First 'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets' trailer is here to take you away
LOS ANGELES -- If escape to another planet is what you crave, may we suggest this first Valerian trailer?
Actually, Alpha is technically not a planet. It's the International Space Station, set adrift in space after centuries of adding modules upon modules from alien worlds to the point that it has become planet-like in size and species diversity.
And get a load of some of these species, both human and non-human:
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Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne play Valerian and Laureline, the titular heroes from the French sci-fi comic book series is based. Luc Besson is firmly back in The Fifth Element territory with this one, both in subject matter and tone -- weird, kinetic, colorful and ... did we say weird?
And did you notice that Beatles song? That's Because from "Abbey Road," the first time a Fab Four song has ever been licensed for a trailer.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets hits theaters worldwide next July.
Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.
