Comic-Con: Luc Besson's 'Valerian' Looks to Take World Creation to the Next Level — hollywoodreporter.com

Luc Besson, the French producer and director, is sitting in a corner of a restaurant in the Gaslamp District of San Diego, feeling relieved. Really relieved. About six hours earlier on July 21 in Hall H at Comic-Con, he unveiled the first footage from his epic sci-fi movie, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, which recently began post-production. It wasn’t a packed crowd – the movie isn’t a sequel or based on a known brand but is based on an a French comic series and it wasn't backed by a major studio – and so he was nervous, he admits.

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