Planet 51
Also known as: Planet One (Working Title)
- Studio
- Worldwide Biggies, Ilion Animation Studios, HandMade Films, Lolafilms, Nickelodeon Animation Studios.
Financial Support: Antena 3 Films, Chuck & Lem - Distributor
- Sony Pictures Worldwide, TriStar Pictures, DeA Planeta Home Entertainment
Synopsis
When Chuck the astronaut lands on a distant planet filled with little green people, he is surprised to discover that we are not alone in the galaxy. But he gets the shock of his life when the residents of Planet 51 mistakenly believe that his presence is the start of an alien invasion of the human kind! Luckily, Lem quickly realizes that Chuck is friendly and makes it his personal mission to help him return safely to his ship.
Characters
Captain Charles T. Baker, Neera, Lem, General Grawl, Skiff, Professor Kipple, Eckle, Glar, Soldier Vesklin, Soldier Vernkot
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Jorge Blanco
- Co-Directors
- Javier Abad, Marcos Martinez
Producing
- Producer
- Ignacio Pérez Dolset, Guy Collins
- Executive Producers
- Mercedes Gamero, Ricardo García Arrojo, Albie Hecht, Stephen Margolis, Patrick Meehan, Javier Pérez Dolset, Juan Antonio Pérez Ramírez, Mercedes Rey, Jose A. Rodriguez, Michael Ryan
- Line Producer
- Jose A. Rodriguez
Writing
- Writer
- Joe Stillman
Voices
- Voice
- Dwayne Johnson (Captain Charles T. Baker), Jessica Biel (Neera), Justin Long (Lem), Gary Oldman (General Grawl), Seann William Scott (Skiff), John Cleese (Professor Kipple), Freddie Benedict (Eckle), Alan Marriott (Glar), Mathew Horne (Soldier Vesklin), James Corden (Soldier Vernkot), Lewis Macleod, Rupert Degas, Rebecca Front, Vincent Marzello, Emma Tate, Pete Atkin, Laurence Bouvard, Brian Bowles
Music
- Music
- James Seymour Brett
- Music Production Supervisor
- Graham Walker
- Additional Music Editing
- Robert Houston
- Score Production
- James Brett
- Score Recording and Remix Engineer
- Peter Cobbin
Animation
- Animation Supervisor
- Fernando Moro
- Animator
- Harmut Ángel, Pako Bagur, Christian Dan Bejarano, Amedeo Beretta, Miquel Cabot, Laurent Caneiro, Katie Cibinel, José Luis de Lucas, Pepe de Lucas, Maxi Díaz Maximino Diaz Gerveno, Rickard Enqvist, Yannick Honore, Anthea Kerou, Julio Lorenzo, Stein Lotveit, Ina Marczinczik, Jason Martinsen, Elena Ortego, Terence P. Reilly, Albert Rubio, Julen Santiago, Diego S. Mezquiriz, Rodrigo Torres, Tomás Vega, Jorge Vigara
- Animation Production Manager
- Marina Soto
- Supervising Lead Animator
- Javier Moya Alonso
- Lead Animator
- Daniel Martín Peixe
- Animation Leads
- Marco Regina, Qcho SanzGarcía
- Lead Supervising Animator
- Ramiro Lopez Dau
- Senior Animator
- Andrew Hunt
- Additional Animators
- Daniel Arnal, Raúl Carvajal, Tomás Gutierrez, Santiago Hurtado, David Lamas, Carolina López Dau, Carlos Martínez López, Pablo Navarro, Jordi Solanes
- Effects Assistant Animators
- Julia Casal, Alberto Herguido, Miguel Pascual
- Lighting Supervisor
- Barbara Meyers
- Lighting Leads
- Alfonso Caparrini, Etienne Marc, Eduardo Martín, José Luis Ramos, Eduardo Suazo
- Additional Effects Animators
