Tagline: Something strange is coming to their planet… US!
Sixteen year old LEM lives on Planet 51, a white picket-fenced world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950’s America. He is happy in his safe, predictable world and spends his time daydreaming about running the local planetarium and dating the girl next door, NEERA.
One day out of the blue and millions of miles from his own planet, astronaut CAPTAIN CHARLES `CHUCK’ BAKER lands his spaceship in Neera’s backyard, right in the middle of a family barbecue! Unaware of his surroundings, he disembarks the ship reveling in his Big Moment. He plants his flag triumphantly and turns…only to find Planet 51’s green-skinned inhabitants staring back at him bemused! He panics and flees, finding refuge quite by chance in the planetarium where Lem works.
When Lem and Chuck meet, they gradually overcome their mutual fear and strike up a friendship. Lem agrees to hide Chuck from the paranoid Planet 51 Army who are determined to capture the alien within their midst, convinced he is out to destroy them. But all Chuck wants to do is reach his spacecraft before it returns to Earth without him! So with the help of Lem and his friends, a pair of not-so-bright Planet 51 soldiers, and an excitable but trusty explorer robot, ROVER, Chuck and the gang race to reach his spaceship before it is too late…
About the Production
Ilion Animation Studios was launched in 2002 with the aim of becoming a leading animation studio creating computer generated full length animation feature films with global appeal. Such an ambitious project brought along with it huge challenges from a creative, technological and human standpoint; “we needed a great storyline, leading edge, in-house technology and a talented team of professionals to push the project forward. This was no mean feat. From the start we began looking for a fresh and original storyline that was highly differentiated from other movies”, says Perez Dolset. It was at this point that we decided to embark on a journey through our own hopes, dreams and fantasies.
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Planet 51
Starring by: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, John Cleese
Directed by: Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martinez
Screenplay by: Joe Stillman
Release: November 20, 2009
MPAA Rating: PG for mild sci-fi action and some suggestive humor.
Studio: Sony TriStar Pictures
Box Office Totals
Domestic: $42,194,060 (39.9%)
Foreign: $63,453,042 (60.1%)
Total: $105,647,102 (Worldwide)