Actor Seann William Scott revealed more details on the animated comedy Planet 51 in a recent interview with SCI FI Wire. “One of the first scenes is, like, you see everyone watching this movie, and it pulls back to reveal that they’re aliens. And so humans are aliens to them. And Dwayne Johnson’s character lands on the planet, and everyone’s like, ‘Oh, my gosh! I told you!’ The script [by Shrek writer Joe Stillman] is amazing. It’s really funny, and it’s right up SCIFI.COM’s alley, because it starts off on some other planet, and there’s all these aliens.” Scott plays a variation on the UFO geek. “I play this guy who’s a total conspiracy theorist and a comic-book geek,” he said. “He’s all, ‘I told you! I told you they’re real!’ And so [Johnson is] the ‘alien,’ and we’re trying to protect him.” The $60 million animated sci-fi comedy from Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios will be distributed by New Line parent company Warner Bros. in the U.S. on July 24, 2009. The voice cast also includes Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jessica Biel, and Justin Long.
Seann William Scott talks about Planet 51