Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - wikipedia Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Theatrical release poster Directed by Luc Besson Produced by Luc Besson Virginie Besson - Silla Screenplay by Luc Besson Based on Valérian and Laureline by Pierre Christin Jean - Claude Mézières Starring Dane DeHaan Cara Delevingne Clive Owen Rihanna Ethan Hawke Herbie Hancock Kris Wu Rutger Hauer Music by Alexandre Desplat Cinematography Thierry Arbogast Edited by Julien Rey Production company EuropaCorp TF1 Films Production Fundamental Films BNP Paribas Orange Studio Novo Pictures River Road Entertainment Belga Films Fund Distributed by EuropaCorp Distribution ( France ) STXfilms ( United States ) Release date 17 July 2017 ( 2017 - 07 - 17 ) ( Grauman 's Chinese Theatre ) 21 July 2017 ( 2017 - 07 - 21 ) ( United States ) 26 July 2017 ( 2017 - 07 - 26 ) ( France ) Running time 137 minutes Country France Language English Budget € 197 million ( gross ) ( ~ $209 million ) $177 -- 205 million ( net ) Box office $225.9 million Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ( French : Valérian et la Cité des mille planètes ) is a 2017 English - language French 3D space opera film written and directed by Luc Besson, and co-produced by Besson and his wife, Virginie Besson - Silla. The film is based on the French science fiction comics series Valérian and Laureline, written by Pierre Christin and illustrated by Jean - Claude Mézières. 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. Besson independently crowd - sourced and personally funded Valerian. With a production budget of around $ 180 million, it is both the most expensive non-American and independent film ever made. Valerian was released by STXfilms on 21 July 2017 in the United States, and in France on 26 July, by EuropaCorp. It received mixed reviews from critics, who criticized the plot and some of the casting, but praised the visuals. It grossed $225 million worldwide, but due to its high production and advertising costs, it was considered a commercial failure following its release in the United States. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Development 3.2 Filming 3.3 Marketing 4 Release 4.1 Home media 5 Soundtrack 5.1 Track listing 6 Reception 6.1 Box office 6.2 Critical response 6.3 Accolades 7 Possible sequel 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Plot In the 28th century, the former International Space Station has been added to until its mass threatens to cause it to fall out of orbit. Relocated to deep space, it becomes Alpha, a space - traveling city inhabited by millions of creatures from thousands of planets. A special police division is created to preserve peace through the galaxy, including happy - go - lucky Major Valerian and his partner, no - nonsense Sergeant Laureline. En route to a mission, Valerian dreams of a planet, Mül, where a low - tech humanoid race lives peacefully. They fish for pearls containing enormous amounts of energy, and use small animals to replicate them. Wreckage begins plummeting from the sky, followed by an apocalyptic explosion. Moments before her death a young princess manages to send out a telepathic signal. Shaken, Valerian awakes. After an analysis reveals he might have received a signal from across time and space, he learns that his mission is to retrieve a `` Mül converter '', so - called for being able to replicate anything it eats. It is the last of its kind, and currently in the hands of black market dealer Igon Siruss. Before setting out, Valerian asks Laureline to marry him, but she brushes him off, due to his many affairs with female colleagues and his aversion to commitment. Travelling to a massive extra-dimensional bazaar called Big Market, Valerian disrupts a meeting between Igon and two hooded figures who look like the humanoids from his vision. They also seek the converter, which is revealed to be one of the small animals he saw in his vision. Valerian and Laureline recover the converter, and he surreptitiously steals one of the pearls. Aboard their ship, he learns that Mül was destroyed 30 years earlier, and all information about it is classified. They return to Alpha, where their superior, frosty Commander Arün Filitt, informs them the center of the station has been infected by an unknown force, rendering it highly toxic. Troops sent into the area have not returned, and the infection is growing. 