Panda vs. Aliens

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Panda vs. Aliens
PandavsAliens.jpg
Directed bySean Patrick O'Reilly
Written bySean Patrick O'Reiley
Produced byBaiyi Chen
Steve Chicorel
Michelle O'Reilly
StarringDan Payne
Sean Patrick O'Reiley
Chevy Chase
Scott McNeill
Ashleigh Ball
Andrew Gray
Kiefer O’Reilly
Geoff Gustafson
David Milchard
Edited byChris Trinh
Music byGeorge Streicher
Production
company
Distributed byChina Film Group
Viva Pictures
SC Films
Release date
  • April 9, 2021 (2021-04-09)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
China
LanguageEnglish

Panda vs. Aliens is a 2021 animated sci-fi film written, directed and starring Sean Patrick O'Reilly, released on April 9, 2021. The film features The Unknowns, which are characters licensed from POW! Entertainment by Stan Lee who also served as executive producer until his death in November 2018. [1]

Contents

Plot

A group of aliens seek to conquer new worlds, and take particular notice of Earth, after seeing satellite broadcasts of TV shows of a powerful panda, Pandy.

Cast

Development

The film was announced at Comic-Con. [2] Modern Cinema Group signed on to co-finance the film with Stan Lee serving as an executive producer. [3]

It is produced by China's Yisang Media and Los Angeles-Beijing Studios (LABS). [4]

The movie was initially slated to be released in 2019, [5] but eventually was released on April 9, 2021. [6] The film was completed to "honor Stan Lee's final endeavors". [7]

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References

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  2. Pedersen, Erik (2016-07-25). "Canada's Arcana Studios & China's Yisang Media Team For Toon Feature 'Pandy' – Comic-Con". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
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  4. "AFM: Stan Lee's 'Panda vs. Aliens' Nabbed by Viva Pictures". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
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