Red Dwarf: The Movie was a title of a movie project that would have served as a sequel to Series VIII; in the end this role was fulfilled by Back to Earth. The movie project, which reached pre-production, was stalled for a number of years, as writer/director and Red Dwarf co-creator Doug Naylor futilely searched for financial backing to start production. The proposed budget of the movie was around £11 million and filming would have been done in Australia and the United Kingdom, according to the official site.