The 'Lucy' director announces on social media that Dane and Cara will star in his next film adapted from a French graphic novel.
- May 13, 2015
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Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne will star in upcoming Luc Besson sci-fi saga "Valerian". Luc used his first tweets on Tuesday, May 12 to announce that he would be writing and directing the movie which is adapted from a French science-fiction graphic novel.
Luc wrote, "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." He followed it up with Dane and Cara's photos, captioning it, "Starring @danedehaan & @Caradelevingne. Shooting in December. In theaters 2017."
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— Luc Besson (@lucbesson) May 12, 2015The "Lucy" director also shared the first logo of the movie.
First logo #Valerian pic.twitter.com/d68FIJhOuX
— Luc Besson (@lucbesson) May 12, 2015
Luc posted on Facebook that he "have around 800 days of work ahead of me, plenty of time to be discouraged or feel lonely, so I'm counting on your support. I will try to share my adventure with you as much as I can. So... I go back to work, talk to you soon."
Hello everyone – As you probably noticed I’m not really the king of social media, it’s, in fact, my first day on it. Why...
Posted by Luc Besson on Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Dane will portray the time travelling Valerian while Cara will play his sidekick Laureline. Valerian and Laureline are agents of the Spatio-Temporal Service which protects the planets of the Terran Empire. The graphic novel, which was written by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mezieres in 1967, is set in the 28th century. It has sold more than 10 million copies in 21 languages.
Virginie Besson Silla will produce for EuropaCorp which will finance, produce and distribute the movie.
