We Are Not Alone

We Are Not Alone (2023)

Conquering Earth was the easy bit...

Six weeks after the Gu'un aliens have invaded and completely conquered Earth, hapless Stewart becomes the Gu'uns' official human liaison who ends up saddled with alien Greggs for a housemate. Stewart must help the Gu'uns deliver their message to the masses and win favour with humankind, while also aiding the human resistance and managing his enduring crush on Elodie.

Date of release
2023-01-27
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Comedy, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Director
Fergal Costello

Casting

Interesting facts

We Are Not Alone is a 2022 British science-fiction comedy television film co-created and co-written by Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond. Starring Declan Baxter, Georgia May Foote, Bruce Mackinnon, Evelyn Mok, Rickard, Joe Thomas, Willbond, Mike Wozniak, Vicki Pepperdine and Amanda Abbington, it was broadcast on Dave on 28 November 2022. It follows a group of aliens who have invaded and conquered Earth as they try to maintain control with their new subjects.

Production

Commissioned in November 2021, filming took place in Castlegate, Clitheroe in December 2021, with the casting released later that month.

It was confirmed in October 2022, that, for creators Rickard and Willbond, the film is effectively a pilot for a potential further run of episodes. Some ideas for the programme had to be shelved when the pitch for the show "changed from a conventional sitcom pilot to a feature-length special", but are "sitting ready" in case of a series order.

The creators were "keen" for prosthetics to be used to give actors an alien appearance, as they "knew that world and knew what you could and couldn't get away with," according to Rickard, who employs a "similarly elaborate get-up" for his character on Ghosts, which he co-writes, along with Willbond.

In June 2023, it was confirmed that UKTV had passed on ordering a full series from the pilot film.

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