- Teresa Álvarez, Rubén Bautista, Bruno Ebe, Khaskhayar Khalkhaly, Xavier Lestourneaud, Daniel Martínez Lara, Gustavo Sanchez-Perez
- Senior Lighting Artists
- Ana Amat, Guillermo Arambulo, Antonio Carrasco, Merche Delgado, Lucio Farina, Herbert Heinsche, Carlos Lucas, Giuseppe Motta
- Senior Character Animators
- Laurent Caneiro, Martín Esnaola, David Nasser, Prothais Nicolas
- Character Animators
- Alberto Corral, Jesus del Campo, Hartmut Engel, Cristina Falcon, Gianluca Fratellini, Yannick Honore, Pedro Daniel García Pérez, Daniele Mieli
- Lighting Senior Artists
- Christophe Brejon, Mercedes Delgado, Thierry Dervieux, Lucio Farina, Emmanuel Maniez, Diego Sernande
- Lighting Artists
- Iker Alonso, Luis Amieiro, Eduardo Casado, Nicolas Chombart, Patricia Delgado, Gonzalo Díaz-Palacios, Stefano Di Noia, Guadalupe Fernández, Oscar Mata, José Manuel Weil
- Character Developers
- Manuel Agost, Estefanía Arasa, Álex Huguet, Ana Jardón, Abraham Meneu, Patricia Rivera
- Layout Artists
- David Alonso, Vidina Garcia, Marga García Visdómine, Martín Parissenti, Francisco Rodríguez Sousa
- Lighting Junior Artists
- Javier González Alonso, Alexandra Díaz de Cerio, Daniel García Tapia
- Crowds Animation Supervisor
- Miguel A. Jiménez
- Crowd Animators
- Jorge Bellot, Katherine Cibinel, Ana Cobos, Carolina López Dau, Martín Parissenti, Laura Rodríguez
- Lighting Assistants
- Adrián Monroy, Nayra Pardo, Armide Suarez
- Additional Lighting Production Coordinator
- Ana Ramos, Amaia Markuleta
- Lighting Production Assistants
- Jose María de La Puente, Aline Ngo
- Animation Production Assistants
- Celia Conejero, Laura Rodríguez, Virginia Vega
- Lighting Technical Directors
- Borja Morales, Borja Morales Hernando, Miguel Angel Pérez Tejerina
- Fix Animators
- Paola Marín, Macha Movahed, Omara Olabi, Pedro Pérez Valiente, Sauce Vilas
- Senior Lighting and Compositing Artist
- Carlo Ivo Alimo Bianchi
- Lighting Sequence Lead
- Eduardo Martin Julve
- Animation Technical Director
- Tote González
- Set Up and Skin Artist
- Iker J. de los Mozos
- Senior VFX Technical Director
- Augusto Lombardi
- Layout Supervisor
- Charlie Ramos
- Lead Layout Technical Director
- Angel Cea
- Scene Composing Junior Technical Director
- Manuel Agost
- Sets & Props Modeling Leads
- Ramón López Seco de Herrera, Jordi Villaroya Martínez
- Sets & Props Modeling Artists
- Eduardo Berazaluce, Juan Carlos Gracia, Jesús Orillán
- Sets & Props Junior Technical Directors
- Diego Gortázar, Rocío Pelarda
- Layout Technical Director
- Mario Antoñanzas
- Additional Layout Artist
- Juan García
- Rigging & Skinning Supervisor
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez
- Rigging Set-Up & Skinning Senior Artist
- Kai Stavginski
- Rigging Set-Up & Skinning Artists
- David Blanco, Ramón Giradles, Diego López
- Additional Rigging Set-Ups
- Daniel Martínez Lara
- Animatics Editors
- José Manuel Salio, Marcos Valin
- Additional Animatic Editor
- Armando Gasalla
Art Department
- Production Design
- Julian Muñoz Romero
- Art Direction
- Fernando Juárez
- Storyboard Artists
- Wilbert Plijnaar, Ángel Sánchez, Helios Vicent
- Visual Development Artists
