In an exclusive report in Variety, Imagine Documentaries along with Proctor and Gamble are co-financing a futuristic film of a family’s relocation from Earth to the red planet and how they adjust to their new space settlement. The film is based on a concept by Stephen Petranek, author of “How We’ll Live on Mars”. Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Imagine Documentaries co-head Justin Wilkes will produce the film. Variety quotes Wilkes as saying “We’re not calling it science fiction, we’re calling it science factual”. The team will consult with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, among others to “…forecast practical technologies”.
