Scope Cinemas held an Early Access Screening of ‘Project Hail Mary’ starring Ryan Gosling, in IMAX at the Havelock City Mall – the audience were able to enjoy the movie two days in advance before its release on 20th March 2026.
NELUM BUDDHADASA
COLOMBO: The early access screening of Project Hail Mary at Scope Cinemas’ IMAX theatre is a masterclass in immersive sci-fi, offering fans an exclusive first look at Andy Weir’s celebrated novel brought to life.
Experiencing the cutting-edge IMAX with Laser technology, the screen transforms the vastness of space into a crystal-clear 4K visual feast, where the deep black of the cosmos and the intricate details of the Hail Mary ship are rendered with unmatched luminosity and contrast. The film had pinned movie buffs to their seats as Ryan Gosling’s character, Grace, navigates his high-stakes mission.
For those lucky enough to see Project Hail Mary before its general release, watching the film on Sri Lanka’s largest, specially-engineered IMAX screen isn’t just watching a movie—it’s a full-throttle leap into the Tau Ceti system that truly does justice to the epic scale of the story.
The Project Hail Mary movie, which just hit theatres on March 20, 2026, is already a massive commercial success, breaking several records for Amazon MGM Studios. In its opening weekend alone in North America,the film exceeded all industry projections, solidifying itself as one of the biggest sci-fi debuts in years.
