Published Mar 29, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT Would you eat a burger made from your own muscle? Project Hail Mary is yet another Andy Weir movie with a cut cannibalism joke Image: Amazon MGM via Polygon Sign in to your Polygon.com account Drew Goddard wrote the screenplays for Ridley Scott’s 2015 film The Martian and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s Project Hail Mary , both based on Andy Weir novels about astronauts using all their ingenuity to survive in space. Goddard captures Weir’s mix of complex science and goofy humor in highly faithful and captivating adaptations, but he also cuts one of Weir’s weirdest recurring gags from both books: cannibalism humor . Food supplies are a major concern in space, so it’s not surprising that Weir’s thoughts turned to the possible necessity of cannibalism. Much of The Martian focuses on astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) growing enough potatoes to survive after he’s left behind by his crew, who thought he was killed in a dust storm.…