Handmade Films Intl. has sold rights to its big budget European CGI film Planet 51 to TF1 for France and Moviemax Italia for Italy, with German and Japanese deals yet to be finalized, according to Variety. The alien planet comedy, budgeted at $60 million, was produced by Madrid’s Ilion Animation Studios and London’s Handmade Films. Planet 51 is about an astronaut who lands on a planet inhabited by green people who live in a society very similar to 1950s America. New Line will distribute the film in North America this fall. Planet 51‘s English language voice cast includes Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Seann William Scott, Justin Long, John Cleese and Gary Oldman.
New distribution deals in place for Europe's Planet 51