Director
David Zellner, Nathan Zellner
Music (original)
The Octopus Project
Cast
Cate Blanchett, Léa Seydoux, Chris Pine, Dave Bautista, Chris Pine, Riley Keough, Bae Doona, Lily-Rose Depp
Edition 2026
105'
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2026
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Science Fiction, Action, Comedy
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Format:
DCP
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Dialogue:
English
Aliens come to conquer Earth, only to discover that being human is their biggest weakness. The Zellner brothers turn this gleefully silly premise into a deadpan, genre-bending comedy with a killer cast.
A group of aliens lands on Earth with one goal: to take over the world. Their disguise? A tight-knit 1950s biker gang, complete with leather jackets, gleaming guns and a nod to Kenneth Anger’s Scorpio Rising. But life in human form soon proves more complicated than expected. Brothers David and Nathan Zellner (Sasquatch Sunset, FFG2024) continue to develop their idiosyncratic universe: Alpha One through Six live together in a castle, as love, fear and confusion gradually throw their carefully orchestrated mission off course. What starts as a bloody sci-fi premise unfolds into a deadpan, energetic comedy, shot like an epic war film by Mike Gioulakis and punctuated by unexpected dance numbers. Léa Seydoux, Dave Bautista, Chris Pine, Lily-Rose Depp, Bae Doona, Riley Keough and Cate Blanchett make up a stellar cast that plays the absurdity completely straight.
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Credits
Directors
David Zellner, Nathan Zellner
Music (original)
The Octopus Project
Cast
Cate Blanchett, Léa Seydoux, Chris Pine, Dave Bautista, Chris Pine, Riley Keough, Bae Doona, Lily-Rose Depp
Scenario
David Zellner
Director of Photography
Mike Gioulakis
Editors
Daniel Tarr
Producers
Cate Blanchett, Mary Aloe, Andrea Bucko, Nathan Zellner, David Zellner, Ryan Zacarias, Joshua Harris, Gina Gammell, Coco Francini
Sales agent
MK2 Films
Distributor
Independent Films Nederland
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Dialogue
English
Countries of production
United States of America
Year
2026
Filmography
David Zellner
Plastic Utopia (1997), Frontier (2001), The Virile Man (short, 2004), Quasar Hernandez (short, 2004), Foxy and the Weight of the World (short, 2005), Flotsam/Jetsam (short, 2005), Redemptitude (short, 2006), Pardon My Downfall (short, 2006), Aftermath on Meadowlark Lane (short, 2007), Goliath (2008), Slacker 2011 (2011), Kid-Thing (2012), Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014), Damsel (2018), Sasquatch Sunset (2024), Alpha Gang (2026)
Nathan Zellner
Flotsam/Jetsam (Short, 2005), Black Something (Short, 2016), Damsel (2018), Sasquatch Sunset (2024), Alpha Gang (2026)
Technical Specs
Format
DCP
