Studiocanal and Editions Albert René have signed an exclusive development agreement for the fifth live action movie inspired by the adventures of French comic strip hero Asterix.
The deal comes as French publishing house Éditions Albert René marks the 65th anniversary of the creation of the plucky Gaul warrior Asterix and his sidekick Obelix by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo in 1959.
Since then, 400 million Asterix books in 130 languages and dialects have sold worldwide, with 40 albums of Asterix adventures published since 1961.
The Asterix & Obelix comic books are embedded in French culture and have inspired five live-action films to date: Claude Zidi’s Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar (1999), Alain Chabat’s Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann’s Asterix At The Olympic Games (2008), Laurent Tirard’s Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (2012) and Guillaume Canet’s Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (2023).
They have had mixed fortunes...
The deal comes as French publishing house Éditions Albert René marks the 65th anniversary of the creation of the plucky Gaul warrior Asterix and his sidekick Obelix by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo in 1959.
Since then, 400 million Asterix books in 130 languages and dialects have sold worldwide, with 40 albums of Asterix adventures published since 1961.
The Asterix & Obelix comic books are embedded in French culture and have inspired five live-action films to date: Claude Zidi’s Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar (1999), Alain Chabat’s Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann’s Asterix At The Olympic Games (2008), Laurent Tirard’s Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (2012) and Guillaume Canet’s Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (2023).
They have had mixed fortunes...
- 4/29/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Studiocanal and Editions Albert René have signed an exclusive development agreement for the sixth live-action film of the adventures of beloved French comic book character Asterix.
Created in 1959 by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, Asterix is celebrating its 65th anniversary in 2024. The series follows the adventures of Asterix and Obelix and their friends who live in a small village in Gaul, the only outpost of resistance against Julius Caesar’s mighty Roman empire. Since the characters were launched, they have become a cultural phenomenon, both in France and internationally.
Some 400 million Asterix books in 130 languages and dialects have been sold. Since 1961, 40 albums of Asterix adventures have been published and five live-action films have been produced.
The Asterix live-action films are “Asterix and Obelix take on Caesar” (1999), “Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra” (2002), “Asterix at the Olympic Games” (2008) “Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia” (2012) and Asterix and Obelix : The Middle Kingdom...
Created in 1959 by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, Asterix is celebrating its 65th anniversary in 2024. The series follows the adventures of Asterix and Obelix and their friends who live in a small village in Gaul, the only outpost of resistance against Julius Caesar’s mighty Roman empire. Since the characters were launched, they have become a cultural phenomenon, both in France and internationally.
Some 400 million Asterix books in 130 languages and dialects have been sold. Since 1961, 40 albums of Asterix adventures have been published and five live-action films have been produced.
The Asterix live-action films are “Asterix and Obelix take on Caesar” (1999), “Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra” (2002), “Asterix at the Olympic Games” (2008) “Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia” (2012) and Asterix and Obelix : The Middle Kingdom...
- 4/29/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
French actor Guillaume Canet is starring, writing and producing the new Netflix thriller Ad Vitam.
Rodolphe Lauga (It’s Complicated) is directing the action film, which has begun shooting in Paris. Netflix will release the movie worldwide next year.
Canet plays Franck Lazareff who, after surviving an attempt on his life, finds his wife has been kidnapped by a mysterious group of armed men. Trying to rescue her, Frank finds his past catching up with him. Stéphane Caillard, Nassim Lyes, Zita Hanrot and Alexis Manenti co-star.
Canet and Lauga co-wrote the script to Ad Vitam in association with David Corona and Canet is producing, together with Jean Cottin for the Cabanes shingle.
Canet recently directed himself as Gallic comic book hero Asterix in the live-action feature Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom and appeared in the French thriller Breaking Point. from director Yvan Attal. The multi-hyphenate has directed several films, including...
Rodolphe Lauga (It’s Complicated) is directing the action film, which has begun shooting in Paris. Netflix will release the movie worldwide next year.
Canet plays Franck Lazareff who, after surviving an attempt on his life, finds his wife has been kidnapped by a mysterious group of armed men. Trying to rescue her, Frank finds his past catching up with him. Stéphane Caillard, Nassim Lyes, Zita Hanrot and Alexis Manenti co-star.
Canet and Lauga co-wrote the script to Ad Vitam in association with David Corona and Canet is producing, together with Jean Cottin for the Cabanes shingle.
