Planet 51 News

Jessica Biel and The Rock to Voice Animation Sci-Fi 'Planet 51'

February 15, 2008 04:02:57

The sexy lawyer in "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" Jessica Biel and former professional wrestler turned actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson are going to lend their voices to the leading characters of New Line Cinema' animation project "Planet 51". In the film, Biel will voice the female lead Neera, while Rock is set to play Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker, an Earth astronaut stranded in the planet.

Joining the two theps in being voice actors are the horny Steve Stifler in the "American Pie" series Seann William Scott and the co-star of Lindsay Lohan in "Herbie: Fully Loaded" Justin Long. Long will give voice to Lem, the planet native who becomes friend with Chuck, whereas Scott will voice Skiff, Lem's best friend.

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"Planet One" Cultivated By HandMade and Ilion

March 01, 2007 11:03:36

Seems the development of "Planet One" will go just fine as HandMade Films Intl. has delightfully joined forces with Madrid-based Ilion Animation Studios to both finance and co-produce the CGI sci-fi comedy.

Made at $50 million budget, the flick is an alien invasion story about the inhabitants of Planet One who have two antennae and eight fingers and live in a world strangely akin to American suburbia of the 1950s with a persistent fear of alien invasion, which is fulfilled when a human astronaut lands in their midst.

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