I WANT TO SEE THIS!

[thewayne]

Luc Besson, perhaps my favorite film maker (The Professional, La Femme Nikita, Fifth Element, Wasabi, etc.) since the passing of Kurosawa, has a new film coming out -- Valarian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Like Fifth Element, it's based on a French comic book, this one titled Valérian et Laureline, which ran from 1967 to 2010! In fact, Besson hired the illustrator, Jean-Claude Mézières for Fifth Element as a concept artist. Vallarian is a time agent from the 28th century, Laureline is a peasant girl from 11th century France who ends up as his partner.

The film opens in the States on July 21 and the UK on August 4. I am REALLY looking forward to this, Fifth Element is one of my favorite movies and is definitely on my Desert Island list, I suspect this one will also make that list as it looks visually stunning.

https://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2017/03/if-you-loved-the-fifth-element-theres-a-new-movie-to-make-you-rejoice/

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Comments

[murakozi]

When I first saw the teaser trailer for that movie was pretty much "This is what Fifth Element would look like if Besson made it today." That made me really want to see it. I really hope it's as good as the trailer makes it look. I don't see too many movies in actual movie theaters any more, but this one I definitely want to see on the big screen.