Released in 2017, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets by Luc Besson is a science fiction film adapted from the universe of French comics Valerian and Laureline by Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin. The story is about two space-time agents who have been assigned by the Secretary of Defense to join alpha, where lies a secret that can endanger the entire universe. The one who oversaw all this is Luc Bessonone of the minority owners by Europacorp and one of the greatest French filmmakers in France. Budget: $197 million for a co-production whose job it should be to make the giants at home Wonder. Funding made possible by revenue from Lucy – released in 2014.
With Global sales of $225 million 40% of which donated to cinemas, valerian was a total furnace. Result : May 2019 sees Europacorp be transferred to the backup procedure. Luc Besson sells most of its shares to Vine Alternative Investments and far less expensive projects are tackled. In 2019 ann will have been a new blow to the stable Luc Besson with worldwide sales of $31 million for the same budget, excluding marketing costs.
These financial mega-catastrophes will be wiped out Luc Besson on the radar for a while, to the point of controversy Arthur: Curse The latter was accused by young students at his film school of not paying them, yes, of wanting too much to oversee this sordid project that the horrific spin-off represented.
Luc Besson come back with me DogMan, a film that hardly arouses envy since the story does not seem interesting. Here are some opinions from the American press that saw the film:
“While the result isn’t exactly pretentious – an adjective that never aligns with Besson’s work anyway – there is something heartfelt about the way it depicts Doug’s deep and very Christian suffering, also through its overwhelming symbolism towards the end.” The Hollywood Reporter
“What would you say if MI5 contacted you because they needed a child to help them on a top secret mission? Or if you train a huge pack of dogs of different sizes to be your best friends and do whatever you want, take out all your enemies and steal diamonds for you? That final plot is essentially the premise of Luc Besson’s new film, and it’s as far-fetched as it sounds. (…) Unfortunately, once your attention is caught, you can’t take your eyes off it – and that’s not a good thing. » The guard
A return to the mysteries of its production with old-fashioned spy movies. In an interview with journalists from Hollywood reporter Luc Besson however announced that he wanted to make a new space blockbuster:
“I would like to do another film in space. Give me $200 million and I’m in. »
Note that the last time this scenario happened, it nearly bankrupted a company. In any case, to discover DogMan, see you in dark rooms on September 27th.