''Aliens Ate My Homework'' is a 2018 American science fiction comedy film directed by Sean McNamara and based on Bruce Coville's novel of the same name''.'' This film stars an ensemble cast, led by Jayden Greig,

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and

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. The film premiered on

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on March 6, 2018, in the

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. It was followed by a sequel, ''

Aliens Stole My Body ''Aliens Stole My Body'' is a children's science fiction novel by Bruce Coville that was first published in 1998. This is the fourth book in a series about the fictional character Rod Albright. The illustrations and the front cover were done by ...

'' (2020).

Plot

When a spaceship flies through his window and lands on his school work, Rod and his cousin Elspeth meet a group of extraterrestrial lawmen known as the Galactic Patrol. They must help their new alien friends foil the plans of interplanetary criminal BKR, who has been hiding on Earth as Billy Becker, a school bully with a passion for making Rod's life miserable.

Cast

* Jayden Greig as Rod Allbright *

as the voice of Phil the Plant *

as Grakker *

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as Madame Pong *

as Tar Gibbons * Lauren McNamara as Elspeth McMasters * Ty Consiglio as Billy Becker * Kirsten Robeck as Gwen Allbright * Christian Convery as Eric Allbright * Carmela Guizzo as Linda Allbright * Christine Lee as Ms. Maloney * Sean Quan as Mickey *

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as Art Allbright * Brad Proctor as Phil the Plant puppeteer * Jamie Swettenham as Plink puppeteer

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also plays J. Carter, the principal of Rod's school, "Coville Elementary." The role is non-speaking until a

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, where he delightedly reads a copy of the original ''

Aliens Ate My Homework ''Aliens Ate My Homework'' is the first of a series of four books by Bruce Coville. The series is generally referred to as Bruce Coville's Alien Adventures or Rod Allbright's Alien Adventures. ''Aliens Ate My Homework'' was first published by Ala ...

'' novel in his office and narrates the fate of BKR, the story's villain.

Differences from the novel

The film closely follows the story of the original novel, albeit with two major changes. Notably, the film includes the character of Elspeth, who did not appear on-page until the novel's sequel, '' I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X''. The crew of the ''Ferkel'' is also minus one member, as the alien known as Snout is not included in the film, despite playing a major role in the book series.

Release

In March 2018,

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acquired distribution rights to the film, and set it for a March 6, 2018 release. The film has an estimated domestic DVD sale value of $46,603.

References

External links

*
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on Instagram * {{Sean McNamara Films directed by Sean McNamara Films about extraterrestrial life