Canet recently directed himself as Gallic comic book hero Asterix in the live-action feature Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom and appeared in the French thriller Breaking Point. from director Yvan Attal. The multi-hyphenate has directed several films, including...
- 4/17/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brian Blessed is only 87 years old, but he has lived enough adventures for 10 lifetimes. He has been acting professionally since 1957, and has since racked up hundreds of credits on stage, screen, and in video games. His enormous frame (and beard) cut a striking figure, and his big booming voice could likely be heard from the moon. He's played Shakespeare, Dumas, Doyle, Asterix, "Doctor Who," "Flash Gordon," and "Peppa Pig."
In 1963, Blessed helped deliver a baby in public. He bit through the umbilical cord to complete his task, and licked the infant's face to comfort it. He had attempted to scale Mount Everest on three occasions, each time with assisted oxygen. He has also summited Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Aconcagua. He survived a plane crash in the jungles the Venezuela. He once hiked to the North Pole on foot and claims to have punched a polar bear in the nose. As of this writing,...
In 1963, Blessed helped deliver a baby in public. He bit through the umbilical cord to complete his task, and licked the infant's face to comfort it. He had attempted to scale Mount Everest on three occasions, each time with assisted oxygen. He has also summited Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Aconcagua. He survived a plane crash in the jungles the Venezuela. He once hiked to the North Pole on foot and claims to have punched a polar bear in the nose. As of this writing,...
- 3/2/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Variety has secured access to an exclusive clip from Indian film “Naangal” (“This Is Us”), which has its international premiere in International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Bright Future strand.
The film is directed by Avinash Prakash, a veteran of commercials and music videos who also directed Prime Video stand-up comedy special “Aravind Sa: Madrasi Da” (2017). “Naangal” is his fiction feature debut.
Set in the late 1990s and early 2000, the film is a story of three siblings, un-identical twin boys of eight and their 12-year-old elder brother, who are forced to grow up with their strict and unreasonably proud and arrogant father who is going through a major financial and personal crisis and is separated from their mother. They live in a massive house nestled in the verdant hills of Tamil Nadu, southern India, but cannot afford water, electricity or a decent meal. The father’s frustration with the failure of...
The film is directed by Avinash Prakash, a veteran of commercials and music videos who also directed Prime Video stand-up comedy special “Aravind Sa: Madrasi Da” (2017). “Naangal” is his fiction feature debut.
Set in the late 1990s and early 2000, the film is a story of three siblings, un-identical twin boys of eight and their 12-year-old elder brother, who are forced to grow up with their strict and unreasonably proud and arrogant father who is going through a major financial and personal crisis and is separated from their mother. They live in a massive house nestled in the verdant hills of Tamil Nadu, southern India, but cannot afford water, electricity or a decent meal. The father’s frustration with the failure of...
- 1/12/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The episode of Revisited covering the 2004 version of Hellboy was Written by Emilie Black, Narrated by Niki Minter, Edited by Juan Jimenez, Produced by Tyler Nichols and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
Comic book adaptations are everywhere these days, but in the early 2000s, they were a bit more of a rarity. There were some, but not a ton. 2004 saw a group of comic book adaptations come out including Immortal and Renegade and movies like Constantine, Aeon Flux, and Sin City were announced for 2005. One movie that came out in 2004 and made an impression, positioning the director, Guillermo del Toro, for much bigger things was Hellboy (watch it Here). This was his follow-up to the fantastic Blade II and, thus, not his first foray into comic book movies.
Now, let’s get this clear from the start, Mr. Del Toro is a monster cinema God to me,...
Comic book adaptations are everywhere these days, but in the early 2000s, they were a bit more of a rarity. There were some, but not a ton. 2004 saw a group of comic book adaptations come out including Immortal and Renegade and movies like Constantine, Aeon Flux, and Sin City were announced for 2005. One movie that came out in 2004 and made an impression, positioning the director, Guillermo del Toro, for much bigger things was Hellboy (watch it Here). This was his follow-up to the fantastic Blade II and, thus, not his first foray into comic book movies.
Now, let’s get this clear from the start, Mr. Del Toro is a monster cinema God to me,...
