The theatrical trailer for the brand new indie animated movie “Boys Go to Jupiter,” which can hit choose theaters in New York Metropolis on August 8 and Los Angeles on August 15, has been launched. After these preliminary screenings, it would broaden right into a restricted launch nationwide. The film will probably be distributed by Cartuna and Irony Level, which picked up the venture in Might after a profitable pageant run.
From the thoughts of debut director Julian Glander, the film is billed as a “coming-of-age absurdist comedy” led by a powerful forged of voice actors, together with latest Tony-winner Cole Escola and “SNL” star Sarah Sherman. The first forged options Jack Corbett, Janeane Garofalo, Elsie Fisher, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, J.R. Phillips, and singer-songwriter Miya Folick (who additionally gives an unique tune), plus Escola, Sherman, Tavi Gevinson, Julio Torres, Joe Pera, Eva Victor, Max Wittert, River L. Ramirez, Chris Fleming, and Demi Adejuyigbe.
“Folks in ‘the business’ preserve telling me we’ve bought a field workplace bonanza on our palms,” Glander stated (through Selection). “That ‘Boys Go to Jupiter’ is a blockbuster goldmine with enormous four-quadrant potential. Once more, these are their phrases, not mine. I don’t actually sustain with that stuff, however I’m very excited to be working with Cartuna and Irony Level.”
Glander could be making his first movie, however he’s already famend for his illustrative works in publications like The New Yorker and The New York Instances. He’s additionally liable for the online game “ART SQOOL,” as effectively a number of well-liked animated shorts — “Plant Room” and “Jonathan Pillows” amongst them. Glander self-produced “Boys Go to Jupiter” and animated it in solely 90 days, although it took 4 years to get the film off the bottom. It obtained a rousing response from the 2024 Tribeca Movie Competition, and it additionally has competed at different festivals in Nashville, Cleveland, Ottawa, and the indie fest in Memphis, the place it received Finest Narrative Function.
Crobett portrays Billy 5000 within the movie. It’s logline describes the character as “a teen in suburban Florida desperately making an attempt to make $5,000 when his winter break is turned upside by the arrival of a weird creature from one other world.” Via a colourful 3D artwork lens, Glander’s story guarantees to mix lo-fi musical numbers and deadpan, absurdist humor.
Watch the trailer beneath:
