:Space Milkshake

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| director = Armen Evrensel

| producer = Holly Baird
Robin Dunne
Rob Merilees
Shane Putzlocher

| writer = Armen Evrensel

| starring = Billy Boyd
Robin Dunne
Kristin Kreuk
Amanda Tapping
George Takei

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| studio = Foundation Features
Trilight Entertainment

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| released = {{film date|df=yes|2012|10|26|London MCM Expo|2013|02|08|Canada}}

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| country = Canada

| language = English

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Space Milkshake is a 2012 Canadian science fiction comedy film directed and written by Armen Evrensel. Its cast features Billy Boyd, Robin Dunne, Kristin Kreuk and Amanda Tapping.

Plot

A mutant rubber ducky terrorizes four workers who are stranded on a sanitation space station. Meanwhile, Earth is inexplicably devoid of life. The crew must now work together to defeat the mutant rubber duck and figure out the strange device that has also appeared on the ship.

Production

Filming was conducted between 14 November – 3 December 2011 at Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios in Regina.{{cite news | url=http://playbackonline.ca/2011/11/15/armen-evrensel-sci-fi-comedy-begins-shooting-in-saskatchewan/ | title=Armen Evrensel sci-fi comedy begins shooting in Saskatchewan | first=Kevin | last=Ritchie | work=Playback | date=15 November 2011 | accessdate=26 August 2012 }}{{cite news | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frugal-saskatchewan-phase-film-tax-303002 | title=Indie producers in the Canadian province immediately criticized the provincial government for leaving their local production sector without a future | newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter| date=21 March 2012 | accessdate=26 August 2012 }}

Release

The world premiere was held at the London MCM Expo on 26 October 2012.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RobinDunne/status/258402826135412736|title=World Premiere Announcement 1|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=2012-10-16}}{{cite web|url=https://www.twitter.com/SpaceMilkshake/status/258431892842504193|title=World Premiere Announcement 2|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=2012-10-16}} Actors Robin Dunne and Billy Boyd were at the premiere for a question and answer session.

The film premiered on Canadian television channel The Movie Network on 8 February 2013 and aired on Movie Central in Canada starting on 22 March 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.themovienetwork.ca/shows/GP054783:Space-Milkshake|title=Space Milkshake on The Movie Network|publisher=The Movie Network|access-date=2013-02-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216030341/http://www.themovienetwork.ca/shows/GP054783:Space-Milkshake|archive-date=16 February 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.moviecentral.ca/movie/space-milkshake|title=Space Milkshake on Movie Central|publisher=Movie Central|accessdate=2013-02-09}} The film also screened at film festivals in February 2013; the film also screened at the Armageddon Expo in Melbourne, Australia on 19 October 2013 and Auckland, New Zealand on 26 October 2013.

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