Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Trailer: Luc Besson Returns. The way French blockbuster auteur Luc Besson tells it, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” is the film he was born to make. The “Lucy” and “The Professional” filmmaker’s latest feature is based on the French sci- fi comics series “Val. It was a childhood favorite of Besson, one that was originally distributed as two- page panels in the weekly magazine “Pilote.”READ MORE: Why French Cinema Faces an Uncertain Future in America. Even the visionary Besson thought the story, complete with a slew of complex alien creatures and space- set locations, was impossible to make. Then technology caught up with him, allowing him to bring his beloved vision to life.

But it didn’t come cheap. The ambitious $1. Cinema. Con to a mostly appreciative audience filled with theater owners and press. The film follows a pair of “spatio- temporal agents,” played by Dane De. Haan and Cara Delevingne, who are charged with keeping the peace across the universe. When a mysterious force threatens the so- called “city of a thousand planets,” Alpha, they’re called in to help.

Valerian 2 Script Is Finished, Trilogy Planned. Luc Besson has already written a sequel to Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, and is now working on a third.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more. Our review. A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Hd Video Download The Challenge (2017). Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the. Documentary Films Dvd 1155 (2017).

READ MORE: Luc Besson: . Even while threatened by plenty of menacing creatures — and Besson promised lots of creatures — the spirit and tone remains light and fun, no heavy stuff here. But once we are introduced to Alpha and its out- of- nowhere battle, things hedge towards the more dangerous, and the action ratchets way up. So does the ambition, with aliens and settings reminiscent of “Avatar” and space- set action that should enthrall “Valerian” fans and sci- fi lovers alike. Earlier this week, Besson told a group of journalists that he could easily assemble a whole new trailer without duplicating a shot — but what’s on the table already is certainly bold enough. Check out the film’s newest trailer below.“Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” opens July 2.

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