Taking Earth (2017)
The human race is thrown into chaos as an alien invasion takes control of the planet in an effort to find one boy out of 7 billion people who holds the power to destroy them.
- Date of release
- 2017-05-01
- TMDB
- 3.9 / 10 (48)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Science Fiction
- Director
- Grant Humphreys
Casting
- Ronan Quarmby — David
- Brad Richards — Garabon / Graeme
- Barbara Harrison — Ellen / Elle-chanan
- Marco Torlage — Cameron / Camiru
- Richard Sorensen — Devanera
- Annabelle Van Heerden — Sarah
- Claudia Noble-Areff — Reveniah
- Tyla Goodwin — Shanna
- Nancy Bingham — Nancy / Granny B
- Harry Bingham — Collective
- Noel Smith — Collective
- Virgilio Da Silva — Irekhull
Interesting facts
Taking Earth is a 2016 South African low-budget science fiction film directed by Grant Humphreys and Agung Bagus, written by Grant Humphreys, Grant Knight, and Michael Harrison.
Production and release
The film was produced in South Africa by Digital Forces, the 3MT (Three Man Team). It was released in Japan on 3 March 2017 and in the United States on 17 March 2017. It also came out on iTunes on 2 May 2017 and on Netflix on 31 July 2017. Screenmedia in the USA used YouTube (Popcornflix) as another distribution arm and the film has received over 5 Million views.
The film was sold worldwide by the High Octane Media - Sales agent, and distributed in multiple territories. The producers wrote Taking Earth with the intention of building a larger universe. There are currently 2 sequels planned.
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