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DeAPlaneta

DeAPlaneta is an audiovisual production and distribution company based in Barcelona. It was created as the joint venture of Grupo Planeta and De Agostini.

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DeAPlaneta S.L.
TypeSociedad limitada (S.L.)
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2000 (2000)
HeadquartersAvda. Diagonal 662-664,,
Barcelona, Catalonia
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Spain
Services
ParentGrupo Planeta
De Agostini

DeAPlaneta is an audiovisual production and distribution company based in Barcelona. It was created as the joint venture of Grupo Planeta and De Agostini.

History

It opened in 20011 as a joint venture of Italian holding company DeAgostini and Spanish mass media holding Grupo Planeta with the initial intent of primarily focusing on the Spanish and Portuguese (Iberian) markets.23 Both groups had already joined forces with the publishing house Planeta DeAgostini. According to president Maurizio Carlotti, it was born out as a split from Planeta 2010.4 Upon the time of the company's rollout, its distribution arm in Spain included DeAPlaneta Home Video, Planeta Junior, Planeta D, while its production arm consisted of film production outfit Cometa PC and TV-movie production outfit Prodigius, a joint venture with Mediapro.2 In 2003, DeAPlaneta and Mikado created Argentinian production outfit KDM Films along with Oscar Kramer.5

in April 2000 during the MIP-TV event, Planeta 2010, partnered with German childrens entertainment company EM.TV & Merchandising to expand the Junior brand into the Spain & Portugal territories announcing a joint venture production subsidiary to handle distribution of EM.TV's children's programming including those from the latter's Australian & American subsidiairies Yoram Gross-EM.TV and The Jim Henson Company in Spain and Portugal with Planeta 2010 and EM.TV forming a Madrid-based Spanish joint-venture home entertainment & distribution/production subsidiary entitled Planeta Junior, marking EM.TV's entry into the Spanish film & TV production industry.6 Their partnership would be extended one year later in March 2001, when Planeta 2010 formed an animation co-production partnership with German entertainment company EM.TV, under their joint-venture production subsidiary Planeta Junior to handle distribution to the then-upcoming shows from EM.TV such as Old Tom (which was produced by its Australian studio Yoram Gross-EM.TV) for the Spanish and Portuguese territories.7

In March 2002, Planeta 2010 was rebranded into DeAPlaneta when its Spanish publishing parent Grupo Planeta had partnered with Italian publishing & video distribution company De Agostini to create a new traditional mulitplatform distribution company.8

In December 2002 following the rebranding of Planeta 2010 to DeAPlaneta, DeAPlaneta had joined forces with Spanish mulitmedia & audiovisual company Mediapro to form a joint-venture TV movie production label called Prodigius Audiovisual to produce TV-movies with Jaume Santacana had been appointed to handle the joint-venture label Prodiguis Audiovisual via director.9

In August 2004, DeAPlaneta and German media company EM.TV & Merchandising had expanded their joint venture production company Planeta Junior into Italy through Italian publishing company De Agostini.10

In April 2006, the company announced the launch of an international sales division.11

In March 2019, DeAPlaneta's subsidiary Planeta Junior announced the merging of its European operations into one production organisation with Planeta Junior will shift their focus into France.12

In December 2021, DeAPlaneta and Planeta Junior announced the merging of the two companies including DeAPlaneta's division DeAPlaneta Kids & Families together into one production and distribution company by renaming DeAPlaneta into a new name called DeAPlaneta Entertainment as part of their strategic reorganisation with the rebranded company will focus on three genre cores13

In January 2023, DeAPlaneta Entertainment acquired the film & television catalogue of Madrid-based Spanish animation production studio BRB Interactional in order for DeAPlaneta Entertainment to expand their children's entertainment portfolio.14

In February 2025, DeAPlaneta Entertainment entered a European distribution and licensing partnership with American entertainment company The Jim Henson Company to handle several Henson's properties such as Fraggle Rock in European territories.15

Releases

Release daten. 1 Title Director(s) Ref.
26 January 2024 The Three Musketeers: Milady Martin Bourboulon 16
23 February 2024 Políticamente incorrectos Arantxa Echevarría 17
5 April 2024 Wicked Little Letters Thea Sharrock 18
19 April 2024 Civil War Alex Garland 19
17 May 2024 Disco, Ibiza, Locomía Kike Maíllo 20
3 July 2024 Boy Kills World Moritz Mohr 21
22 November 2024 Raqqa: Spy vs. Spy Gerardo Herrero 22
5 December 2024 ¿Quién es quién? Martín Cuervo 23
20 December 2024 Conclave Edward Berger 24
1 January 2025 Heretic Scott Beck, Bryan Woods 25
21 February 2025 Goodrich Hallie Meyers-Shyer 26
12 June 2025 All in Favor Santiago Requejo 27

