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The film stars as Major Valerian and Cara Delevingne as Sergeant Laureline, special operatives for the human territories. Supporting cast members include: Clive Owen as Commander Arun Filitt Rihanna as the shape-shifting performer Bubble Ethan Hawke as Jolly the Pimp Herbie Hancock as the Defense Minister Plot Summary

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) is a French 3D space opera film written and directed by Luc Besson. Based on the influential French comic book series Valérian and Laureline by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières, the film was a massive undertaking, serving as the most expensive European and independent film ever made with a production budget of approximately $180–$200 million. Valerian.and.the.City.of.a.Thousand.Planets.201...

: The film features over 2,700 visual effects shots, compared to just 188 in The Fifth Element . Cast and Characters The film stars as Major Valerian and Cara

: Director Luc Besson personally funded and crowd-sourced the production, waiting decades for CGI technology to advance enough to match his vision. : The film features over 2,700 visual effects

: The original comic series is credited with inspiring major sci-fi franchises like Star Wars . The film itself shares a "thematic and stylistic universe" with Besson's earlier work, The Fifth Element , even including easter eggs like a shop named "Korbens".