- Guillaume Bonamy, Marcos Calo
- Storyboard Team Leads
- Pedro Daniel García Pérez, Javier Ledesma
- Additional Storyboard Artist
- Pepe Mansuy
- Storyboard Clean-Up
- Marta del Valle, Lidia Fernández
- Characters Designer
- Nacho Güejes
- Motion Graphics (Main Titles)
- Rubén Rivas
- Matte Painter
- Fabio Barretta
- Graphic Designers
- Gracia Artigas, Olga Gridina
- Visual Development
- Gracia Artigas, Antonio Navarro, Javier Tejadas
- Matte Painting Senior Artists
- Javier Martín
- Matte Painting Artists
- Alfonso Blaas, Diego Fernández, José Manuel Fernández Oli
- Matte Painting Senior Technical Director
- Nicolas Dufort
- Matte Painting Support
- Jordi Villaroya Martínez
- Storyboard Production Coordinator
- Rebeca Carrasco
- Storyboard Writers
- Bruce Morris, Scott O'Brien, Pedro Pérez Valiente, Paco Sáez
- Additional Storyboard
- Daniel Martínez Lara, Carlos Matera
Visual Effects
- Effects Animators
- Gustavo Calle Corro, Sandro Disegni, Fernando Domínguez, Daniel Fernández, Pablo J. García, Tote González, Augusto Lombardi, Alejandro López, Damián López, Victor Moreno, Mayec Rancel, Gianfranco Valle
- FX Supervisor (Pre-Production)
- David Caeiro Cebrián (uncredited)
- Senior Effects Artist
- Gustavo Sanchez-Perez
- Additional Effects Developers
- Juan Antonio Amblés, Mariano Blanc, Esteban Ferreño
- Effects Production Coordinator
- Álvaro Figuero
- Effects Pre-Production
- David Caeiro Cebrián
- Digital Effects Artists
- Bruno Ebe, Xavier Lestourneaud
- Visual Effects Artist
- Mayec Rancel
- Compositing Supervisor
- Miguel Pablos
- Compositing Artists
- Antonio Arés, Virginie Delisse
- Senior Compositor
- Angelo Perrotta
- Compositing Lead
- Gabriel García Roy
- Digital Compositors
- Michelangelo Neri Orliani, Alexis Peraste
- Effects Lead
- Diego Prilusky
- Compositing Senior Artists
- Carlos Caballero, Zoe Lamaera, Michelangelo Neri Orliani, Alexis Peraste, Valeria Romano, Monica Verdu
- Additional Compositing Artists
- Alfonso Caparrini, Angelo Perrotta, Gerard Benjamin Pierre, Diego Sernande
- Compositing Production Coordinator
- Sebastian Kauffman
- Compositing Production Assistant
- Carmen Lucena
- Lead Render Wranglers
- Jorge de Miguel, Carlos Domínguez
- Render Wrangler
- Chema Sanchidrián
- Render Development Engineers
- Alberto Arenas García, Alan King, Javier Loureiro Varela
- Cloth Simulation Production Coordinator
- Javier Hernáez
- Head of Cloth and Hair Simulation
- Juan Carlos Olmos
- Cloth Simulation Senior Artist
- Juan Carlos Delgado
- Cloth Simulation Junior Artists
- Miguel Eiras, Rocío Pelarda
- Additional Cloth Simulation
- Diego Gortázar
Editing
- Editor
- Alex Rodríguez
- Assistant Editors
- Rebecca Lloyd, Enrique Pérez-Fontán
- First Assistant Editor
- Pablo García Revert
- On-Line Editor
- Sinead Cronin
- Editorial Production Assistant
- Marcos Rubio
- Laboratory Contact Man
- Paul Dray
- Digital Colorist
- Alex Gascoigne
- Ambiences Editor
- Roberto H.G (uncredited)
- Editorial Production Coordinator
- Rebeca Carrasco
Sound
- Sound Designer
- Martin Cantwell
- Supervising Sound Editor
- Joseph Stracey
- Sound Editor
- David Rodríguez
