Surprise should be the key word. Passing Monday on TMC in the show
Quotidien
of Yann Barthès, Alexandre Astier gave some first clues on what the fans could expect from the continuation of the adventures of King Arthur. A sequel which, despite the filmmaker's fears, should see the light of day thanks to the very good figures achieved by
Kaamelott - Premier Volet, which has
become, with its more than 2.4 million admissions, the most viewed film of the summer. Better yet, Kaamelott's first outing on the big screen is also the biggest success in French cinemas since the Covid crisis, ahead of
Tenet
and the latest
Fast & Furious.
.
The extension of the sanitary pass at the entrance to cinemas will not have slowed down the film's fine score, to the delight of Alexandre Astier, who is free to prepare his second feature film as he sees fit.
That is to say with boldness.
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"I will not do what you expect, I will go where I can go alone, that is to say by surprising,"
said the father of the series
Kaamelott
. Director and screenwriter at the origin of the series which had made the heyday of M6 fifteen years ago, Alexandre Astier underlined, during his passage on
Quotidien
, the admiration which he devotes to the authors who know take risks with their creation. A sense of daring that he particularly admires in George Lucas, the creator of the
Star Wars
saga
:
"I was very happy to be surprised by what Lucas was doing
," mentioned Alexandre Astier.
I have been happy every time he was where I could not have gone as a fan myself ”
.
A risky but successful bet
Without mentioning it card on the table, the Lyonnais behind
Kaamelott
seems to refer to the prelogy of the
Star Wars
saga
.
Contrary to
The Empire Strikes
Back
and
Return of the Jedi
whose production had been entrusted to Irvin Kershner and then to Richard Marquand, episodes I, II and III had been entirely designed and produced from A to Z by George Lucas, for a result that has long been criticized because of its difference with the historical trilogy.
A statement qualified by Alexandre Astier:
"When we had a film of him, we really had the
Star Wars
dad
who had done something to us that we could never have imagined."
Maybe the two won't really be one two ...
Alexandre astier
Happy to see the film work well in theaters, Alexandre Astier also said that beyond the pure figures, seeing his story work with the public reassured him a lot and now offers him the best motivation possible to approach the second part. of
Kaamelott
at the cinema.
"I find it nice that a lot of people have seen the film, because I am proud to show a hero who does not have the fishing
", he congratulated himself on the set of
Quotidien
.
"If I had wallowed, I would have stopped I think
," he added
. If I had totally wallowed, that would mean that people “don't want your stories”, so we couldn't keep telling them. ”
As he once again recalled Monday, Alexandre Astier also intends to make a third part of
Kaamelott
, in order to complete what he envisages to be an entire trilogy. And if it is still too early to outline a possible schedule of releases for the next films, the creator could not help but slip a very mysterious indication about the second feature film devoted to his zany reinterpretation of the Arthurian gesture.
"Maybe the two won't really be one two ..."
, he said lip service, his brows furrowed and his features thoughtful. It is not said that the common people, apart from Merlin or the Lady of the Lake perhaps, will not manage to decipher tomorrow the day before the enigma whispered, on a television set, by the sibylline demiurge.