We've heard it all before, but Wayne Coyne tells Billboard that it's for real this time. The Flaming Lips' long-in-the-works sci-fi epic, Christmas on Mars, should premiere in March at South By Southwest in Austin: "It
is coming," Coyne promises. "In fact, it's better than ever. Because it's taken so long, we've become better filmmakers. There's better computer effects. I think it will be much better."
Coyne says the Lips are currently working on final editing and transferring the film into a High Definition format, adding "some in-depth special effects" in the process. Once it's premiered, he envisions taking "Christmas on Mars" on a kind of "tour;" rather than simply showing it in theaters, Coyne wants to hold special screenings to give fans "a Flaming Lips experience of another kind."
[Read More] "I have ideas I think could spur a great new Flaming Lips concept and a new sound and things like that," Coyne, says. "But I feel like we have to finish 'Christmas on Mars' before we jump into anything else. Hopefully we'll be able to do that next year, though."
First things first...
