‘Boys Go to Jupiter’ Trailer: Coming-of-Age Animated Film Blends Lo-Fi Musical with Absurdist Humor

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The theatrical trailer for the new indie animated film “Boys Go to Jupiter,” which will hit select theaters in New York City on August 8 and Los Angeles on August 15, has been released. After those initial screenings, it will expand into a limited release nationwide. The movie will be distributed by Cartuna and Irony Point, which picked up the project in May after a successful festival run.

From the mind of debut director Julian Glander, the movie is billed as a “coming-of-age absurdist comedy” led by an impressive cast of voice actors, including recent Tony-winner Cole Escola and “SNL” star Sarah Sherman. The primary cast features Jack Corbett, Janeane Garofalo,Elsie Fisher,Grace Kuhlenschmidt,J.R. Phillips, and singer-songwriter Miya Folick (who also provides an original song), plus Escola, Sherman, Tavi Gevinson, Julio Torres, Joe Pera, Eva Victor, Max Wittert, River L. Ramirez, Chris Fleming, and Demi Adejuyigbe.

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“People in ‘the industry’ keep telling me we’ve got a box office bonanza on our hands,” Glander said (via Variety). “That ‘Boys Go to Jupiter’ is a blockbuster goldmine with huge four-quadrant potential. Again, these are their words, not mine. I don’t really keep up with that stuff, but I’m very excited to be working with Cartuna and Irony Point.”

Glander might be making his first film, but he is already renowned for his illustrative works in publications like The New Yorker and The New York Times. He’s also responsible for the video game “ART SQOOL,” as well several popular animated shorts —“Plant Room” and “Jonathan Pillows” among them. Glander self-produced “Boys Go to Jupiter” and animated it in only 90 days, though it took four years to get the movie off the ground. It received a rousing response from the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, and it also has competed at other festivals in Nashville, Cleveland, Ottawa, and the indie fest in Memphis, where it won Best Narrative Feature.

Crobett portrays Billy 5000 in the film. It’s logline describes the character as “a teenager in suburban Florida desperately trying to make $5,000 when his winter break is turned upside by the arrival of a bizarre creature from another world.” Through a colorful 3D art lens, Glander’s story promises to blend lo-fi musical numbers and deadpan, absurdist humor.

Watch the trailer below:

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