- Sound Effects Editors
- Max Bygrave, Danny Hambrook
- Re-Recording Mixer
- Mark Taylor
- ADR Voice Casting
- Abigail Barbier, Louis Elman
- Assistant Sound Editor
- Dillon Bennett
- Supervising Sound Designer
- Joseph Stracey
- Sound Re-Recording Mixers
- Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor
- Sound Mix Technicians
- Rhys Maitland-Jones, Johnathan Rush, Mark Sheffield (uncredited)
- Sound Effects Designers
- Martin Cantwell, James Harrison
- ADR Supervisor
- Paul Conway
- ADR Recordists
- Wade Barnett, Hugo Jeffreys, Travis MacKay
- ADR Mixers
- Nick Foley, Hugo Jeffreys
- Foley Editor
- Derek Trigg
- Foley Artists
- Peter Burgis, Andi Derrick Andie Derrick, Jack Stew
- Foley Mixer
- Ed Colyer
- Assistant Foley Mixer
- Glen Gathard
- Dialogue Editor
- Dan Morgan
- Original Dialogue Mixer
- Eric Thompson
- Recordists
- Louise Hutchinson, Simon Johnson
- Effects Editor
- Daniel Peña (uncredited)
- Animatic Sound Editors
- Miguel Calvo, Carlos Jordá
- Sound Recording
- Pepper Sound
- Additional Sound Editing
- David Rodríguez Montero
- Sound Post-Production (Foreign Dub)
- Synxspeed
Music Department
- Music Supervisor
- Liz Schrek
- Music Editors
- David Walker, David Walter
- Orchestrations
- Geoff Alexander, James Brett, Chris Brown, Adam Langston
- Music Recordist
- Mark Tucker
- Supervisory Copyist
- Vic Fraser
- Music Clearance Executive
- Gary Welch
- Orchestra Leader
- Jackie Shave
- Orchestra Manager
- Steve Fox
- Musician Contractor
- Andy Brown
- Assistant Musician Contractor
- Cathy Giles
- Vocal Contractor
- Keith Murrell
Casting
- Casting
- Ruth Lambert, Karen Lindsay-Stewart, Robert McGee
Production Management
- Post-Production Supervisor
- Emma Zee
- Production Coordinators
- Raquel Gómez Pla, Sebastian Kaufmann, Amaia Markuleta
- Post-Production Coordinator
- Siobhan Boyes
- Scene Composing Production Coordinators
- Javier Hernáez, Carmen Lucena
- Sets & Props Production Assistant
- Sara Fernández
- Software Tools Production Coordinator
- Andrea Dopico
- Pepper Scheduling Managers
- Frederic Gilbert Frederic Gibert, Dave Turner
- Pepper Scheduling Receptionist
- Emily Mitchell
- Production Assistants
- Daniel Jiménez, Blanca Martínez, Germán Montes, Marcos Rubio
- Pipeline Coordinator
- Nicholas Schlesinger
Crew
- Head of Digital Intermediate
- Jan Hogevold
- Senior Digital Intermediate Producer
- Helle Absalonsen
- Digital Intermediate Technical Producer
- Ben Bradley
- Additional Lighters
- Carlo Bianchi, Bjorn Gromoll, Giuseppe Motta, José Manuel Weil
- Senior Tool Programmer
- Katrin Schmid
- Tools Development
- Juanjo Alvarez Martínez, Alberto Arenas García, Jose María Benito Díaz, Raul Catalina Bueno, Maximo Cuadros Ortiz, Luis Díez Hernández, Antonio Fenollera Caamaño, Otero García Francisco, Raquel Moreta Ginés, Jose Luis Gomez Díaz, Yannick Puech
- Digital Colourists
- John Claude, Alex Gascoigne
- Shading Senior Artist
- Gonzalo Díaz-Palacios
- Head of Imaging
- Mitch Mitchell
- Systems Supervisor
- Luis Toro
- Set Dressing Supervisor
- Carine Gillet
- Scene Composing Lead
- Alberto Viqueira
- Scene Composing Artists
