For anyone who doesn't know the story behind this film, it was originally written soon after the end of the Whitest Kids U Know TV show ended in 2011. After a long hiatus, the WKUK guys reunited in 2020 to stream on Twitch. The goal of these streams was to use the donations to crowdfund Mars, because as they said, "No studio would ever let us make this movie as we think it should be made, they would kill us with notes."
Over the course of the year and a half, they were able to raise enough money to fund recording all the lines, and a lot of the animation work. In August of 2021, Trevor Moore died very unexpectedly, and this brought the production progress to a screeching halt. Luckily, Trevor's lines were all recorded, and the guys assured their fans that the film will eventually be released. Production continued, but at a snail's pace, mostly due to a lack of funding. After a long stretch of silence, it was announced today that finally, Mars will be premiering at Tribeca Film festival in June.
This film is Trevor Moore's last project. Trevor often said that Mars was the best thing he has ever done, and he was very excited for its release.
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