today announced a partnership to create a game based on its upcoming
animated film, Planet 51. The Planet 51 game will be available in
Winter 2009 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from
Microsoft, the Wii system, PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system
and the Nintendo DS portable handheld system.
Planet 51 is a galactic sized alien adventure comedy from the writer
of "Shrek" and "Shrek 2", which revolves around American astronaut
Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker who lands on Planet 51, thinking he's
the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that
this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living
in a white picket fence world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent
American town circa 1950, and whose only fear is that it will be
overrun by alien invaders ... like Chuck! With the help of his robot
companion "Rover" and his new friend Lem, Chuck must navigate his way
through the dazzling, but bewildering, landscape of Planet 51 in order
to escape becoming a permanent part of the Planet 51 Alien Invaders
Space Museum.
Planet 51 is scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on
November 20, 2009 by Sony Pictures Releasing, and around the world by
leading independent distributors.
"We are delighted to have SEGA on board," commented Ignacio Perez
Dolset, CEO of Pyro Studios and Ilion Animation Studios. "Pyro strives
to produce high quality games and we are pleased to have the right
partner for worldwide publishing. Sega´s expertise in the video games
industry, together with the quality of the game will make Planet 51 a
Thanksgiving blockbuster."
"SEGA is very excited about our new partnership with Pyro Studios,"
said Sean Ratcliffe, Vice President of Marketing, SEGA of America,
Inc. "Pyro Studio's exceptional pedigree, combined with the fantastic
story of Planet 51 allows this project to appeal to a global audience
of all ages."
The Planet 51 game will take the form of an entertaining mission-based
driving game, with various characters from the film available to play.
The game allows audiences to immerse themselves into this amazing
vibrant world and truly experience the hours of fun that Planet 51 has
to offer!
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