Based on a long-running series of French comics, Valerian is a sci-fi epic from director Luc Besson. Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan star as a pair of space/time agents with a mission to (you guessed it) save the universe. And judging by the new trailer, it’s going to be a psychedelic extravaganza of weird aliens and space battles.
This trailer is an explosion of colorful visual effects, as you’d hope from the filmmaker who brought us The Fifth Element. If you recognize some hints of Star Wars and Guardians of the Galaxy, there’s a good reason for that. The Valerian and Laureline comics were a big influence on Star Wars, and by extension, most sci-fi movies of the past 40 years.
A thousand planets. One mission to save them all. Watch the new #Valerian trailer and like this Tweet to explore more. In theaters July 21 pic.twitter.com/dUau9Hz697
— Valerian Movie (@ValerianMovie) March 29, 2017
And yes, that is Rihanna playing a shapeshifting alien near the end of the trailer.
Valerian is out on July 21.
