We’ve had few too many features have success when venturing to the Red Planet of Mars. Fingers crossed the forthcoming sci-fi thriller THE LAST DAYS ON MARS, which is being compared to John Carpenter’s suspense-driven classic THE THING, can put that right! Ray Donavan star Liev Schreiber leads the British film previously going by the working title of THE ANIMATORS. It also co-stars an impressive supporting cast including Olivia Williams, Romola Garai, Tom Cullen, Goran Kostic, Johnny Harris and the brilliant Elias Koteas.
On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses, and he falls into a deep crevice and near certain death. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not yet dead. As the group begins to fall apart it seems their only hope is the imminent arrival of the relief ship Aurora.
Check out the first featurette and three striking new posters for the film directed by Ruairi Robinson.
A supposed UK release of the 19th September came and went without an appearance, while the film is set for a limited theatre run on 6th December. We keep you posted on a rescheduled UK date.
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