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Planet 51 takes off!

Posted on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
by Cineplex Entertainment

Planet 51

Courtesy of Alliance Films

Look up....look waaaaay up! It appears that Hollywood is looking to entertain more than just the masses on planet Earth and are expanding their reach into the galaxy. I suppose it was only a matter of time.

Alliance Films' Planet 51 is making history as the first film to have a "Solar System Premiere" and is currently orbiting the planet on the International Space Station.

The film was launched into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on August 28, 2009, and was transferred to the space station by the astronauts a few days later. The film is now cruising high above Earth at 17,500 miles per hour and orbiting the planet every 90 minutes, which is the exact running time of the movie, so it will make a full Earth orbit as the movie premieres on the ground.

Producers Guy Collins and Ignacio Perez offered some insight into the intergalactic film launch through a joint statement, saying, "Planet 51 is a fun film for all the family and one of its strong messages, particularly for children, is to not be afraid of the unknown. That is what NASA has been showing the world for 50 years and I hope that our film will encourage children to increase their understanding of the Universe and NASA's work."

Joshua Ravetch, the Senior Vice President at HandMade Films who arranged for the movie to get to the space station said, "What’s really amazing about this is that the movie will open day and date domestically, internationally and now, even a copy of the film will be available "orbitally" circling the Earth for the astronauts to view at their leisure".

I wonder where the red carpet goes on the Space Station?

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