Mars is an American animated comedy film written by Trevor Moore, Zach Cregger, and Sam Brown, directed by Sevan Najarian and starring The Whitest Kids U' Know sketch comedy troupe. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 6, 2024.
When a ragtag group of misfits â including a young man who ditches his fiancée on their wedding day â embark on a wild space mission to the red planet, they quickly discover they have been bamboozled by a billionaire with a hidden agenda. As the absurdity of their predicament unfolds, the eclectic crew must navigate a series of hilarious and unexpected twists and turns.
In July 2012, Moore revealed on his website that a script for a new Whitest Kids U' Know film was being written. On February 11, 2017, Moore announced via Instagram that the film's script had been completed. Cregger stated that although the troupe wrote other films after their first draft of Mars, they continued to revise it over several years, noting it remained their favorite project and one they never lost interest in. As the story continued to develop, Moore enlisted animator Sevan Najarian to help adapt the script into an animated film.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the troupe created a shared Twitch account and streamed on a regular basis to crowdfund the film's production budget. At the time of Moore's passing in August 2021, he had recorded all of his dialogue for the film and provided notes on the animatic. In September 2022, Cregger revealed that the film had nearly wrapped production.
In September 2025, it was announced that the film would receive a deluxe Blu-ray release in early 2026, featuring commentary tracks, behind the scenes footage, and deleted scenes. In February 2026, it was revealed that select Alamo Drafthouse theaters will screen Mars, with the Whitest Kids U' Know and Najarian attending for exclusive Q&A sessions.