- Planet 51
Infobox Film
name = Planet 51
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caption = Promotional picture
director =Jorge Blanco
producer =Ignacio Perez Dolset
writer =Joe Stillman
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starring =Dwayne Johnson Jessica Biel Justin Long Seann William Scott Gary Oldman John Cleese
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distributor =TriStar Pictures
released =November 20 2009
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country =Spain
language = English
budget = $35 million
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amg_id = 1:425858
imdb_id = 0762125"Planet 51" is an upcoming animated film directed by
Jorge Blanco and written byJoe Stillman . Produced byIlion Animation Studios for $60 million, it was acquired for US distribution byNew Line Cinema in November 2007. As of 9 July 2008, "Planet 51" is slated to be released in the second half of 2009 bySony Pictures Worldwide viaTriStar Pictures .The title is a pun/reference to
Area 51 , a disputed storage and examination site of UFO material supposedly recovered fromRoswell, New Mexico after the 1947Roswell UFO incident .Plot Synopsis
The film follows a human astronaut who lands on Planet 51 thinking he's the first to set foot on it. However, he discovers it's inhabited by little green people who live in a white picket-fenced world reminiscent of 1950s America.Patrick Luce, [http://www.monstersandcritics.com/movies/news/article_1415980.php/Planet_51_heads_to_Sony "Planet 51 heads to Sony"] from "Monsters & Critics," 9 July 2008.]
Production
In November 2007,
New Line Cinema acquired "Planet 51" fromIlion Animation Studios while it was still in production. The film, costing $60 million, will finish production by March 2009. [cite news | author= | url=http://www.ilion.com/home/downloads/planet51_Press_Reelase_11.26.07.doc | title=ILION AND HANDMADE FILMS TAKE NEW LINE TO ANOTHER PLANET | publisher=Ilion Animation Studios | date=2007-11-26 | accessdate=2008-01-31 ]Release
"Planet 51" is slated for a release in the second half of 2009 by Sony Pictures Worldwide via their TriStar Pictures division. [cite web | url=http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=39626 | title=Planet 51 | publisher=ComingSoon.net | accessdate=2008-01-30 ] In November 2007, New Line Cinema had picked up the film's domestic distribution rights; when the studio was folded into
Warner Bros. in February 2008, Warner Bros. itself was to release the film in the summer of 2009. However, the film’s producers insisted on a November release.References
External links
*imdb title|id=0762125|title=Planet 51
*amg title|id=1:425858|title=Planet 51
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