Released in March, the new sci-fi flick 'Project Hail Mary' features Puerto Rican puppeteer James Ortiz, who stars opposite ...

For Alien Eyes Only” is a puppet comedy series imagining how aliens might learn about Earth through VHS tapes.

How puppeteer James Ortiz turned a pile of steel rods and fiberglass into Project Hail Mary’s Rocky.

Concept artists Kris Anka and Jesús Alonso Iglesias provided a look into the development of everyone's favorite new alien.

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The two men rehearsed each scene before bringing out the puppet so they could get the blocking nailed down. “That would be our one chance to check in with each other, see each other’s eyes, and sort ...

Put Ryan Gosling and an alien puppet in a spaceship, and you get sheer joy. That's the best way to sum up Project Hail Mary, a good chunk of whose runtime is a two-hander between biologist Ryland ...

"The real surprise was James Ortiz," the star says. "We were improvising for hours." ...

The sci-fi epic based on Andy Weir’s novel of the same name is already a blockbuster hit – but who’s the voice behind Rocky ...

The movie hinge's on Ryan Gosling's chemistry with a rock-like alien, with puppeteer Ortiz improvising 45-minute takes with ...

Project Hail Mary wouldn’t have worked nearly as well without the decision to make Rocky a practical puppet instead of CGI.

Rushed and poorly composed CGI has become an unfortunate staple of the industry, even in films with massive budgets, and ...