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. During the summit, the humanoids suddenly attack, incapacitating everyone before kidnapping Filitt. Valerian chases the kidnappers to the infected area and crashes his vehicle. Evading arrest for insubordination, Laureline enlists the help of some aliens to track Valerian, and finds him unconscious at the edge of the infected zone. She wakes him, but is kidnapped by a primitive imperial tribe emigrated from planet Goara called `` Boulan Bathors '' that lives nearby. Valerian infiltrates the tribe 's territory with the help of a shape - shifting dancer, Bubble. They save Laureline and escape, but Bubble is mortally wounded. As she dies, she convinces Valerian to never give up on his feelings for Laureline. Valerian and Laureline venture further into the infected area, realizing it is actually not toxic and contains some wrecks of antique spacecraft. They reach a large shielded hall where they find the humanoids, known as Pearls, with an unconscious Filitt. Their leader, Emperor Haban Limaï, explains that his people lived peacefully on Mül until a battle broke out in orbit between the human government 's fleet and another species. The human commander, Filitt, ordered the use of a doomsday weapon that annihilated both the enemy and the planet. Upon dying, Princess Lihö - Minaa transferred her soul into Valerian 's body. A small group of survivors took shelter in a crashed human spaceship. They managed to repair it, and learned of the humans ' technology and history. They eventually came to Alpha, where they assimilated more knowledge and built a ship that could recreate their former home. They needed only the converter and the pearl to launch the ship. Filitt admits his role in the genocide, but argues that it was necessary to end the war, and the cover - up to prevent the humans from being expelled from Alpha. Valerian and Laureline disagree, stating that the commander has only been trying to save himself from the consequences for his actions, before Valerian knocks him out again. Valerian hands over the pearl he stole, and Laureline persuades him to return the converter too, ignoring procedures. While the Pearls ' spacecraft prepares for takeoff, Filitt 's pre-programmed robot K - Tron soldiers attack the Pearls, the government soldiers who were sent to assist Valerian, and their support staff, but are ultimately defeated. The spacecraft departs and Filitt is arrested. Valerian and Laureline are left adrift onboard a still working Apollo Command / Service Module, which is identified by radio technicians as `` Destiny 2005 '', and Laureline finally accepts Valerian 's marriage proposal as they wait for rescue. Cast Delevingne, DeHaan and Besson at the San Diego Comic - Con 2016 presentation of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, at Camp Conival Dane DeHaan as Major Valerian, a United Human Federation soldier and Laureline 's partner / love interest Cara Delevingne as Sergeant Laureline, a United Human Federation soldier and Valerian 's partner / love interest Clive Owen as Commander Arün Filitt, Valerian and Laureline 's commander Rihanna as Bubble, a shapeshifting alien entertainer Ethan Hawke as Jolly the Pimp Herbie Hancock as the Defence Minister Kris Wu as Sergeant Neza Rutger Hauer as the President of the World State Federation John Goodman as the voice of Igon Siruss, a Kodar'Khan pirate captain and the galaxy 's most - wanted criminal Elizabeth Debicki as the voice of Emperor Haban Limaï Sasha Luss as Princess Lihö - Minaa Sam Spruell as General Okto Bar Ola Rapace as Major Gibson Alain Chabat as Bob the Pirate Thom Findlay as the voice of the Pirates Mathieu Kassovitz as Camelot on Big Market Jonas Bloquet as K - Tron Warrior / Control Room Soldier Sand Van Roy as Jessica Rabbit Creature Louis Leterrier as Captain Welcoming Mercurys Olivier Megaton as Captain Welcoming KCO2 Gavin Drea as Sergeant Cooper Eric Lampaert as Guide Thaziit Claire Tran as Control room Sergeant Production Development Although Luc Besson loved the Valerian comics growing up, he did not seriously consider adapting them into a movie until he was working on The Fifth Element. During development, Besson had tapped Valerian illustrator Jean - Claude Mézières to work on the film, who asked Besson, `` Why are you doing this shitty film ? Why you do n't do Valerian ? '' At the time, Besson felt that making the film was `` impossible '' given the vast monster - to - human ratio. The release of Avatar served as both a blessing and a curse for Besson ; he has said, `` technically, I could see that we can do everything now. The film proved that imagination is the only limit. '' However, he also felt that `` James Cameron pushed all the levels so high, '' which made him believe that his script was not good enough, so he rewrote it. Ultimately, the storyboarding for the film took seven months. The project was first publicly reported in 2012. The two principal stars, Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne, were announced in May 2015. On 19 August 2015, Clive Owen signed on to play Commander Arün Filitt in the film. The budget, € 197 million, is by far the largest ever assembled for a French film. Previously, Asterix at the Olympic Games was the most expensive, at € 78 million, just ahead of Besson 's The Fifth Element ( € 75 million ). By the end of August 2015, Besson said in an RTL radio interview that shooting the film in France was too expensive. Because it was filmed in a foreign language ( English ), Besson was unable to benefit from tax credits, despite preferring to produce the film in France and create jobs for 1,200 crew members. The criteria to obtain these tax credits were then adapted accordingly. In May 2015, it was announced Fundamental Films would invest US $50 million in the film. Filming This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( May 2018 ) Principal photography on the film began on 5 January 2016 in seven sound stages dedicated to the film at the Cité du cinéma, in Saint - Denis, north of Paris. In total, there are 2,734 visual effect shots. The humanoid race the Pearl were completely synthetic creations by Weta Digital, which generated the characters from performances by actors with motion - capture equipment for their face and bodies. Marketing The trailer featured the Beatles song `` Because '', which marked the first time a Beatles master recording had been featured in a non-Beatles film advertisement. Release The first teaser for Valerian was released on 10 November 2016. The teaser depicts Marmakas, Entertainers, Bagoulins, and Shingouz, who all appear in Ambassador of the Shadows. A special exclusive preview of Valerian was shown prior to the Fathom Events 4K restoration showing of The Fifth Element on 14 May and 17 May. Valerian was released in Israel on 20 July 2017, on 21 July in the United States, on 26 July in France. and on 2 August in the UK Lionsgate handles the film 's release in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and STX Entertainment distributes the film in the United States. The film was released on 25 August 2017 in China. Home Media Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was released digitally on November 7, 2017, and on Ultra HD Blu - ray, Blu - ray and DVD on November 21, 2017. Soundtrack The official Soundtrack for `` Valerian '' was released on July 21, 2017 on Vinyl, CD, and Digital download. The total duration of this soundtrack album is exactly the same number of minutes as the duration of the film itself -- 137 minutes. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Film Score Film score by Alexandre Desplat Released July 21, 2017 Genre Pop ; Rock ; Film Score Length 137 : 08 Label Valerian S.A.S. Producer Xavier Forcioli Alexandre Desplat chronology American Pastoral ( 2016 ) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Film Score ( 2017 ) The Shape of Water ( 2017 ) Singles from Valerian `` A Million on My Soul '' Released : May 24, 2017 `` I Feel Everything '' Released : July 20, 2017 `` Bubble Dance '' Released : August 12, 2017 `` We Trying to Stay Alive '' Released : December 18, 2017 `` Rappcats '' Released : February 24, 2018 Track listing No. Title Artist ( s ) Length 1. `` Big Market '' ( written by Luc Besson ) Alexandre Desplat 2 : 05 2. `` Space Oddity '' David Bowie 5 : 18 3. `` I Feel Everything '' Cara Delevingne 3 : 02 4. `` Jamming '' Bob Marley 3 : 19 5. `` Bus Attack '' Alexandre Desplat 3 : 08 6. `` We Trying to Stay Alive '' Wyclef Jean featuring Pras & John Forte 3 : 13 7. `` Arriving on Alpha '' Alexandre Desplat 2 : 06 8. `` A Million on My Soul ( Radio Edit ) '' Alexiane 2 : 59 9. `` Rappcats ( Instrumental ) '' Quasimoto 2 : 02 10. `` Bubble Dance '' Julien Rey 2 : 25 11. `` Spaceship Chase '' Alexandre Desplat 3 : 33 12. `` The World ( Is Going up in Flames ) '' Charles Bradley 3 : 22 13. `` A Million on My Soul '' Alexiane 4 : 07 14. `` Medusa '' Alexandre Desplat 1 : 59 15. `` Pearls on Mul '' Alexandre Desplat 7 : 36 16. `` Reading the Memo '' Alexandre Desplat featuring Trug 1 : 23 17. `` Flight Above the Big Market '' Alexandre Desplat 2 : 44 18. `` Showtime '' Alexandre Desplat 2 : 38 19. `` Valerian in Trouble '' Alexandre Desplat 1 : 38 20. `` Pearls Attack '' Alexandre Desplat 4 : 05 21. `` Valerian 's Armor '' 2 : 09 22. `` Submarine '' 3 : 00 23. `` Shoot '' 1 : 35 24. `` Fishing for Butterflies '' 1 : 58 25. `` Le souper du Roi '' 1 : 59 26. `` Boulanbator Combat '' 3 : 02 27. `` Bubble '' 2 : 32 28. `` Pearl 's World '' 6 : 24 29. `` The City of 1000 Planets '' 3 : 50 30. `` I Am a Soldier '' 2 : 04 31. `` Pearls Power '' 1 : 49 32. `` Final Combat '' 7 : 06 Reception Box office Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets grossed $40.5 million in the United States and Canada and $184.7 million internationally ( including $36.8 million in France ), for a worldwide total of $225.2 million. With a production budget around $180 million, the film would have needed to gross $400 million worldwide in order to break even and justify a sequel. In North America, Valerian opened alongside Dunkirk and Girls Trip, and was initially projected to gross $20 -- 25 million from 3,553 theaters, although some insiders believed it would open in the teens. It made $6.5 million on its first day, including $1.7 million from Thursday night previews at 2,600 theaters, lowering weekend projections to $16.5 million. The film ended up debuting to $17 million, finishing 5th at the box