Orbit Ever After

3/28/2026

Now first things first, this family - think the “Bucket” crowd from “Willy Wonka” - have found a way of turning space garbage into soup! Now think what that could do for the environment if we could turn all our junk into a nutritious gloop? “Nigel” (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) is the son of the family who is charged with sitting outside their orbiting spaceship each day trying to collect this fodder. He, however, is much more interested in a girl (Naomi Battrick) whose small craft passes their’s each day and they exchange longing glances. He’s completely besotted and despite warnings from his mum (Bronagh Gallagher) and dad (Mackenzie Crook), though encouraged by his granddad (Bob Goody), he is determined to find some way to escape his daily routine and meet her. When she slings him a metallic