[atombender]

> Project Hail Mary was predominantly practical effects

Don't drink the Kool Aid. The studios love to make this sort of claim — recent examples include F1: The Movie, Top Gun: Maverick, and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, and you'll see interviews where the main actors say it was all real — but it's just marketing.

Project Hail Mary leans heavily on CG. For example, while they did hire a puppeteer (he ended up voicing the alien!) to control a neat physical puppet on set, almost all of it was replaced with CG in post production, and only used for reference. Corridor Crew has a great breakdown [1]. They frequently provide a good counterpoint against fraudulent "no CG" claims.

[1] https://youtu.be/l9zqIo8KtjI?is=e7-3Wz_mnMdl2Yp8

[nunez]

The end credits to PHM had A LOT of people credited for graphics!