- David Bayón, Jorge García-Brazales, Diego Gortázar, Juan Carlos Gracia, Carolina Jiménez, David Pérez Mate
- Pre-Production Scene Composing Artists
- José Ignacio Vicente
- Character Scene Composing Lead
- Estefanía Arasa
- Character Scene Composing Junior Artist
- David Alonso
- Sets & Props Shading Senior Artists
- Gonzalo Díaz-Palacios, Anna Sitjá
- Sets & Props Shading Artists
- Michel Alentar, David Álvarez, Eva de Prado
- Lead Software Engineer
- Jose Luis Gomez Diaz
- Tools Senior Software Engineers
- Juanjo Alvarez Martínez, Maximo Cuadros Ortiz, Olivier Dumas, Otero García Francisco
- Tools Software Engineers
- Jose María Benito Díaz, Raul Catalina Bueno, Stefano Giorgetti, Luis Díez Hernández, Rubén Penalva, Aitor Prieto, Yannick Puech, Fernando Ranera, Katrin Schmid
- Additional Software Engineers
- Juan Antonio Amblés, Alex Bourt, Santiago Redondo, Manel Villar
- Skinning Artists
- Arantxa Claudio, Magnus Skagerlund
- Systems Team Lead Engineer
- Alejandro Carmona
- Senior Systems Engineers
- Raúl Plana, Daniel Ramírez, Jaime Saelices
- System Support
- Jorge de Miguel, Jonathan Díaz, Ángel Domínguez, Carlos Domínguez, Chema Sanchidrián
- Additional Systems Support
- Ilias Hassar, Diego Menéndez, Pablo Pleite
- Color Science Supervisor
- Andreas Rostock
- Color Artists
- Patricia Castelao, David Jaráiz
- Additional Beta Testing
- Cristina de Córdoba
- Tools Team Lead
- Raquel Moreta Ginés
- Tools Leads
- Antonio Fenollera Caamaño, Jose Luis Gomez Diaz
- Set Supervisor
- Fernando Huélamo
- Studio Assistants
- Lewis Jones, Sam Okell, Patrick Phillips
- Additional Dialogue and Gags
- Luis Piedrahita, Rodrigo Sopeña
- Director of Technology
- Gonzalo Rueda
- Mix Technicians
- Johnathan Rush, Rob Weatherall Robert Weatherall
- Characters Development Supervisor
- Juan Solis
- Film Recording
- Cinesite
- HD Avis Equipment Rental
- Salon
Companies and other credits
- Digital Intermediate: Pepper Post Production
- Score Recording and Mixing: Abbey Road Studios
- Soundtrack Album: Decca Records
- Rights and Clearances: Entertainment Clearances
- Score Publisher: HandMade Films
- Score Performers: London Metropolitan Orchestra
- ADR Recording Facility: Wildfire Studios
Production notes
The first feature film for Worldwide Biggies, a family entertainment company launched by Albie Hecht. Also, the first animated feature film released by New Line Cinema.
Computer-generated animation.
Budgeted at an estimated $60 million. The budget is being funded by Ilion Animation Studios' parent company, Wisdom Entertainment.
In 2002, Ilion set up a studio in Spain where it developed technology in-house for this film.
Also released theatrically in 3D.
Computer-generated animation.
Budgeted at an estimated $60 million. The budget is being funded by Ilion Animation Studios' parent company, Wisdom Entertainment.
In 2002, Ilion set up a studio in Spain where it developed technology in-house for this film.
Also released theatrically in 3D.
Awards
Nominee, Goya Award, Best Animated Feature, 2010.
Nominee, Goya Award, Best Original Song, "Stick to the Man," 2010
Nominee, Goya Award, Best Original Song, "Stick to the Man," 2010
