Animated Comedy BOYS GO TO JUPITER Opening in Over 40 Theaters

Tomorrow, Cartuna and Irony Point kick off the release for Julian Glander’s surreal animated coming-of-age comedy Boys Go to Jupiter. A rare independent animated feature to receive a theatrical release, the film, which features a stacked cast of comedy icons and rising stars, opens August 8 in New York at the IFC Center and August 15 in Los Angeles at Laemmle Glendale, with a limited theatrical expansion to follow.

NPR’s Planet Money host Jack Corbett stars in his first film role as Billy 5000, a teenager in suburban Florida desperately trying to make $5,000 when his winter break is turned upside down by the arrival of a bizarre creature from another world. It mixes deadpan, absurdist comedy with lo-fi musical numbers—headlined by an enchanting original song by Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Miya Folick, who voices Billy’s crush Rozebud—for an animated coming-of-age adventure destined for cult status.