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 given […]
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 […]
Alexandre Desplat to score Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Having been replaced on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story by Michael Giacchino due to scheduling conflicts, Alexandre Desplat has now lined up his next project, with Luc Besson taking to Twitter to reveal that Desplat will be scoring his upcoming sci-fi epic Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets… Alexandre Desplat had to […]
Luc Besson wraps filming on Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Luc Besson has taken to Instagram to announce that he’s wrapped filming on Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, the upcoming big screen adaptation of Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières French comic series, which stars Dane DeHaan (The Amazing Spider-Man 2) and Cara Delevingne (Suicide Squad). SEE ALSO: New images from Luc Besson’s […]
Lionsgate picks up UK rights to Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Lionsgate has announced that it has picked up the UK rights to Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, the upcoming sci-fi from writer-director Luc Besson, which stars Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne. “We are thrilled to add such a unique and exciting project to our 2017 slate,” states Zygi Kamasa, Lionsgate UK CEO. […]
Ethan Hawke joins Luc Besson’s Valerian
A recent post from director Luc Besson on Instagram has revealed that Ethan Hawke will be joining Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne in the upcoming space epic Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Besson accompanied the following picture with a caption that read, “Ethan Hawke will play in #Valerian! I want to work […]
Rihanna joins Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Rihanna is heading back to the big screen once again, with Luc Besson revealing via Instagram that the signer has signed on for “a big part” in the filmmaker’s upcoming sci-fi adaptation Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Based on the comic book by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mezieres, Valerian is set in […]
John Carpenter wins plagiarism lawsuit over Luc Besson thriller Lockout
Luc Besson’s (Lucy) production company Europacorp has been ordered by a French court to pay €80,000 in damages after John Carpenter (Halloween) filed a lawsuit claiming that Besson-produced thriller Lockout infringed the copyright of his own Escape From New York.SEE ALSO: John Carpenter to executive produce Escape from New York remakeSEE ALSO: Clive Owen joins […]
Taken prequel TV series coming to NBC
Although Taken 3 was Liam Neeson’s final outing as retired CIA agent Bryan Mills, according to Deadline, NBC has given a straight-to-series order to a Taken prequel drama, which will focus on a younger version of Mills. The site states that much of the series will be about how the character developed his “very particular […]
Clive Owen joins the cast of Luc Besson’s Valerian
British actor Clive Owen (The Knick) is set to star in Luc Besson’s big-budget sci-fi film Valerian, based on the graphic novels by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières first published in 1967. Dane DeHaan (Chronicle) and Cara Delavingne (Paper Towns) will also appear in the film, which reportedly has a budget of around $180million and […]
