to see such a reliable group of collaborators producing spectacular work repeatedly

Andy Weir is an absolute phenom and a genuinely good person. The book-to-film partnership with Aditya Sood and Drew Goddard is incredibly cool to witness.

A more extensive briefing is expected later this week to outline the path forward for Artemis II and subsequent missions, ensuring alignment with the President’s vision to return to the Moon and establish

While there are many differences between the 1960s and today and expectations are understandably high given the investment in this program, Artemis was created to exceed Apollo's accomplishments; plans

The disappointment is recognized and most deeply felt by the NASA team that prepared for the mission; historical setbacks occurred in the 1960s—for example, Neil Armstrong's Gemini 8 mission lasted under

Regardless of the fault, access and remediation require work inside the VAB Preparations for rollback will begin, removing the March launch window from consideration

Potential faults include the final umbilical filter (least likely given the signature), a failed QD umbilical interface (where similar issues have occurred), or a failed onboard check valve (consistent

The Artemis II vehicle is in a safe configuration, using a ground ECS purge for the engines instead of onboard helium

Last evening the team could not establish helium flow through the vehicle during a routine repressurization A similar failure signature was observed on Artemis I

Update to earlier post: ICPS helium bottles are used to purge engines and pressurize LH2 and LOX tanks. The systems operated correctly during WDR1 and WDR2

Unbelievable. All that time preparing for the launch, and then this. Pathetic. Additionally, a prominent US public official is setting a new standard for public servants and could be on a path toward the

Wetmore did not leave Camen generational wealth, prompting an investigation into what happened to the flash-freezing fortune. Details are in the video

The shoot took place at a Gloucester restaurant on the site of the first General Foods factory. One of the cinematographers on the crew, Camen Hodges, is Wetmore's great-grandson and shared this history

Right before the Depression, Wetmore sold his stake in General Foods for $22 million (about $500 million in today's dollars)