Invasion Planet Earth

Invasion Planet Earth is a 2019 low-budget science fiction film[1][2] written and directed by Simon Cox,[3] with the original title Kaleidoscope Man.[4] Filming was supported by crowdfunding and took place over ten years,[5] with many scenes filmed in Birmingham.[2][6] The cast includes Toyah Willcox, with a cameo appearance from Ben Shockley.[5]

Invasion Planet Earth
Directed bySimon Cox
Written bySimon Cox
Starring
  • Simon Haycock
  • Lucy Drive
  • Julie Hoult
  • Danny Steele
  • Sophie Anderson
  • Toyah Willcox
Production
company
AlphaStar Productions
Release date
  • December 5, 2019 (2019-12-05)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

In 2022 film shots from the accompanying documentary The Making of Invasion Planet Earth were falsely presented on the internet as fabricated evidence of attacks as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7][8]

In 2021 Simon Cox began fundraising for a second film, Of Infinite Worlds.[9]

References
  1. Felperin, Leslie (4 December 2019). "Invasion Planet Earth review – ludicrously ambitious low-cost sci-fi". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  2. Maher, Kevin (6 December 2019). "Invasion Planet Earth review — no budget, no clue, no chance". The Times. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  3. Gray, Peter (5 October 2020). "Film Review: Invasion Planet Earth is bizarrely entertaining for all the wrong reasons". AU Review. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  4. "Kaleidoscope Man". British Films Directory. British Council. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  5. Adamson, Dave (12 December 2019). ""There's always someone looking out for us" – Invasion Planet Earth (Film Review)". VultureHound. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  6. Sheppard, Robb (15 September 2021). "Invasion: Colmore Row". I Choose Birmingham. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  7. Sardarizadeh, Shayan; Robinson, Olga (8 March 2022). "Ukraine invasion: False claims the war is a hoax go viral". BBC News. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  8. Dale, Daniel (9 March 2022). "These videos about the invasion have gone viral, but they are completely fabricated". CNN Business. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  9. Harrison, Claire (16 May 2021). "Nuneaton movie director wants to sell 20,000 mugs to fund his new film". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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