DEAPLANETA CELEBRATES 25 YEARS
DeAPlaneta Entertainment celebrated its 25th anniversary with a special gala that took place last night at the Real Teatro de Retiro in Madrid, where the company brought together its team and the partners and collaborators that have accompanied it throughout this quarter century of leadership in the entertainment sector.
Among the personalities attending the gala were Carlos Fernández, executive vice-president of Grupo Planeta, and the actors Eva Soriano, Natalia Verbeke, Malcolm Treviño-Sitté and Unax Ugalde, as well as representatives of the main television channels and streaming platforms, film exhibition chains, toy manufacturers and licensees, companies in the children’s entertainment sector and prominent journalists from the cultural world.
Hosted by journalist Matías Prats Chacón, the party began by recalling the milestones in the history of DeAPlaneta Entertainment, which has distributed in theaters Oscar-winning films such as The Pianist and The King’s Speech, and recent hits such as Civil War, Longlegs and Conclave, and whose catalog also includes more than 1,500 episodes of children’s entertainment series translated into more than 30 languages, with acclaimed productions such as MILO, Miraculous Ladybug and classics such as Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds and Maya the Bee.
“In these 25 years we have always been on the audience’s side, developing powerful and universal stories”, said Ignacio Segura de Lassaletta, CEO of DeAPlaneta Entertainment, in his welcome speech, highlighting the company’s commitment to quality, innovative and attractive entertainment for all kinds of audiences, which has become a sign of the company’s identity. He also highlighted the phase of growth and evolution in which DeAPlaneta Entertainment currently finds itself, both in terms of its activity as a fiction production company, initiated in 2021, and in the exploration of interactive formats, videogames and Fast TV platforms. “Entertainment is in our DNA”, concluded DeAPlaneta Entertainment’s CEO.
During the gala celebration of its 25th anniversary, which included some funny moments starring iconic company characters such as Jigsaw, Milo and Ladybug, projects and titles that will be released in the coming years were unveiled. Diego Ibáñez Belaustegui, Chief Brand Officer of DeAPlaneta Kids & Family, recalled that, in addition to DeAPlaneta Entertainment’s 25th anniversary, 2025 also marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of Maya the Bee, an icon of family animation and one of the classic IPs that give the company’s portfolio an intergenerational character. He also highlighted the importance of the long-lasting relationships that have been established with international partners, which have led to the licensing and co-production of successful brands, such as Miraculous Ladybug, or the upcoming Karters. Ibáñez Belaustegui was also proud of MILO, a DeAPlaneta Entertainment production that is already preparing its third season, and whose great global reception he hopes to repeat with the adaptation of the publishing phenomenon Magic Lilly and with the transmedia universe created from the NFT Wonderpals collection, which will be launched in 2026.
Yolanda del Val, Director of DeAPlaneta Fiction, hinted at the commercial and quality vocation of the titles to be distributed in 2025, which include the action film Cold Storage, starring Liam Neeson and Joe Keery, and the underwater thriller Deep Water, as well as films with strong awards season potential, such as Nuremberg, with an imposing Russell Crowe playing Hermann Göring accompanied by Rami Malek and Michael Shannon, and the long-awaited second part of The Physician, one of DeAPlaneta’s biggest hits. Del Val also teased some 2026 releases, including Guy Ritchie’s new film Wife & Dog with Benedict Cumberbatch, Rosamund Pike and Sir Anthony Hopkins in the cast. Mutiny, a fast-paced action film with Jason Statham. And The Wizard of the Kremlin, directed by Olivier Assayas and starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin.
After this glimpse into the company’s immediate future, Ignacio Segura de Lassaletta brought the gala to a close by asking the entire DeAPlaneta Entertainment team to take the stage to toast “to another 25 years of doing what we really love, telling stories that move audiences, touch their hearts and invite us to dream. Because the most important thing, always, are those stories that we share with each other, that move and inspire us”.
