Martian Child

The romantic Drama Martian Child stars John Cusack as a recently widowed science fiction writer who forms an unlikely family with a close friend (Amanda Peet) and a young boy he adopts that claims to be from Mars. The new couple ignore some sage parenting advice from the widower's sister (Joan Cusack) and gets more than they bargained for when a series of strange occurrences lead them to believe that the child's claim may be true.

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Release Dates:
@Theaters: November 2, 2007
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Running Time:
Director: Menno Meyjes
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Tagline: The story of a man becoming a father...and a boy becoming a son.
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements and mild language.

Writer(s):
Jonathan Tolins (II) - Screenplay (adaptation)
Seth E. Bass - Screenplay (adaptation)
Menno Meyjes - Screenplay (rewrite)
David Gerrold (II) - Source Material (from novel: "The Martian Child: A Novel About a Single Father Adopting a Son")

Producer(s):
Mike Drake - Executive Producer
Mark S. Kaufman - Executive Producer
David Gerrold (II) - Executive Producer
David M. Kirschner - Producer
Corey Sienega - Producer
Ed Elbert - Producer
Jonathan Tolins (II) - Co-Producer
Seth E. Bass - Co-Producer
Luke Ryan - Associate Producer

Movie Casts:
John Cusack - David
Bobby Coleman - Dennis
Amanda Peet - Harlee
Sophie Okonedo - Sophie
Joan Cusack - Liz
Oliver Platt - Jeff
Bud - Somewhere / Flomar
Richard Schiff - Lefkowitz
Taya Calicetto - Esther
David Kaye - Andy
Braxton Bonneville - Nicholas
Samuel Charles - Jonas
Zak Ludwig - Young David
Samuel Patrick Chu - Boy at Group Home
Ryan Morrissette - Boy at Group Home