It’s not every day that Lego manages to truly surprise with its licensed crossovers, but today, they’ve got us: one of the most exciting upcoming sci-fi films of 2026, Project Hail Mary, is getting the brick-built treatment.
This morning Lego announced a new 830-piece set inspired by the new film, itself an adaptation of the novel of the same name by The Martian‘s Andy Weir. The set includes a buildable version of the titular ship, the Hail Mary—the longshot hope for humanity on a mission to try and figure out why almost every star in the universe is suddenly dying, including our own sun—which can be rotated on its display stand and features a moving crew module to create the ship’s centrifugal gravity system.
As well as the ship, the display base includes a small detachable vignette featuring a minifigure of Ryan Gosling’s unlikely astronaut, Ryland Grace, and a small, appropriately brick-built version of the alien he encounters on his mission, Rocky.
It’s a great-looking little set, even if it doesn’t initially seem like the kind of license Lego would go after. But of course, the company has a long history with space sets, licensed or otherwise, and an interest in the real-world history of human spaceflight. So given Project Hail Mary‘s more grounded approach to interstellar travel, it’s not really all that surprising that Lego would see a kinship there with its past space-themed sets. A surprise to be sure, and definitely a welcome one considering the huge buzz the film has been getting.
The Lego Icons Project Hail Mary set will release on March 1 for $100, and is available to preorder now.
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