Luc Besson to Adapt "Valerian"
Besson's Europacorp, along with anime producer Satelight (Macross F, Aquarion), was involved with a 2007 animated adaptation
Luc Besson (Léon: The Professional, La Femme Nikita, The Fifth Element), a filmmaker who has both influenced anime/manga and been influenced by it, has taken the opportunity of his first Tweets to announce that his next project is an adaptation of Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières'Valérian and Laureline French sci-fi comic Valérian and Laureline.
Besson's Europacorp, along with anime producer Satelight (Macross F, Aquarion), was involved with a 2007 animated adaptation called Time Jam: Valerian and Laureline (that streams on Crunchyroll).
My first tweet ever! Let’s share a real news! My next film is a big sci-fi: #Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
— Luc Besson (@lucbesson) May 12, 2015
Starring @danedehaan & @Caradelevingne. Shooting in December. In theaters 2017. pic.twitter.com/R3STb1aPsf
— Luc Besson (@lucbesson) May 12, 2015
First logo #Valerian pic.twitter.com/d68FIJhOuX
— Luc Besson (@lucbesson) May 12, 2015
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.
