{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Invasion Planet Earth | image = Invasion Planet Earth poster resampled.jpg | alt = | caption = | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Simon Cox | writer = Simon Cox | screenplay = | story = | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | producer = Simon Cox | starring = {{Plainlist| * Simon Haycock * Lucy Drive * Julie Hoult * Danny Steele * Sophie Anderson * Toyah Willcox }} | narrator = | cinematography = | editing = Simon Cox | music = Benjamin Symons | studio = AlphaStar Productions | distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --> | released = {{Film date|2019|12|05}} | runtime = 98 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Invasion Planet Earth''''' is a 2019 British science fiction film<ref name=Guardian19>{{cite news |last=Felperin |first=Leslie |date=4 December 2019 |title=Invasion Planet Earth review – ludicrously ambitious low-cost sci-fi |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/04/invasion-planet-earth-review-sci-fi-film-drama |work=The Guardian |location= |access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref><ref name=Times19>{{cite news |last=Maher |first=Kevin |date=6 December 2019 |title=Invasion Planet Earth review — no budget, no clue, no chance |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film/article/invasion-planet-earth-review-no-budget-no-clue-no-chance-p2sprqhk0 |work=The Times |location= |access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref> written and directed by Simon Cox,<ref name=AuRev>{{cite news |last=Gray |first=Peter |date=5 October 2020 |title=Film Review: Invasion Planet Earth is bizarrely entertaining for all the wrong reasons |url=https://www.theaureview.com/watch/film-review-invasion-planet-earth-is-bizarrely-entertaining-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/ |work=AU Review |location= |access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref> with the original title ''Kaleidoscope Man''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://film-directory.britishcouncil.org/kaleidoscope-man |title=Kaleidoscope Man |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2 March 2019 |website=British Films Directory |publisher=British Council |access-date=13 February 2022 |quote=}}</ref> It tells the story of a man who learns that he is going to become a father on the same day as Earth is invaded by aliens.<ref>{{cite web |title=Invasion Planet Earth (2019) – Simon Cox |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/invasion-planet-earth-v720722 |publisher=AllMovie |access-date=21 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Delia |first1=John |title=Invasion Planet Earth – A Sci-Fi Adventure |url=https://acedmagazine.com/invasion-planet-earth-a-sci-fi-adventure/ |access-date=26 November 2022 |work=ACED Magazine |date=1 February 2020}}</ref>
Filming was supported by crowdfunding and took place over ten years,<ref name=VH19>{{cite news |last=Adamson |first=Dave |date=12 December 2019 |title="There's always someone looking out for us" – Invasion Planet Earth (Film Review) |url=https://vulturehound.co.uk/2019/12/theres-always-someone-looking-out-for-us-invasion-planet-earth-film-review/ |work=VultureHound |location= |access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref> with many scenes filmed in Birmingham.<ref name=Times19/><ref name=ICB>{{cite news |last=Sheppard |first=Robb |date=15 September 2021 |title=Invasion: Colmore Row |url=https://ichoosebirmingham.com/invasion-colmore-row |work=I Choose Birmingham |location= |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref> The cast includes Toyah Willcox, with a cameo appearance from Ben Shockley.<ref name=VH19/> Willcox also contributed a song to the film, "Step into the New World", played over end credits.<ref>{{cite web |date=2 November 2019 |title=Toyah – Step Into The New World {{!}} From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Invasion Planet Earth |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLcU9JWKlAg |publisher=YouTube |access-date=21 October 2022}}</ref> In 2021, Simon Cox began fundraising for a second film, ''Of Infinite Worlds''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Harrison |first=Claire |date=16 May 2021 |title=Nuneaton movie director wants to sell 20,000 mugs to fund his new film |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/nuneaton-movie-director-wants-sell-20595916 |work=Coventry Telegraph |location= |access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref>
In 2022, film shots from the accompanying documentary ''The Making of Invasion Planet Earth'' were falsely presented on the internet as evidence of fabricated attacks as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sardarizadeh |first1=Shayan |last2=Robinson |first2=Olga |date=8 March 2022 |title=Ukraine invasion: False claims the war is a hoax go viral |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/60589965 |work=BBC News |location= |access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dale |first=Daniel |author-link=Daniel Dale |date=9 March 2022 |title=These videos about the invasion have gone viral, but they are completely fabricated |url=https://edition.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/03/09/fake-videos-spreading-misinformation-ukraine-orig-mh.cnn |work=CNN Business |location= |access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>
==Cast== * Simon Haycock – Thomas Dunn * Lucy Drive – Mandy Dunn * Julie Hoult – Harriet * Danny Steele – Floyd * Sophie Anderson – Samantha * Toyah Willcox – Claire Dove * Jon Campling – Lucian * Michael Bott – Jeff Phillburn * Kate Speak – Claire Dangerfield * Julian Boote – Alan Carter * John Dyer – Carl Henderson * Ian Brooker – Father Robert * Nina Stratford – President of the United States * Ben Shockley – Billy McCoy * Jessica Walker – School Girl
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.invasionplanetearth.com/}} * {{IMDb title|3827540|Invasion Planet Earth}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|invasion_planet_earth|Invasion Planet Earth}}
Category:2019 independent films Category:2019 films Category:2019 science fiction films Category:Films set in Birmingham, West Midlands Category:Films shot in the Canary Islands Category:2019 English-language films Category:Films about alien invasions Category:English-language science fiction films Category:English-language independent films