"Trying to navigate [production] while listening to the voice of your dead best friend is brutal. It changed everything. It went from being this fun capricious lark to this beautiful and sad process. It was very tough."
"We had so many things that we would always start writing, with some vague idea that it would be fun to turn it into a movie, but really the process was the joy. We knew the scope was so absurd. That's why it took so long. We would write it and then we'd realize, 'This is going to cost a hundred million.'"
The Whitest Kids U' Know began developing the animated comedy Mars in 2012, but the project faced significant challenges including its ambitious space setting, multiple script drafts, and a major format change. The production was profoundly impacted by the death of founding member Trevor Moore in August 2021, transforming the creative process from a lighthearted endeavor into an emotionally complex experience. Co-writer and voice actor Zach Cregger, who has become a prominent horror director, describes the experience as brutal yet beautiful. The film follows awkward misfits selected by a suspicious billionaire named Elron Branson for a Mars mission. The WKUK members prioritized the collaborative writing process itself, incorporating numerous jokes and running gags, though the project's enormous scope contributed to its extended development timeline.
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