- 9/26/2023
- by Emilie Black
- JoBlo.com
Guillaume Canet’s 2023 adventure comedy Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom is a movie that feels like a breath of fresh air amidst all the tension, drama, and sadness that the film industry has been releasing of late. Based on the world-famous Asterix comics by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, the latest live-action movie stars some of the biggest names in French cinema, including Guillaume Canet, who plays Asterix; Vincent Cassel as Julius Caesar; and Marion Cotillard as Queen Cleopatra, among others. With an exciting adventure and an entertaining group of people, our heroes Asterix and Obelix go through a series of emotions on this journey as they try to save the day. Read on to learn more about this wholesome and light-hearted movie that’ll surely keep you entertained.
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The Princess
It’s been a while since we, the audience, got to see a proper comedy movie...
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The Princess
It’s been a while since we, the audience, got to see a proper comedy movie...
- 5/20/2023
- by Indrayudh Talukdar
- Film Fugitives
There are millions of us who remember the joy of getting a fresh comic of Asterix and Obelix in our hands and diving into the world of rowdy, boisterous Gauls, scheming Romans, magic potions, and a whole lot of fun. René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo’s masterpiece, the Asterix and Obelix series, gets a live-action adaptation of “The Middle Kingdom” comic, and it’s every bit as fun as you’d expect it to be. Guillaume Canet brings us the live-action representation of this joy with his latest adventure comedy, Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom. With fabulous actors, jaw-dropping scenery, amazing representation of various cultures, and side-splitting humor, this movie is all you need for a happy weekend.
In the barricaded little town of Armorica inside Gaul, where our heroes Asterix and Obelix spend their days hunting boars and thumping Roman soldiers, a mysterious carriage driver brings in treasure from a land far away.
In the barricaded little town of Armorica inside Gaul, where our heroes Asterix and Obelix spend their days hunting boars and thumping Roman soldiers, a mysterious carriage driver brings in treasure from a land far away.
- 5/20/2023
- by Indrayudh Talukdar
- Film Fugitives
”Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom" is the new $72 million budgeted, France-produced live-action feature, directed by Guillaume Canet, based on the comic book character "Asterix" by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, starring Guillaume Canet as 'Asterix', Gilles Lellouche as 'Obelix', Vincent Cassel as 'Julius Ceasear' and Marion Cottilard as 'Cleopatra', streaming May 19, 2023 on Netflix:
"...'Princess Fu Yi', the only daughter of 'Emperor Han Xuandi'...
"...escapes from rogue prince, 'Deng Tsin Qin'...
"...and flees to 'Gaul'...
"...seeking help from 'Asterix' and 'Obelix'..."
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"...'Princess Fu Yi', the only daughter of 'Emperor Han Xuandi'...
"...escapes from rogue prince, 'Deng Tsin Qin'...
"...and flees to 'Gaul'...
"...seeking help from 'Asterix' and 'Obelix'..."
Click the images to enlarge....
- 5/19/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
”Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom" is the new 72 million budgeted, France-produced live-action feature, directed by Guillaume Canet, based on the comic book character "Asterix" by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, starring Guillaume Canet as 'Asterix', Gilles Lellouche as 'Obelix', Vincent Cassel as 'Julius Ceasear' and Marion Cottilard as 'Cleopatra', now playing in theaters:
"...'Princess Fu Yi', the only daughter of 'Emperor Han Xuandi'...
"...escapes from rogue prince, 'Deng Tsin Qin'...
"...and flees to 'Gaul'...
"...seeking help from 'Asterix' and 'Obelix'..."
Click the images to enlarge....
"...'Princess Fu Yi', the only daughter of 'Emperor Han Xuandi'...
"...escapes from rogue prince, 'Deng Tsin Qin'...
"...and flees to 'Gaul'...
"...seeking help from 'Asterix' and 'Obelix'..."
Click the images to enlarge....
- 2/4/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Guillaume Canet’s ambitious 64M euros (70M) production Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom was on track to be the top opener at the French box office on Wednesday, but it remains to be seen whether the film can match the success of its predecessors.
Pathé released the title on 950 screens across France in the biggest theatrical launch of early 2023 for local productions. The mini-major bankrolled the film and is also a producer alongside Alain Attal’s Tresor Films and Yohan Baiada at Les Enfants Terribles.
In first figures for the Paris region, which can be a bellwether for box office performance across the rest of the country, especially for mainstream local productions like Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom, the film scored the strongest opening.
By 2 pm local time, the film had drawn 9,091 spectators in 84 theaters, split between 3,274 admissions on 29 screens in the city and 5,817 admissions in outer Paris.
