Martian Child showing its literary roots, sort of
One of the films that might get lost in the 10 billion dollar summer is a little film called The Martian Child, based on the Hugo and Nebula award-winning story by SF writer David Gerrold which, despite the title and pedigree, isn’t really a science fiction story. It stars John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Joan Cusack and Richard Schiff, and will be in theaters June 29th so that it can be mercilessly crushed by Live Free or Die Hard.
And while I realize that it won’t have all the neat merchandizing opportunities that Spider-Man 3 will have, based on the promotional image on the website (reproduced here) and used heavily in the trailers, all I can say is:
Just watched the trailer it looks adorable middle aged man with young boy — hey it worked for Will Smith. Amanda Peet is hot right now. Maybe if NBC does a Studio 60 Marathon in the middle of the summer it has a chance.One question: Where is Jeremy Piven ?