office, leading Deadline.com to already label the film a domestic box office bomb, and causing a 8.31 % fall of the EuropaCorp stock on the following Monday. In its second weekend, the film dropped 62 % to $6.4 million, finishing 8th at the box office. In its third and fourth weekends the film made $2.4 million and $901,323, finishing 12th and 17th and dropping another 62 % both times. Outside North America, the film opened in 16 markets alongside the US and made $6.5 million over its opening weekend, including $2.5 million in Germany. In France, the film made $3.72 million ( € 3.19 million ) on its first day, the second - best opening day of 2017 there behind Despicable Me 3. In China, the film made $9.9 million on its first day from 78,000 screens, becoming the first film to displace Wolf Warriors 2 at the country 's box office. It went on to open to $29 million, topping the box office. The largest territory for the film was China, with US $62.1 million. Critical response Valerian received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its visuals while criticizing the plot and some of the casting. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 49 % based on 237 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5 / 10. The site 's critical consensus reads, `` Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets uses sheer kinetic energy and visual thrills to overcome narrative obstacles and offer a viewing experience whose surreal pleasures often outweigh its flaws. '' On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating to reviews, the film has a score of 51 out of 100, based on reviews from 45 critics, indicating `` mixed or average reviews ''. On French entertainment information website AlloCiné, the film has an average grade of 3.0 / 5, based on 31 critics. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of `` B -- '' on an A+ to F scale. David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film a grade of B -, praising how `` unapologetically idiosyncratic '' the film is, while also saying `` the vividness of this place only underscores the lifelessness of the people leading us through it... There are 394 million stories on the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian 's might be the only one we 've seen before. Still, any excuse to visit this place is one worth taking. '' Peter Sciretta of / Film touted the first half of Valerian as `` unpredictable and bonkers insane '', while calling the second half more formulaic and `` far less exciting '', though he still encouraged seeing the film in 3D `` on the biggest screen possible ''. Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club wrote that it was `` rare (... ) to see a film this extravagant that also feels, for better or worse, like the work of a single personality. The longer action scenes may not always rank with Besson 's early ' 90s highlights (... ) or the mania of the more recent Lucy, but there is n't a moment in this ludicrous, lushly self - indulgent movie that does n't feel like its creator is having the time of his life. '' Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter gave a negative review, saying : `` The Razzies do n't need to wait until the end of the year to anoint a winner for 2017... Hollywood studio chiefs can breathe easy that, this time, at least, they 'll escape blame for making a giant summer franchise picture that nobody wants to see, since this one 's a French import. '' A.O. Scott of The New York Times was also less than happy with the film, writing the effort `` feels as if it were made up on the spot, by someone so delighted by the gaudy genre packaging at his disposal that he lost track of what was supposed to be inside. '' National Public Radio film critic, Mark Jenkins, additionally wrote in a negative review that the film 's `` perspective often seems more 19th - than 26th - century, notably in a sequence where Laureline is captured by members of a hostile species and forced to don a white dress to be presented to their emperor. The blobby computer - generated creatures resemble natives from the most racist of Tarzan movies. '' Accolades Award Date of ceremony Recipient ( s ) and nominee ( s ) Result Ref. Saturn Awards June 2018 Best Science Fiction Film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Pending Best Production Design Hugues Tissandier Pending Best Costume Design Olivier Bériot Pending Possible sequel Despite the film being a disappointment at the box office, director Luc Besson claims a sequel is still possible due to positive fan reaction. See also List of films featuring space stations References Jump up ^ Cabin, Chris ( 20 September 2016 ). `` Alexandre Desplat Moves from ' Rogue One ' to ' Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ' ''. Collider. Jump up ^ Hopewell, John ; Keslassy, Elsa. `` Luc Besson 's EuropaCorp Posts $31 Million Loss in ' Transition Year ' ''. Yahoo !. Retrieved 14 July 2016. Jump up ^ `` Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ( 2D ) ( 12A ) ''. 