Wayne Coyne at Bonnaroo

Billboard is reporting that the Flaming Lips have their sci-fi epic picture Christmas On Mars just about ready for Santas and aliens alike. Looks like we’ve only got to wait until March for the feature which guest stars Isaac Brock and Elijah Wood. From the article:

Frontman Wayne Coyne tells Billboard.com that he’s hoping to premiere the movie at the South By Southwest film and music festivals next March in Austin, Texas, where he and the Lips have debuted other projects over the years. “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.”

Almost as great as those vibrating underpants!