The irreducible Gauls are back on the big screen!
More than ten years after their last adventures,
Asterix and Obelix: In Her Majesty's Service
, the two heroes created by Goscinny and Uderzo return in
Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Empire.
The new blockbuster signed Guillaume Canet with a pharaonic budget of 65 million euros has just unveiled its first trailer.
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These first images say a little more about the plot and the stakes of the feature film, which will therefore take place in the heart of ancient China.
Asterix (Guillaume Canet) and Obelix (Gilles Lellouche) are on a mission to save the Empress's only daughter, Princess Fu Yi (Julie Chen), imprisoned following a coup d'etat ordered by a prince. named Deng Tsin Quin (Bun Hay Mean).
The two acolytes are helped in this adventure by Graindemaïs (Jonathan Cohen), a Phoenician merchant who passes himself off as Gaul and his faithful warrior Tat Han (Leanna Chea), with whom Obélix will fall in love.
But Julius Caesar (Vincent Cassel) could well disrupt their plans since he will try to become the new emperor of China.
Marion Cotillard is Cleopatra
This long-awaited new part of the franchise is therefore directed by Guillaume Canet, who succeeds Laurent Tirard, director in 2012 of
Asterix & Obelix: In the service of His Majesty
, who unfortunately did not convince the critics.
The images in this
trailer
, released Thursday, January 5, show many special effects and attention to detail.
The realization seems to pay homage to the Chinese genre film with an important place attributed to martial arts fights.
Note that for the first time on screen Obélix is played by another actor than Gérard Depardieu: Gilles Lellouche seems rather comfortable in this new costume.
On video,
Les Pires
, the trailer
In the cast we also find Marion Cotillard in the role of Cléopâtre, Ramzy Bedia in the role of Epidemaïs, the Belgian singer Angèle (Falbala), Pierre Richard (Panoramix), Philippe Katerine (Assurancetourix), Jérôme Commandeur (Abraracourcix), Audrey Lamy (Bonemine), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Antivirus), Orelsan (the sailor Titanix), Bigflo and Oli (the Gauls Abelmalix and Toufix) or even the duo McFLy and Carlito (the Romans Radius and Cubitus).
Written by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé, the creators of Les
Tuches
, this new film is not the adaptation of a comic book album, which is a first.
Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom
will be released on February 1.
