Valerian

  • NewsVariety

    Luc Besson, EuropaCorp Face Day of Reckoning With Shareholders Over Flop of ‘Valerian’

    EuropaCorp has weathered storms before, notably after the flop of Luc Besson’s pricey “Arthur” animated franchise in 2010. But the studio, with record losses of $135 million during the last financial year, is now facing a crisis of much larger scope, as the numbers for sci-fi epic “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”... <a href="http://variety.com/2017/film/news/luc-besson-europacorp-valerian-1202564820/" title="Read Luc Besson, EuropaCorp Face Day of Reckoning With Shareholders Over F

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    EuropaCorp’s Stock Value Drops in Wake of ‘Valerian’s’ Poor Opening Weekend

    The disastrous opening weekend in the U.S. of Luc Besson’s “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” has left EuropaCorp with a hangover, as the Paris-based company saw its stock value drop by 8.31% by the close of trading on Monday. EuropaCorp’s stock price fell to 3.53 euros ($4.11) in the wake of “Valerian’s”... <a href="http://variety.com/2017/film/news/europacorp-stock-value-drops-valerian-poor-opening-weekend-1202504169/" title="Read EuropaCorp’s Stock Value Drops in Wake of ‘Valerian

  • NewsThe Wrap

    3 Reasons ‘Valerian’ Failed to Launch at the Box Office

    While “Dunkirk” and “Girls Trip” found success at the box office, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” did not. EuropaCorp, which is owned by Besson, won’t take a big financial hit, as it brought in outside investors and sold distribution rights to mitigate the cost of the blockbuster, but it will have to rely on overseas markets to find profits, as U.S. audiences have largely rejected the film with a B- CinemaScore rating and a 54 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. From both a critica

  • NewsYahoo Movies UK

    Will Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets be this year's John Carter?

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    Final trailer for Luc Besson's Valerian hints at a worthy successor to The Fifth Element

    French filmmaker returns to space opera territory 20 years on from his sci-fi classic.

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  • NewsRyan Leston

    Valerian: Dane DeHaan And Cara Delevingne Suit Up

    It’s official – we’ve finally got our first look at ‘Valerian’. ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ is the upcoming sci-fi epic from writer/director Luc Besson… which sees Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne suit up as time-travellers who might just be the universe’s last hope. Posted to Instagram by director Luc Besson, this new image shines a light on the film’s two protagonists – Valerian and Laureline.