Fresh from the box office failure of his own comic book adaptation Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, French filmmaker Luc Besson has been sharing his thoughts on the superhero genre, revealing that he’s become bored of the films, and feels that the Captain America franchise in particular is little more than “propaganda”. […]
The Most Disappointing: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Anghus Houvouras on Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets… TL;DR: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a terrible movie & super disappointing because of how much I love Luc Besson’s earlier films. The long version: I love Luc Besson. One of his films, Leon: The Professional, I list in my […]
Exclusive Interview – Luc Besson talks Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Ahead of this Wednesday’s UK release of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Flickering Myth’s Thomas Harris caught up with filmmaker Luc Besson to discuss his long-gestating sci-fi epic; check out the exclusive interview here… SEE ALSO: Read our ★★★★ review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets here In the […]
Movie Review – Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, 2017 Written and Directed by Luc Besson Starring Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu, Rutger Hauer, Sam Spruell, Alain Chabat, Elizabeth Debicki, and John Goodman SYNOPSIS: A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a […]
Luc Besson is already working on a script for a third Valerian movie
We’re now less than a week away from the release of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Luc Besson’s adaptation of the French sci-fi comic series Valerian and Laureline, but it seems the filmmaker is already looking to the future – well into the future in fact, as he’s already completed a screenplay […]
Transformers: The Last Knight box office struggles, Blade Runner 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming a hit and more – Weekend News Roundup
THE LAST OUTING? Back in 2014, Transformers: Age of Extinction was roundly trashed by critics but the film ended up being the only release to pass $1 billion at the box office that year. It seemed like Transformers was a critic-proof franchise. However the fifth outing, Transformers: The Last Knight, has had a very poor […]
Luc Besson says there’s no financial risk with Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Next month, director Luc Besson makes his return to the sci-fi genre with the release of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, a $180 million-budgeted blockbuster said to be the most expensive European production ever. On paper, that sounds like a huge gamble for Besson and EuropaCorp, with rumours even suggesting that the […]
Does knowing too much about a film ruin your enjoyment?
Anghus Houvouras on whether knowing too much about a film can ruin your enjoyment… There are still people who decide what movie they’re going to see in the span of time it takes between arriving at the theater and purchasing a ticket. Carefree film fans who are somehow able to miss (or purposefully avoid) the […]
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is the most expensive French film ever
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is reportedly the most expensive film in French history, confirms Cineuropa. The upcoming summer tentpole blockbuster is said to cost around €197 million, which is over double the original record held by 2008’s Asterix at the Olympic Games at a €78 million budget. EuropaCorp is most likely comfortable with the budget […]
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets sequel already in development
Although Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is still a few months off, writer and director Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Lucy) is already working on expanding the universe with a sequel. “I’m writing [a sequel] already,” Besson said at a press event for the film in New York City. “I like to be […]
