Clive Owen Joins Luc Besson's VALERIAN
According to Comingsoon.net, Clive Owen will join Luc Besson's big budget sci-fi epic Valerian where Owen will play a character known as Commander Arün Filitt.
In the story, Valerian is exploring Syrte, capital planet of a system of 1,000 worlds. Their mission is to discover whether the Syrtians could present a danger to Earth. What they find is a decaying empire led by decadent aristocrats, a population ripe for revolution, and a mysterious caste of masked wise men who discreetly pull the strings from hidden fortresses. Swept up by the winds of history, the agents of Earth will have to choose a side.
Adapted for the screen and directed by Besson, the film will be the most expensive film yet produced and distributed by his EuropaCorp banner. It is based on the French comic series "Valerian and Laureline" by Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières. Created in 1967, the comic has since sold over 10 million copies in 21 languages.
