SPARK (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jace Norman (Henry Danger), Jessica Biel (Stealth), Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby), Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise), Alan C. Peterson (Shooter), Rob deLeeuw (Spotlight), Patrick Stewart (Logan), Jason Deline (The Walk)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Aaron Woodley (The Entitled), director, writer; Doug Hadders (film debut), Robert Reece (A Fare to Remember) and Adam Rotstein (film debut), writers; Tracy Grant (film debut), Woo-Kyung Jung (The Nut Job), Youngki Lee (The Reef), Harry Linden (Ratchet & Clank) and Jun Zheng (film debut), producers; Robert Duncan (Maybe), composer; Paul Hunter (The Nut Job), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Spark (Norman), a teenage monkey, embarks on a grand adventure through space with his friends Vix (Biel) and Chunk (deLeeuw) to take back his home planet from the evil ruler Zhong (Peterson)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Kids will be entertained this half term by this mindless but fun space adventure with a bunch of talking animals, because why not?

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 26TH MAY 2017

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