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External links Official website Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets on IMDb Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets at AllMovie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets at Box Office Mojo Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets at Metacritic Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets at Rotten Tomatoes Valérian and Laureline by Pierre Christin and Jean - Claude Mézières Albums Les Mauvais Rêves The City of Shifting Waters Empire of a Thousand Planets World Without Stars Welcome to Alflolol Birds of the Master Ambassador of the Shadows On the False Earths Heroes of the Equinox Métro Châtelet, Direction Cassiopeia Brooklyn Station, Terminus Cosmos The Ghosts of Inverloch The Wrath of Hypsis On the Frontiers The Living Weapons The Circles of Power Hostages of the Ultralum Orphan of the Stars In Uncertain Times At the Edge of the Great Void The Order of the Stones The Time Opener Other stories Across the Pathways of Space The Asteroids of Shimballil Adaptations Time Jam : Valerian & Laureline Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Luc Besson Directed Le Dernier Combat ( 1983 ) Subway ( 1985 ) The Big Blue ( 1988 ) Nikita ( 1990 ) Atlantis ( 1991 ) Léon : The Professional ( 1994 ) The Fifth Element ( 1997 ) The Messenger : The Story of Joan of Arc ( 1999 ) Angel - A ( 2005 ) Arthur and the Invisibles ( 2006 ) Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard ( 2009 ) Arthur 3 : The War of the Two Worlds ( 2010 ) The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc - Sec ( 2010 ) The Lady ( 2011 ) The Family ( 2013 ) Lucy ( 2014 ) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ( 2017 ) Anna ( 2018 ) Written Taxi ( 1998 ) Taxi 2 ( 2000 ) Kiss of the Dragon ( 2001 ) Wasabi ( 2001 ) Yamakasi ( 2001 ) The Transporter ( 2002 ) Fanfan la Tulipe ( 2003 ) Taxi 3 ( 2003 ) Michel Vaillant ( 2003 ) Crimson Rivers II : Angels of the Apocalypse ( 2004 ) District 13 ( 2004 ) Revolver ( 2005 ) Transporter 2 ( 2005 ) Unleashed ( 2005 ) Bandidas ( 2006 ) Taxi 4 ( 2007 ) Taken ( 2008 ) Transporter 3 ( 2008 ) District 13 : Ultimatum ( 2009 ) From Paris with Love ( 2010 ) Colombiana ( 2011 ) Lockout ( 2012 ) Taken 2 ( 2012 ) 3 Days to Kill ( 2014 ) Brick Mansions ( 2014 ) Taken 3 ( 2015 ) The Transporter Refueled ( 2015 ) The Warriors Gate ( 2016 ) Renegades ( 2017 ) Produced Cold Moon ( 1991 ) Nil by Mouth ( 1997 ) La Turbulence des fluides ( 2002 ) Les Côtelettes ( 2003 ) Taxi ( 2004 ) The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ( 2005 ) Love and Other Disasters ( 2005 ) Nuovomondo ( 2006 ) Tell No One ( 2006 ) The Secret ( 2007 ) Hitman ( 2007 ) Taken ( 2008 ) Home ( 2009 ) Staten Island ( 2009 ) 22 Bullets ( 2010 ) The Source ( 2011 ) A Monster in Paris ( 2011 ) Collison ( 2013 ) Jack and the Cuckoo - Clock Heart ( 2013 ) 3 Days to Kill ( 2013 ) The Homesman ( 2014 ) Taxi 5 ( 2018 ) TV series No Limit ( 2012 - 2015 ) See also Filmography EuropaCorp Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valerian_and_the_City_of_a_Thousand_Planets&oldid=843204994 '' Categories : 2017 films English - language films 2017 3D films 2010s action films 2010s adventure films Buddy cop films 2010s romance films 2010s science fiction films Action adventure films French films French 3D films French action films French adventure films French romance films French science fiction films Films based on French comics Films directed by Luc Besson Films produced by Luc Besson Films set in the 22nd century Films set in the 26th century Films set in the 28th century Films set in fictional galaxies Films set on fictional planets Films shot in Paris Live - action films based on comics Performance capture in film Science fiction action films Science fiction adventure films Space adventure films Space opera films EuropaCorp films Fundamental Films films STX Entertainment films Lions Gate Entertainment films Valérian and Laureline Science fantasy films Films scored by Alexandre Desplat Films about extraterrestrial life Shapeshifting in fiction Hidden categories : CS1 French - language sources ( fr ) Use dmy dates from January 2017 Articles containing French - language text Articles to be expanded from May 2018 All articles to be expanded Articles using small message boxes Articles with hAudio microformats Album infoboxes lacking a cover Talk Contents About Wikipedia Azərbaycanca Беларуская Български Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Հայերեն Italiano עברית ქართული Magyar Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Română Русский Српски / srpski Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 粵語 中文 19 more Edit links This page was last edited on 27 May 2018, at 16 : 22. 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Question: who directed valerian and the city of a thousand planets
Answer: Luc Besson