Debuting his very own Twitter account yesterday, director Luc Besson has unveiled the first details for his next film, an adaptation of French comic series Valerian and Laureline entitled Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, including the film’s logo.
The comic series was created by Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières, and Besson himself will write the adaptation, as well as direct. In addition, the filmmaker has announced that he has already found his leads, with Dane DeHaan (Chronicle) and Cara Delevingne (Suicide Squad) set to star.
Selling over 10 million copies since it was first published, Valerian and Laureline was created by Christin and Mezieres in 1967 and the series is described as:
“Valerian and Laureline are exploring Syrte, capital planet of a system of 1,000 worlds. Their mission is to discover whether the Syrtians could present a danger to Earth. What they find is a decaying empire led by decadent aristocrats, a population ripe for revolution, and a mysterious caste of masked wise men who discreetly pull the strings from hidden fortresses. Swept up by the winds of history, the agents of Earth will have to choose a side.”
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is set for release in the summer of 2017.
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Originally published May 13, 2015. Updated April 13, 2018.
