Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (French: Valérian et la Cité des mille planètes) is an upcoming English-language French science fiction action–adventure film co-produced, written and directed by Luc Besson. The film is based on the French science fiction comics series Valérian and Laureline, written by Pierre Christin and illustrated by Jean-Claude Mézières. It stars Dane DeHaan as Valerian and Cara Delevingne as Laureline, with Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu and Rutger Hauer in supporting roles. The film is scheduled for release by STX Entertainment on 21 July 2017 in the United States and on 26 July in France.^[7]^[8]_

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Valérian et la Cité des mille planètes (Valerian e a Cidade dos Mil Planetas no Brasil e em Portugal)^[1]^[2] é um filme francês de ficção científica, com previsão para estrear em 2017, escrito, dirigido e produzido por Luc Besson, baseado na série de quadrinhos Valérian et Laureline criado por Pierre Christin (roteiro) e Jean-Claude Mézières (desenhos).^[3] O filme foi inspirado pelo sexto álbum da série L’Ambassadeur des ombres, publicado em 1975.^[4]

Plot

In the 28th century, Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and culture. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.^[9]

Enredo

Em 2740, Valérian e Laureline são dois agentes espaço-temporais. A bordo de sua nave Intruder, a dupla cruza o espaço e o tempo para realizar as missões que lhes são confiadas pelo Governo dos Territórios Humanos. Esta nova aventura leva-los para a estação espacial Alpha que abriga 17 milhões de pessoas dos quatro cantos do universo. Cerca de 8000 espécies estão trocando seus conhecimentos, tecnologias e competências. O pior lugar para investigar …

Cast

Delevingne, DeHaan and Luc Besson at the San Diego Comic-Con 2016 presentation of Valerian and the city of a Thousand Planets at Camp Conival

Dane DeHaan as Valerian, a space-and-time-traveling agent and Laureline’s partner.^[7]
Cara Delevingne as Laureline, a space-and-time-traveling agent and Valerian’s partner^[7]
Clive Owen as Arün Filitt, Valerian and Laureline’s commander^[7]
Rihanna as Bubble, a shapeshifting entertainer^[8]
Ethan Hawke as Jolly the Pimp^[7]
Herbie Hancock^[8]
Kris Wu as Captain Neza^[10]
Rutger Hauer
John Goodman
Sam Spruell as General Okto Bar
Alain Chabat as Bob the Pirate
Mathieu Kassovitz
Jonas Bloquet
Sand Van Roy
Elizabeth Debicki^[11]

Production

Development

In 2012, it was announced that Luc Besson planned to make a movie for the big screen of the French comic series Valérian and Laureline, published in 1967, which has sold 10 million copies and has been translated into 21 languages. On 12 May 2015, Besson revealed in his very first tweet that he would write and direct the Valerian film, while Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne would star.^[12] DeHaan and Delevingne would play the titular roles, space and time-traveling agents from a futuristic Earth.^[13] On 19 August 2015, Clive Owen signed on to play Commander Arün Filitt in the film.^[14] This film marks the return of the director to space opera, twenty years after The Fifth Element, and confirms its appeal to the genre of science fiction, especially after Lucy‘s worldwide success in 2014. The budget of €197 million is by far the largest ever assembled for a French film. Previously, Asterix at the Olympic Games was the most expensive with a budget of €78 million, just ahead of Besson’s The Fifth Element (€75 million).^[15] By the end of August 2015, Besson said in an RTL radio interview that shooting the film in France was too expensive. Because it was shot in a foreign language (English), Besson was unable to benefit from tax credits despite preferring to produce it in France and create jobs for 1,200 crew members.^[15]^[16] The criteria to obtain these tax credits were then adapted accordingly. In May 2015 it was announced Fundamental Films would invest US$50 million in the film.^[17]

Produção

Desenvolvimento

Em 2012, foi anunciado que Luc Besson planejava fazer um filme baseada na série de quadrinhos francesa Valérian et Laureline, lançada em 1967.^[6]

Em 12 de Maio de 2015, Besson revelou em seu primeiro tweet que ele iria escrever e dirigir um filme de Valérian, enquanto Dane DeHaan e Cara Delevingne iriam estrelar a produção. DeHaan e Delevingne irão interpretar os agentes espaço-temporais de uma Terra futurista.^[7] Em 19 de Agosto de 2015, Clive Owen assinou para interpretar o Comandante Arun Filitt no filme. Este filme marca o retorno do diretor a ao subgênero space opera,^[8] vinte anos depois de O Quinto Elemento, e confirma o seu apelo a ficção científica, especialmente depois de Lucy sucesso mundial em 2014.^[9]

Filming

Principal photography on the film began on 5 January 2016 in the Cité du cinéma, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris.^[18]

Filmagens:

A fotografia principal começou em 05 de janeiro de 2.016 no Cité du cinéma, em Saint-Denis, norte de Paris.

Release

Valerian is scheduled to be released on July 21, 2017 by EuropaCorp before being released in France on July 26, 2017.^[13] Lionsgate will handle the film’s release in the United Kingdom and Ireland.^[19] STX Entertainment will distribute the film in the United States.^[20]

The first teaser for Valerian was released on November 10, 2016.^[21]The teaser depicts Marmakas, Entertainers, Bagoulins, and Shingouz, who all appear in Ambassador of the Shadows.

A special exclusive preview of Valerian was shown prior to the Fathom Events 4K restoration showing of The Fifth Element on May 14th and May 17th.^[22]^[23]

Directed by	Luc Besson
Produced by	Luc Besson Virginie Silla
Screenplay by	Luc Besson
Based on	*Valérian and Laureline* by Pierre Christin Jean-Claude Mézières
Starring	Dane DeHaan Cara Delevingne Clive Owen Rihanna Ethan Hawke Herbie Hancock Kris Wu Rutger Hauer
Music by	Alexandre Desplat^[1]
Cinematography	Thierry Arbogast
Edited by	Julien Rey
Production company	EuropaCorp^[2] Fundamental Films^[3] BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance^[3] Universum Film^[3] Gulf Film^[3] River Road Entertainment^[3] Belga Films^[3]
Distributed by	STX Entertainment (US) EuropaCorp (France) Lionsgate (UK and Ireland)
Release date Data de estréia	21 July 2017 (United States) 21 de Julho 2.017 (Estados Unidos) 26 July 2017 (France) 26 Julho 2.017 (França)
Running time Tempo de duração	137 minutes^[4]
Country País	France^[5] França
Language Língua	English Inglês
Budget Orçamnto	€197 million^[6] 197 milhões de uros