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‘Project Hail Mary’ Directors Screened a Nearly Four-Hour Cut to Other Filmmakers and Were Told to ‘Get It Way Shorter’: ‘It Was Embarrassing’ (variety.com)
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[–] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 days ago

I feel like splitting it would be a harder pitch to studios since it's not a recognizable IP. Sure you have a beloved actor in the lead role and quite a few people love the directors, but honestly how many average people knew about this book before the movie's announcement in comparison to something like Hobbit or Dune?