ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH (U)

WHO’S IN IT?

Brendan Fraser (The Mummy), Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City), Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine), William Shatner (Star Trek), Joshua Rush (Parental Guidance), Jessica Alba (Good Luck Chuck), Craig Robinson (This Is The End), George Lopez (Rio), Jane Lynch (Wreck-It Ralph), Sofia Vergara (Modern Family), Jonathan Morgan Heit (Bedtime Stories), Ricky Gervais (The Office), Steve Zahn (Dallas Buyers Club), Chris Parnell (Anchorman)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Callan Brunker (film debut), director, writer; Bob Barlen (film debut), writer; Luke Carroll (film debut), Brian Inerfeld (Mr. Woodcock) and Catherine Winder (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), producers; Aaron Zigman (The Proposal), composer; Matthew A. Ward (film debut), cinematographer; Matthew Landon (Lovelace) and Scott Winlaw (film debut), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

On a distant alien planet, admired adventurer Scorch Supernova (Fraser) ignores his brother Gary’s (Corddry) warnings and responds to an SOS on a dangerous planet known as Earth. But when it turns out to be a trap, Gary must rescue his brother and his home planet from the dangers of ours…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A fun riff on the alien invasion story, Escape From Planet Earth is a colourful distraction for children of all ages.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 7TH MARCH 2014

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