Planet 51 is a 2009 animated science fiction comedy film directed by Jorge Blanco and co-directed by Javier Abad and Marcos Martínez from a script by Joe Stillman based on an original idea by Abad Blanco Martínez and Ignacio Pérez Dolset. Starring Dwayne Johnson Jessica Biel Justin Long Gary Oldman Seann William Scott and John Cleese the film follows an astronaut who lands on an alien planet as one of the aliens helps him return to his ship while evading the military. An international co-production by Spain the United Kingdom and Canada with the studios Ilion Animation Studios based in Madrid and HandMade Films in London the film was originally acquired for North American distribution by New Line Cinema but then sold to Sony Pictures before completion. Originally titled Planet One and later named as an allusion to Area 51 the film was completed on a $70 million budget which as of 2010 was the most expensive film produced in Spain.