Which filmmaking duo directed the 2026 film Project Hail Mary?

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller directed the 2026 film Project Hail Mary.

The pair are a longtime filmmaking team whose credits span live-action comedy, animation and science fiction. They directed 21 Jump Street and 22 Jump Street, then helped define modern studio animation with The Lego Movie and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Their work often combines fast comedy, genre storytelling and inventive visual design.

For Project Hail Mary, Lord and Miller also produced the film, while Drew Goddard wrote the screenplay. The collaboration is notable because Weir’s story depends on both large-scale space spectacle and a highly specific rhythm of scientific explanation, humor and emotional connection.

A common mix-up is to confuse Lord and Miller with Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, the directing team behind Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert and Anthony and Joe Russo are separate filmmaking duos with different filmographies.