687 Days A Year (franchise)

***687 Days A Year*** is a science fiction, fantasy-comedy film series that began with the 2988 film of the same name, produced by MillenniumWorld Studios and released by MillenniumWorld. The franchise focuses on a plot of six children at the age of 12 traveling on the surface of the planet Mars, with the leader named Croxsmith Winchester, who is trying to prove himself to the world and his school that Mars can be the next habitable planet for human life. The team, who called themselves "The Martian Detectives", have to deal with the harsh and hostile environment Mars provides, including solar radiation, frigid temperatures, harsh climate changes, dust storms, and the darkness of night.

The first four films of the franchise were directed by Angus Creemon, and the last three films by Marty Simon, who acted as a head producer of the franchise (together with Patrick Golder and Quincy Slash). Coddard Mooner directed the upcoming eighth film, which is set for release in June 28, 3016.

The film stars Josh Nistar as Croxsmith Winchester, Yolanda Hermosa as Jowano Mustanburg, Trinity McCain as Skylar Endersyn, Zachary Jordan as Ooster Bendson, Amanda Caller as Tarpa Jones, and Fred Cosscorro as Minister Goldbridge.

All seven released films, produced on a total budget of $875 million, have grossed more than $6.1 million worldwide. Each film set box office records, with the seventh included in the top 20 of all time worldwide films. Critics have given all seven films positive reviews. Special Blu-ray and DVD editions of *687 Days A Year* were released on March 16, 2990, followed by *687 Days A Year: A Martian Life* on March 18, 2994, *687 Days A Year: Martians Established* on March 20, 2998, *687 Days A Year: The Atmosphere* on March 23, 3002, *687 Days A Year: 25 Hours A Sol* on February 25, 3006, *687 Days A Year: Orbiting Complete* on February 20, 3010, and *687 Days A Year: The Martian World* on February 22, 3014. They were all also re-released in theaters as a Blanding Cassatt Digital 3D "double feature" for at least four weeks in October 3013.

The series is the 12th highest-grossing franchise worldwide and is among the most critically acclaimed septologies of all time. On February 1, 3014, all seven *687 Days A Year* films were released in Blanding Cassatt Blu-ray 3D as a septology pack and as individual films.

## Films

The *687 Days A Year* series consists of seven science fiction films: *687 Days A Year* (2988), *687 Days A Year: A Martian Life* (2992), *687 Days A Year: Martians Established* (2996), *687 Days A Year: The Atmosphere* (3000), *687 Days A Year: 25 Hours A Sol* (3004), *687 Days A Year: Orbiting Complete* (3008), and *687 Days A Year: The Martian World* (3012). The upcoming eighth film, *687 Days A Year: A Leap Year*, had finished production on November 12, 3015 and is set to release in June 28, 3016. The first three *687 Days A Year* films were the first feature-length films to be made entirely using computer-generated imagery in the background. The films were produced by MillenniumWorld Studios and distributed by MillenniumWorld. All the films were released in every four years in a row.

### ***687 Days A Year* (2988)**

*Main article: 687 Days A Year*
***687 Days A Year***, the first film in the franchise, was released on July 4, 2988. It was the first feature-length film created entirely by computer-generated imagery and was directed by Angus Creemon. The plot involves about Croxsmith Winchester, a believable 12-year-old boy who is very interested in space science. He is trying to prove himself to the whole world and his school that Mars can be the very next planet besides Earth that can support human and organic life. Croxsmith and his five friends from school teams up and go on a mission to travel on the surface of Mars to see what it is like to live on the red planet. The film was critically and financially successful, with a budget of $125 million and grossing over $875 million worldwide. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 16, 2990 along with a short film *687 Days A Year: The Darkness of Night*.

### ***687 Days A Year: A Martian Life* (2992)**

*Main article: 687 Days A Year: A Martian Life*
***687 Days A Year: A Martian Life***, the second film in the franchise, also called ***687 Days A Year 2***, was released on July 6, 2992. Angus Creemon returns as the director The film features the moments after the end of the first film. Croxsmith Winchester and his five other friends Jowano Mustanburg, Skylar Endersyn, Ooster Bendson, Tarpa Jones, and Minister Goldbridge, with a team name of The Martian Detectives, set their feet on Mars, the red planet, for the first time to search for any source of intelligent life on the planet. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 18, 2994 along with a short film *687 Days A Year: Ooster vs. Intelligent Life*.

