Saturn


 * This article is about the 2013 computer-animated film. For the game console, see Sega Saturn.

Saturn is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated sci-fi comedy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Directed by Tony Bancroft from a screenplay by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, it follows the astronaut crew who land on Saturn and face the lack of surface in the planet. They intended to find their way to go back Earth. Mikros Image provided its animation.

The film was released in the United States on October 4, 2013, by Universal Pictures.

Plot
Jeremy Patmore (Daniel Craig) is working on the college to study astronomy. Afterwards, he was selected to go on the Saturn mission by the space program.

Patmore, Carrie Wayne (Jennifer Lawrence), David Chiller (Jason Lee), and Heather Jane (Keira Knightley) train in the space academy for their Saturn mission. Before the launch, space director Joe Lendry (Bill Paxton) warns the astronaut team that the Saturn didn't have the surface and may not find a foothold in the planet. The astronaut

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Cast

 * Daniel Craig as Jeremy Patmore
 * Jennifer Lawrence as Carrie Wayne
 * Jason Lee as David Chiller
 * Keira Knightley as Heather Jane
 * Bill Paxton as Joe Lendry

Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer began its development on its computer-animated sci-fi movie with Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger writing the screenplay. In August 2011, Mulan co-director Tony Bancroft was hired to direct the film while revealing its title Saturn. The animation would be handled by Mikros Image. The voice cast have been announced on November 24, 2012 with Universal Pictures acquiring distribution rights.

Release
The film was released in the United States on October 4, 2013 in RealD 3D.

Home media
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 7, 2014, by MGM Home Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Box office
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Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 56%, based on 174 reviews. On Metacritic, the film holds a weighed average score of 43 out of 100, based on 23 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.