![]() Valerian chases the kidnappers to the irradiated area but crashes his spaceplane during the pursuit. Laureline and Valerian are assigned to protect the commander during an interstation summit to discuss the crisis against the commander's wishes, Laureline maintains possession of the converter.ĭuring the summit, unidentified humanoids suddenly attack, incapacitating everyone and kidnapping Filitt. Troops sent into the area have not returned, and the radiation is increasing. They return to Alpha where commander Arün Filitt informs them the center of the station has been irradiated by an unknown force, rendering it highly toxic. Aboard their ship, Valerian learns that Mül was destroyed 30 years earlier, and all information about it is classified. Valerian and Laureline recover the converter and steal one of the energy pearls. They seek the converter, the small animal in his vision. In a marketplace on planet Kirian in an alternate dimension, Valerian disrupts a meeting between Igon and two hooded figures who resemble the humanoids from his vision. ![]() Valerian asks Laureline to marry him, but she brushes him off. It is the last of its kind, and currently in the hands of black market dealer Igon Siruss. He learns that his mission is to retrieve a "Mül converter". Analysis reveals he might have received a signal from across time and space. Just before her death, she conveys a telepathic message. Some of the inhabitants enter a discarded vessel, accidentally trapping themselves inside, but the planet's princess Lihö-Minaa is stranded outside. Wreckage begins plummeting from the sky, followed by a huge spacecraft that causes an explosion annihilating every being on the planet. They fish for pearls containing enormous amounts of energy and use animals to replicate them. ![]() Among its staff are the arrogant Major Valerian and his partner, no-nonsense Sergeant Laureline.Įn route to a mission, Valerian dreams of a planet, Mül, where a low-tech humanoid race lives peacefully. A police division is created by the United Human Federation to preserve peace throughout the galaxy. Relocated to deep space, it becomes Alpha, a space-traveling city inhabited by millions of species from thousands of planets. In the 28th century, due to cooperation between the Earth and extraterrestrial peoples, the former International Space Station has been expanded until its mass threatens to cause gravitational disruption to Earth itself. It grossed $225 million worldwide but, due to its high production and advertising costs, was considered a box-office bomb following its release in the United States. It received mixed reviews from critics, who criticized the plot and some of the casting, but praised the visuals. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was released on 20 July 2017 in Germany by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Germany, in the United States on 21 July by STXfilms, in France on 26 July by EuropaCorp Distribution, in China on 25 August by China Film Group, in Belgium on 26 August by Belga Films, and 27 November in United Arab Emirates by Gulf Film. With a production budget of around $223 million, it is both the most expensive European and independent film ever made. Besson independently financed and personally funded the film. It stars Dane DeHaan as Valerian and Cara Delevingne as Laureline, with Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu and Rutger Hauer in supporting roles. It is based on the French science fiction comics series Valérian and Laureline, written by Pierre Christin, illustrated by Jean-Claude Mézières, and published by Dargaud. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ( French: Valérian et la Cité des mille planètes) is a 2017 space opera film written and directed by Luc Besson, and produced by his wife, Virginie Besson-Silla.
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