00:00A long time ago when I was 10 years old, I discovered the first album of this comic book, Valerian.
00:07And I was like, oh my god, what is this thing?
00:12I think what struck me is the storytelling.
00:15It was the first time that we see a modern couple.
00:19They were acting like two normal people today.
00:22Except that they are in the 28th century and everything is weird.
00:30The environment was just crazy.
00:33It's like aliens everywhere and worlds everywhere.
00:37When I was working on the fifth element with Mezier, the main designer from Valerian,
00:42he was the one saying, why you don't do Valerian? Why you do this fifth element thing?
00:48I mean, the technology was not good at the time. It was not possible.
00:53And then way later, Avatar arrived and Avatar makes everything possible.
00:58There's no limit anymore.
01:00Amazing.
01:01I drew the story we're shooting now, 40 years ago.
01:05Did you ever think you would get turned into a movie?
01:07No.
01:09We started to work with the artist three years before.
01:13We started the film.
01:14We started the storyboard a year and a half before.
01:17Nice.
01:18We were so prepped when we started the film that the shooting almost looks easy.
01:23Action!
01:25Run!
01:27Run!
01:27One, two, three!
01:31We have Valerian and Laureline.
01:33There are two cops.
01:34Show me your gun when you're in.
01:39Good job, boys.
01:41And they can travel in space and time.
01:45Valerian is a little pretentious.
01:47Just stay on backup.
01:48I'll take the front line.
01:49How about you run for backup for a change?
01:52He always thinks that he will save the day.
01:56Everything is a little too easy for him.
02:00Laureline is probably my first love.
02:02Ten years old, you know, you start to get feelings.
02:04Hey, handsome.
02:05You look a lot better.
02:07Nice to see you again, Laurel.
02:09He's splendid as ever.
02:10They are very human.
02:11They fight.
02:12And he's desperately in love with her.
02:17Valerian!
02:20I just jumped off a cliff.
02:22I want more stance.
02:22Their mission bring them to a space station
02:25made up of a thousand alien species
02:27from the four corners of the universe.
02:32Welcome to Alpha.
02:35Alpha called the city of a thousand planets
02:38because all the knowledge in the universe is there.
02:42The Alpha station has 3,236 species
02:46with over 5,000 languages spoken.
02:49It's Wall Street, City of Science,
02:55United Nations, Broadway.
02:59Everything is there.
03:00So it makes the city the most important
03:02in the entire universe.
03:05It's paradise.
03:07It has always been my dream
03:09to put their characters on a big screen.
03:11And now it's the time.
03:12On the fifth element,
03:17there is 188 patrol effects shots.
03:21When in Valerian,
03:21there is 2,734.
03:25I've waited my entire life
03:26to make this film
03:27and the journey has been amazing.
03:29I gave it everything I have
03:31and I cannot wait to share it with you.
03:33So have fun
03:34and see you in space.
03:35Let it out!
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