Director: Jason Murphy
A quiet suburban household turns into a launchpad for chaos when three stranded extraterrestrials, disguised as scruffy dogs, show up looking for a way home in Space Pups.
What is Space Pups about?
Two children and their parents discover that the new dogs sniffing around the backyard are not dogs at all, but stranded travelers who crash-landed on Earth and need help getting their damaged ship back in the air. As the family works to keep the trio fed, hidden, and calm, a persistent local UFO hunter closes in, certain that something unusual has landed nearby. Balancing school routines, sibling squabbles, and a driveway full of spacecraft parts, the household has to think fast to protect its unlikely guests. Director Jason Murphy keeps the pace light and the stakes kid-sized, favoring warm family comedy over tension, and the film leans into practical gags around disguised aliens learning to act like ordinary pets.
Cast & crew
Myron Donley and Riley Madison Fuller lead the young cast as the siblings who first stumble onto the secret, with Elijah Green, Krista Kelley, and Matt Kinback rounding out the family and neighborhood roles. Zac Zedalis, Joe Gaudet, and Don Larson fill out supporting parts, including the UFO hunter whose suspicion drives much of the plot forward.
Context & significance
Space Pups arrived in 2023 as part of a wave of low-key, family-first science fiction built around a simple premise: friendly outsiders, a suspicious adult, and kids smart enough to solve the problem grown-ups miss. At 93 minutes, it stays tightly focused on its household setting rather than expanding into a larger alien-invasion story, which keeps the tone consistently gentle and easy to follow for younger viewers.
Where & how to watch
Space Pups is available to watch on K-Time with a free account login, and the platform's Farsi-language interface makes it simple for Persian-speaking households to browse and queue up family titles like this one. A Persian dub is available for this title, so younger viewers can follow along without relying on subtitles. No payment details are needed to browse the page itself; watching the film only requires signing in.