Get breaking space news and the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit — And Pushing For Change. Directed by Sebastián Cordero. The underrated 2013 indie flick Europa Report even investigates the concept. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. Space Movies Drawing Ideas Horror My Favorite Things Google Search Drawings Movie Posters Ideas For Drawing Film Poster. Europa is a privately funded mission to the sixth moon of Saturn, to investigate strange heat signatures detected by NASA, that could be alien lifeforms. The idea that life evolved independently on Europa is perfectly plausible-and that makes what would be a fun and exciting film in any case all the more worth watching. Coming Soon. Alone and anticipating her death, Dasque opens the airlock to flood the lander in hopes of revealing the source of the light. Science Fiction is my favorite genre and I'm always hoping these films will show me something new and excited, but as with Apollo 18, Mission To Mars, Sunshine, and Moon, I was extremely disappointed. Saturn moon Enceladus also harbors a hidden sea and complex organic compounds that are among the building blocks of life have been detected in its waters. A new model suggests Europa's hidden ocean could be very lively. [8] The film was released on Video on Demand, iTunes, and Google Play Movies & TV on June 27, 2013, and was released theatrically on August 2, 2013. Low key and earnest, Sebastin Cordero's "Europa Report" makes compelling use of familiar genre material to create an intelligent science fiction thriller. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. A tense, tight science-fiction thriller whose impact is undone slightly by obnoxious found-footage aspects and off-kilter pacing. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. The visual effects supervisor stated that the creature was based on a cross of an octopus and a squid, with early sketches resembling a jellyfish and a manta ray. | Rating: 3/4 Jupiter's moon Europa is covered in smooth ice concealing a salty sea. |, August 2, 2013 In the epilogue, Unger confirms that the crew of Europa had discovered life and exceeded every expectation, as the footage plays from an earlier scene of the crew posing in front of the camera. From the lab to your inbox. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. | Top Critics (22) And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community@space.com.