Pathé released the title on 950 screens across France in the biggest theatrical launch of early 2023 for local productions. The mini-major bankrolled the film and is also a producer alongside Alain Attal’s Tresor Films and Yohan Baiada at Les Enfants Terribles.
In first figures for the Paris region, which can be a bellwether for box office performance across the rest of the country, especially for mainstream local productions like Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom, the film scored the strongest opening.
By 2 pm local time, the film had drawn 9,091 spectators in 84 theaters, split between 3,274 admissions on 29 screens in the city and 5,817 admissions in outer Paris.
- 2/1/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
"Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom" is a new 72 million budgeted, France-produced live-action feature, directed by Guillaume Canet, based on the comic book character "Asterix" by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, starring Guillaume Canet as 'Asterix', Gilles Lellouche as 'Obelix', Vincent Cassel as 'Julius Ceasear' and Marion Cottilard as 'Cleopatra', opening in theaters February 1, 2023:
"...'Princess Fu Yi', the only daughter of 'Emperor Han Xuandi'...
"...escapes from rogue prince, 'Deng Tsin Qin'...
"...and flees to 'Gaul'...
"...seeking help from 'Asterix' and 'Obelix'..."
Click the images to enlarge....
"...'Princess Fu Yi', the only daughter of 'Emperor Han Xuandi'...
"...escapes from rogue prince, 'Deng Tsin Qin'...
"...and flees to 'Gaul'...
"...seeking help from 'Asterix' and 'Obelix'..."
Click the images to enlarge....
- 1/26/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom", is a new 72 million budgeted, France-produced live-action feature, directed by Guillaume Canet, based on the comic book character "Asterix" by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, starring Guillaume Canet as 'Asterix', Gilles Lellouche as 'Obelix', Vincent Cassel as 'Julius Ceasear' and Marion Cottilard as 'Cleopatra', opening in theaters February 1, 2023:
"...'Princess Fu Yi', the only daughter of 'Emperor Han Xuandi'...
"...escapes from rogue prince, 'Deng Tsin Qin'...
"...and flees to 'Gaul'...
"...seeking help from 'Asterix' and 'Obelix'..."
Click the images to enlarge....
"...'Princess Fu Yi', the only daughter of 'Emperor Han Xuandi'...
"...escapes from rogue prince, 'Deng Tsin Qin'...
"...and flees to 'Gaul'...
"...seeking help from 'Asterix' and 'Obelix'..."
Click the images to enlarge....
- 12/26/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu plays chic French boss Sylvie Grateau, the nemesis of Emily Cooper (Lily Collins), in Netflix’s “Emily in Paris.” With sophisticated outfits and a Machiavellian management style, she nearly steals the show. In real life, Leroy-Beaulieu emanates the same strength and determination as Sylvie, but she can usually be found on her scooter zipping around Paris in biker boots (albeit chic ones). While “Emily in Paris” has propelled her to global fame, Leroy-Beaulieu is a veteran of French film and TV, having worked with renowned filmmakers such as Roger Vadim, Coline Serreau and Philippe Le Guay, as well as Andrzej Wajda, James Ivory and Robert Altman. Audiences also know her from another hit Netflix series, “Call My Agent!,” in which she had a recurring role. The actor is turning 60 next year, but she’s never been busier or more popular.
How did you land this part in “Emily in Paris”?
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How did you land this part in “Emily in Paris”?
One day,...
- 12/26/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
"Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom", is a new 72 million budgeted, France-produced live-action feature, directed by Guillaume Canet, based on the comic book character "Asterix" by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, starring Guillaume Canet as 'Asterix', Gilles Lellouche as 'Obelix', Vincent Cassel as 'Julius Ceasear' and Marion Cottilard as 'Cleopatra', opening in theaters February 1, 2023:
"...'Princess Fu Yi', the only daughter of 'Emperor Han Xuandi'...
"...escapes from rogue prince, 'Deng Tsin Qin'...
"...and flees to 'Gaul', seeking help from 'Asterix' and 'Obelix'..."
Click the images to enlarge....
"...'Princess Fu Yi', the only daughter of 'Emperor Han Xuandi'...
"...escapes from rogue prince, 'Deng Tsin Qin'...
"...and flees to 'Gaul', seeking help from 'Asterix' and 'Obelix'..."
Click the images to enlarge....
- 12/20/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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