If you’ve been to the movies lately, or watch television, you may have seen a preview for the upcoming movie Mars Needs Moms. I think it looks like a fun movie and I’m looking forward to seeing it. If you haven’t, here’s a synopsis and the trailer, followed by a fun movie giveaway.
MARS NEEDS MOMS
Genre: Comedy Adventure
Rating: TBD
U.S. Release Date: March 11, 2011
Cast: Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Elisabeth Harnois, Mindy Sterling, Kevin Cahoon and Joan Cusack
Director: Simon Wells
Producers: Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, Steven Boyd
Screenplay by: Simon Wells & Wendy Wells
Based on the book by: Berkeley Breathed
SYNOPSIS
Take out the trash, eat your broccoli—who needs moms, anyway? Nine-year-old Milo (Seth Green) finds out just how much he needs his mom (Joan Cusack) when she’s nabbed by Martians who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. Produced by the team behind “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” and “The Polar Express,” “Mars Needs Moms” showcases Milo’s quest to save his mom—a wild adventure in Disney Digital 3D™ and IMAX® 3D that involves stowing away on a spaceship, navigating an elaborate, multi-level planet and taking on the alien nation and their leader (Mindy Sterling). With the help of a tech-savvy, underground earthman named Gribble (Dan Fogler) and a rebel Martian girl called Ki (Elisabeth Harnois), Milo just might find his way back to his mom—in more ways than one.
CHECK OUT THE TRAILER
Notes:
· Berkeley Breathed, a Pulitzer-Prize winner for his comic strip “Bloom County,” is the author and illustrator of the book “Mars Needs Moms.” The story was inspired by a particular moment of disagreement that took place between his son Milo and his wife.
· Producer Robert Zemeckis, who wrote, directed and produced “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” and “The Polar Express,” is a pioneer in performance-capture filmmaking. The process digitally captures the performances of the actors with computerized cameras in a full 360 degrees, allowing actors like Jim Carrey and Tom Hanks to play several roles of varying ages in one film, and for 36-year-old Seth Green to portray a 9-year-old.
MARS NEEDS MOMS blasts into theaters on March 11.
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I am interested in how 3-d actually plays into the script or not.
I like the mom from 101 dalmatians…because she was one brave mama!
In thinking about my favorite, I just realized most disney movies don’t have moms in them (Nemo, Little mermaid, wally, pinochio, etc.) and the early ones were all evil (snow white, cinderella). This one might finally give us moms a little good recognition for a change. lol
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If Pixar counts, probably The Incredibles … she was competent and really cared about her kids. Of course, then my husband mentioned lots of other great moms – Toy Story, Bambi, Dumbo, … I guess there are a lot of them.
parent trap – would be my choice, fun and a cute movie mom
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The only mom I can think of is the doggy mom in 101 dalmations. For some reason disney just never has moms as characters. Honestly, I am not very happy about that.
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My fave is ElastiGirl in the Incredibles. She is always trying to keep the family together.
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I can not think of many movies with Moms-so I’ll go with 101 dalmatians-she was very protective of her pups
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My favorite Disney Mom is Dumbo’s Momma – she was nurturing, and built Dumbo up when he was down – she was his activist 🙂
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I think prob. either ‘Bambi’s Mom’ or ‘Dumbo’s Mom’ – both were positive, although Bambi lost his Mom…. ;-(( Not too many Mom’s in the Disney movies, wonder why this is?!?!?!?!?((1955nursehjc4me(at)myway(dot)com))
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