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It may have seemed like a risky move to hand Phil Lord and Christopher Miller—whose only live-action films were a couple of *Jump Street* installments over a decade ago—the keys to a $250 million sci-fi epic; a film that, moreover, carries the stigma of bearing the "Amazon Studios film" label. Yet, this turned out to be the most unexpected choice to top our list of the most anticipated films of 2026, and—as it happens—it has achieved the impossible. Dr. Ryland Grace—a somewhat hapless schoolteacher with a history of controversial physics theories—wakes up aboard an interstellar spacecraft with fragmented memories of how he got there. Little by little, he begins to piece together a puzzle involving the end of the world... unless he can successfully complete the mission he is supposed to carry out out there—a mission he cannot quite recall... Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller Writers: Drew Goddard, Andy Weir Stars: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz Of course, bene...