Television series

Title Years Network Notes
Squish28 2019–2020 Neox
Gulli & Canal J (France)		 co-production with Cottonwood Media
Milo29 2021–present 5 (United Kingdom) co-production with Fourth Wall
Monster Shaker30 2024–present Clan TVE
Gulli & M6 (France)
Ketnet (Belgium)		 co-production with GO-N Productions and Umedia
Underdog31 2025–present Gulli & M6 (France)
Rai Gulp (Italy)		 co-production with Superprod Animation, Red Monk Studio and DreamWorks Classics3233
A reboot of the 1960s series by W. Watts Biggers
Karters3435 coming 2026 Cartoonito (EMEA) co-production with Method Animation
Magic Lilly TBA Clan TVE & SX3
Super RTL (Germany)		 co-production with B.Water Animation Studios and The Magic Lilly Company
Untitled Bernard reboot36 TBA TBA co-production with Alpha Group
Notes

Notes

  1. The listed date refers to the film's theatrical release in Spain by DeAPlaneta, not necessarily its first screening or when it premiered.
References

References

  1. "Planeta, el mayor grupo editorial y de comunicación". La Razón. 31 January 2015.
  2. "Nace DeAPlaneta nuevo gigante de contenidos en Europa". Produ. 25 September 2002.
  3. "Planeta y De Agostini van al cine". El País. 22 September 2002.
  4. "Planeta y DeAgostini crean una productora". Cinco Días. 18 September 2002.
  5. "DeAPlaneta, Mikado and Kramer launch Argentine outfit". ScreenDaily. 20 May 2003.
  6. Hopewell, John (May 15, 2000). "Planeta, Creek mull pact". Variety.
  7. "Planeta, EM.TV toon up". Variety. March 13, 2001.
  8. https://variety.com/2002/biz/news/de-agostini-planeta-wed-1117864356/
  9. "Spain's Prodigius Audiovisual unveils first three projects". Screen Daily. December 18, 2002.
  10. Baisley, Sarah (August 2, 2004). "Planeta Junior Expands into Italy". Animation World Network.
  11. Green, Jennifer (23 April 2006). "DeA Planeta to launch new international sales arm". ScreenDaily.
  12. Whyte, Alexandra (March 19, 2019). "Planeta Junior merges European operations". Kidscreen.
  13. "DeAPlaneta, Planeta Junior join forces to become DeAPlaneta Entertainment". C21Media. December 3, 2021.
  14. Miligan, Mecedes (January 2023). "DeAPlaneta Ent. Acquires BRB Internacional Kids' Catalog". Animation Magazine.
  15. Stalcup, Jamie (2025-02-25). "DeAPlaneta Lands Rights to Jim Henson Series". TVKids.
  16. Román Almansa, Enid (25 January 2024). "Crítica de 'Los tres mosqueteros: Milady': la adaptación del clásico de Dumas sigue maravillando". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  17. Pinilla, Sergio F. (22 February 2024). "Crítica de 'Políticamente incorrectos': Echevarría, de risas y relajando el ambiente contra el cine español". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  18. Vidal, Nuria (3 April 2024). "Crítica de 'Pequeñas cartas indiscretas': los bulos y mensajes obscenos del siglo XX". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  19. García, Yago (18 April 2024). "Crítica de 'Civil War': la reconciliación con el periodismo más crudo". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  20. Bermejo, Andrea G. (16 May 2024). "Crítica de 'Disco, Ibiza, Locomía': ¿El biopic desenfrenado que la banda merecía? No, pero casi". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  21. Romero Santos, Rubén (3 July 2024). "Crítica de 'Kill Boy': mata, mata y ensancha el alma". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  22. Salas, Andrés (20 November 2024). "Crítica de 'Raqa': una historia atractiva y buena adaptación de la novela de Tomás Bárbulo". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  23. Ocaña, Javier (3 December 2024). "Crítica de '¿Quién es quién?': un trueque entre padre, madre, tres hijos y la abuela". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  24. Bermejo, Andrea G. (19 December 2024). "Crítica de 'Cónclave': la mirada de Berger eleva su thriller de sotanas a otra categoría". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  25. Romero Santos, Rubén (31 December 2024). "Crítica de 'Heretic (Hereje)': la palabra como elemento perverso y corruptor". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  26. "'Con el agua al cuello' – estreno en cines 21 de febrero". Audiovisual451. 18 February 2025.
  27. Sánchez Sequera, Marco (9 June 2025). "'Votemos' – estreno en cines 12 de junio". Audiovisual451.
  28. Hobson, Jane (September 28, 2018). "Cottonwood inks presales for Squish". Kidscreen.
  29. "Planeta Junior and Fourth Wall collaborate on new Milo and Superpigs productions". Licensing International. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  30. Bharanidharan, Sadhana. "DeAPlaneta and GO-N team up for Monster Shaker". Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  31. Miligan, Mercedes (September 16, 2024). "New 'Underdog' Series Kicks off Production with Superprod & Red Monk". Animation Magazine.
  32. "New 'Underdog' Series Kicks off Production with Superprod & Red Monk". September 16, 2024.
  33. "DeAPlaneta Ent. & Superprod Team Up for New CG 'Underdog' Series". June 9, 2025.
  34. Dickson, Jeremy (February 18, 2021). "ON Kids & Family expands TV slate". Kidscreen. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  35. Zahid, Ramin (June 16, 2023). "DeAPlaneta and Mediawan Kids & Family Put Their Wheels Together for 'Karters'". Animation Magazine.
  36. Goodfellow, Melanie (June 2, 2025). "DeAPlaneta Teams With China's Alpha Group To Relaunch Animated Polar Bear Character 'Bernard'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 13, 2025.