Martian Child Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

A science-fiction writer, wanting to be a dad, adopts a 6-year-old boy who he becomes convinced is an alien from Mars.

Plot

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Plot

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 ignores 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. Based

Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Martian Child.

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  John Cusack

  2012, The Prince

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  Sophie Okonedo

  Hellboy, Heart of Stone

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  Oliver Platt

  2012, Ginger & Rosa

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  Bobby Coleman

  The Last Song, Snowmen

Crew Behind the Film

The Martian Child behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Menno Meyjes last directed Last Battle Dreamer and Manolete. The film's writer Jonathan Tolins last wrote SantaKid and The McCrearys.

Director

Menno Meyjes

Screenwriters

Jonathan Tolins
Seth Bass
Menno Meyjes

Producers

Ed Albert
David Kirschner
Corey Sienega

Production Details

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Production Updates for Martian Child

Dec 2004

Completed

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