Planets (2015 film)

Plot
The planets must battle Nat Peterson and his cute gone savage purple (formerly beige) guinea pig, Gigi.

Development
On May 9, 2005, 10 years before this film, Jacknjellify Films announced its animated film about planet, The Brizzi brothers were brought to direct the film, with Wayne Rice adapting the screenplay. In 2006, it was reported that the film had been helmed by new directors and writers, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with Joel Coward and Robert Smigel being the directors and writers prospectively. Lord and Miller said later that year that it would also have the Sun, the Moon, and the 5 dwarf planets.

Story and script
After a year working on the script, Lord and Christopher Miller were fired for story issues and replaced with new writers, who after a year were also fired. Lord and Miller were then re-hired in 2006. The two completely redid the script, this time with the creative input of their crew. The two were almost fired again after Michel Huang, then co-head of Jacknjellify, criticized the film for lack of story. Although the film succeeded on the comedic front in the animatic stage, Huang cited the lack of an anchoring relationship in the film as a failure in the story telling. Unable to create new characters and environments to suit the new story demands, the two elevated the character of Sun to be the protagonists’ father, thereby creating the relationship Huang had requested. The pair's experience on Planets taught them two valuable lessons: the power of creative collaboration and the importance of emotion in a story.

Casting
On September 18, 2008, Variety announced that Thomas Middleditch (Mercury), Lady Gaga (Venus) and others had signed on to voice the 8 lead characters, with a few other people also in the voice cast.

Animation
Planets is the third film after Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs that was made using the animation rendering software Arnold.