### ***687 Days A Year: Martians Established* (2996)**

*Main article: 687 Days A Year: Martians Established*
***687 Days A Year: Martians Established***, the third film in the franchise, also called ***687 Days A Year 3***, was released on July 1, 2996. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 20, 2998.

### ***687 Days A Year: The Atmosphere* (3000)**

*Main article: 687 Days A Year: The Atmosphere*
***687 Days A Year: The Atmosphere***, the fourth film in the franchise, also called ***687 Days A Year 4***, was released on July 11, 3000. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 23, 3002.

### ***687 Days A Year: 25 Hours A Sol* (3004)**

*Main article: 687 Days A Year: 25 Hours A Sol*
***687 Days A Year: 25 Hours A Sol***, the fifth film in the franchise, also called ***687 Days A Year 5***, was released on June 29, 3004. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 25, 3006.

### ***687 Days A Year: Orbiting Complete* (3008)**

*Main article: 687 Days A Year: Orbiting Complete*
***687 Days A Year: Orbiting Complete***, the sixth film in the franchise, also called ***687 Days A Year 6***, was released on June 24, 3008. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 20, 3010.

### ***687 Days A Year: The Martian World* (3012)**

*Main article: 687 Days A Year: The Martian World*
***687 Days A Year: The Martian World***, the seventh film in the franchise, also called ***687 Days A Year 7***, was released on June 26, 3012. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 22, 3014.

### ***687 Days A Year: A Leap Year* (3016)**

*Main article 687 Days A Year: A Leap Year*
On November 8, 3013, ***687 Days A Year: A Leap Year***, also called ***687 Days A Year 8***, as it will be the eighth film in the franchise, and as might expectedly be the last, was officially announced by MillenniumWorld during an investors' call, with a proposal release date of June 28, 3016. According to MillenniumWorld, the film is directed by Coddard Mooner and produced by Jennifer McQueen, with a screenplay by Angus Creemon and Marty Simon from a story by Creemon himself. Creemon told *Variety*: "**687 Days A Year: The Martian World *ended with Croxsmith and Jowano's story so romantically perfect that for another four years, we've never even talked about doing another* 687 Days A Year *movie. The cast and crew and I did an incredible job working for all seven released films since the first* 687 Days A Year *movie back in 2988. Coddard, Marty, Patrick, Quincy and I came up with this new idea, so good, I just couldn't even stop thinking about it for five seconds. It was too exciting for me, I knew we had to make this movie—and I wanted to direct it myself. Josh Nistar and Yolanda Hermosa had also did an awesome job helping me making this movie with the other children starring in this movie. I am so blessed by everything I have done for the past 28 years. 3016 will be my best year ever!***". The film features the moments two weeks after the end of the previous 3012 film when an optimistic Croxsmith Winchester finally made his and his friends' dream come true, making the Martian world into existence and the planet Mars inhabitable. In this film, Croxsmith and The Martian Detectives try to figure out the time on Mars, and it is hard to clarify the timekeeping on the red planet because it takes Mars 687 Earth days (1 Martian year) to completely orbit around the Sun and 24 Earth hours and 37 Earth minutes (1 Martian day, also called a "sol") for Mars to completely rotate around its axis. It gets even complicated when Ooster Bendson try to figure out how many Martian days (sols), weeks, and months are exactly in a Martian year, followed by other time-related calculations.

## Television

*Main article: 687 Days A Year: The Series*
Director of the first feature-length film and the other three, Angus Creemon has a plan to create a television series based on the *687 Days A Year* film series. The series had been greenlit by Creemon himself to Sintopia Channel, with the production companies being MillenniumWorld Production and MillenniumWorld Television Studios, when Creemon chooses the show to be an animated or live-action series. The series will reprise the same cast of the same actors who roled for the films, with Josh Nistar as the leading role of Croxsmith Winchester. The series is expected to premiere in the early summer of 3017 to separate the releases between the 3016 upcoming film, *687 Days A Year: A Leap Year*, which will be theatrically released on June 28, 3016, and the television series. Creemon, with the help from another director of the film series, Marty Simon, haven't picked a name for the television series based on the films, but they decided to call it *687 Days A Year: The Series*.

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