Europa Report

Europa Report is an independent feature film of the science fiction genre. It was directed by Sebastián Cordero with a script written by Philip Gelatt. It was produced by Wayfare Entertainment and premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 15th, 2013. It made its wide-release premiere on the internet on June 27th, 2013. It opened to limited theatrical release in the United States on August 2nd, 2013.

Notes & Trivia

 * The tagline to this film is "Fear. Sacrifice. Contact.


 * Production on Europa Report began on November 7th, 2011. Principal photography concluded in December, 2011. The movie was shot at Cine Magic Studios in Brooklyn.


 * There are a total of only nine credited cast members in this episode.


 * This movie makes use of the "found footage" storytelling convention.


 * The premise of the film involves a group of astronauts who make the journey through space to Europa - one of the frozen moons of Jupiter in search of extraterrestrial life.


 * This is Sebastián Cordero's fifth film as a director. It is his first film in the science fiction genre.


 * This is Philip Gelatt's second film as a screenwriter. It is his first science fiction film.


 * Actor Sharlto Copley is also known for playing Kruger in the 2013 film Elysium.


 * Composer Bear McCreary is also known for scoring the theme music to Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and AMC's The Walking Dead.


 * At the end, there appears an alien squid similar to the ones in Monsters. In Monsters, the beginning credits mention a crashed probe from Europa.