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VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS Lands With A New Poster!

Readying for its next phase of publicity to set thing in motion is director Luc Busson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Folks attending New York Comic Con will be able to get a glimpse at numerous stills and props and other items, as well as the chance to meet Besson and award-winning illustrator and co-creator of the classic French graphic novel, Jean-Claude Mézières. As for all else, the film is slated for release on July 21, 2017 and the latest official poster has arrived in time for comic con. Check it out below and set the date for next summer for the film which also casts actress and singer Rihanna along with Ethan Hawke, John Goodman, Herbie Hancock and Kris Wu. SYNOPSIS: Rooted in the classic graphic novel series, “Valerian and Laureline,” visionary writer/director Luc Besson advances this iconic source material into a contemporary, unique and epic […]

Besson's VALERIAN Grants A First Look At Our Actors In Costume

Lee B. Golden III

We’re a little over a year from the July 21, 2017 date set for the release of director Luc Besson’s newest foray into sci-fi, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. That still leaves plenty of time to obsess with what Besson is up to for the forthcoming adaptation of duo Jean-Claude Mezieres and Pierre Christin’s 1967 French comic and this week, Besson is speeding things up via Twitter with a first-look at actor Dane DeHaan and actress Cara Delevingne in costume. Take a look below! Also starring are Rihanna, Clive Owen, Ethan Hawke, Kris Wu and Herbie Hancock in the $180 million dollar production currently in the hands of EuropaCorp.

Luc Besson Joins Twitter, Announces VALERIAN For 2017

Lee B. Golden III

Apparently director Luc Besson just joined Twitter, and with this, he’s announced a new sci-fi adventure to arrive in 2017 titled Valerian with a new poster logo. The film is based on the popular 1967 original French comic book, “Valerian And Laureline” which focuses its story on a spacetime-traveling agent and his female counterpart, to be played respectively by actor Dane DeHaan and actress Cara Delevingne. I’m not too sure about what this particular property will entail as I’m not at all familiar with the source material. However, considering Besson will be on top of it as writer and director after just recently killing it at the box-office with his 2014 sci-fi actioner, Lucy, Valerian sounds like an awesome treat in store, especially for fans of Besson‘s The Fifth Element, for which ‘Valerian’ co-creator Jean-Claude Mezieres was a concept designer; Perhaps depending on whether or not you enjoyed that one […]