Planet Ice

Matt's Role: Cale (voice)
Also starring: (voices) Bill Pullman (Joe Korso), Drew Barrymore (Pilot), Nathan Lane (First Mate), Hank Azaria (Ship's Navigator), Jim Breuer (Cale's Alien Boss), Janeane Garofalo, Lena Olin
Released: 1999

Written By: Ben Edlund
Directed By: Art Vitello
Produced By: Brian Rosen for 20th Century Fox [us] / Fox Animation Studios
Editor: Bob Birchard
Unit Production Manager: Melissa Kurtz
Casting: Marion Levine
Filmed In: Not available

Genre: Animation
Plot Summary: In the future, after aliens have destroyed and enslaved Earth, a 19 year-old named Cale must overcome the occupation to find a map left by his father that contains the secret to saving mankind. Cale is joined on his quest by Joe Korso and a cadre of aliens intent on finding the treasure that resides at the end of their search for Planet Ice.
The Buzz: Despite a source that told the Insider that "a substantial amount of work" had taken place to prep the upcoming Fox animated flick Planet Ice as a traditional cel-animated movie, Variety revealed that the movie may instead be produced using less-costly CGI animation. The toon, which features the voices of Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore and Nathan Lane, reports that despite the costs associated with creating believable CGI human characters a Fox insider says that Ice was "always seen as a digital script."
Availability: Not yet released

Latest News:
5/27/99: Now known as Titan A.E. The trailer is running before the new Star Wars flick. Being done by Fox Animation in Phoenix, AZ and will be a mix of traditional and CG animation. I think all the characters are hand drawn, and the ships and environments are CG.
8/20/98: 'Planet Ice' gets a  New Director.