With the announcement of the Tribeca Film Festival‘s full lineup for 2024, animated comedy fans will be added the World Premiere of Mars to their can’t-miss list. Playing as an official selection in the festival’s “Midnight” program section, the 2D sci-fi frolic from award-winning comedy group The Whitest Kids U’ Know will debut Thursday, June 6, with encore screenings on June 8 and June 15.
The first-ever image from Mars was also revealed this morning, showing a motley crew of intrepid adventurers as they make the journey to the titular planet.
Synopsis: Mars follows the unbelievable misadventures of Kyle, a man whose life is all laid out before him. Engaged to his fiancée, Candace, he works as a dentist, knows they’ll settle down and have children, and all of life’s decisions have been figured out for him … and that is terrifying. One night, he sees an ad for billionaire Elron Branson’s contest to travel to Mars on the maiden trip of his Mars voyager. Unsure of the road ahead, Kyle sends in a submission video and, to his surprise, wins. When the dates of the rocket launch and his wedding conflict, he decides to ditch his big day and head off to the red planet. This would all be great for him, except the luxury accommodations are merely a facade, the other space travelers are insane, and all of them get stranded on Mars with no way home.
Directed by filmmaker, animator and FX artist Sevan Najarian (House of Cosbys, The Most Extraordinary Space Investigations, I Am Frenchie), Mars is written by and stars Trevor Moore, Zach Cregger, Sam Brown, Darren Trumeter and Timmy Williams (The Whitest Kids U’ Know). It’s produced by Najaraian, Moore, Cregger, Brown and James Bristow. Williams, Trumeter, Kara Welker and Aimee Carlson are executive producers.
Learn more about Mars at wkukplus.com.
Tribeca Film Festival 2024 takes place June 5-16 in New York City. Festival passes and more information available at tribecafilm.com/festival.
