The Topps Company has licensed MARS ATTACKS! to SideKick Lab, which will develop, produce, and publish a new series of trading cards. The new set, MARS ATTACKS: UPRISING, is a followup to the 2015 series MARS ATTACKS: OCCUPATION and will continue the story of an army from Mars that has invaded and enslaved the Earth and humanity’s struggle to rise up to defeat their alien overlords!
It includes all-new art by illustrators Ed Repka, William Skaar, Carlos Valenzuela, Paolo Parente, and will feature all-new story cards, unique chase cards including a crossover with DINOSAURS ATTACK; creator autographs, hand-drawn original art cards, collectible parallel sets, and much more.
Topps’ VP of Global Licensing Ira Friedman says:
SideKick was a critically important partner behind Topps' earlier Kickstarter-funded Mars Attacks: Occupation, which was beloved by fans, and we are pleased to have them return to the series. SideKick makes products Mars Attacks fans want and we are happy to work with them to produce new content and carry forward the brand’s indelible legacy.
Fans and collectors can support MARS ATTACKS: UPRISING by checking out more info HERE.
As most of you know, there was a film adaptation back in 1996. It centered on a fleet of Martian spacecraft that surrounds the world's major cities as humanity waits to see if they have come in peace. U.S. President Jack Nicholson receives assurance from Pierce Brosnan that the Martians' mission is friendly. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, the military calls for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
It was directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay written by Jonathan Gems based on Mars Attacks by Topps. Burton ad Larry J. Franco produced and it starred Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Tom Jones, Lukas Haas, Natalie Portman, Jim Brown, Lisa Marie, and Sylvia Sidney. Warner Bros. unleashed it back on December 13, 1996.