Luc Besson's 1st 'Valerian' Trailer Promises Out-of-This-World Action

By Tariq Malik
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A scene from the 2017 science fiction film "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets."
A scene from the 2017 science fiction film "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets." (Image credit: EuropaCorp)

The first teaser trailer for Luc Besson's sci-fi action film "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" has launched online and it promises to be an action-packed ride into the future.

The trailer, which was released Thursday (Nov. 10) by EuropaCorp, is the first good look at Besson’s vision of a futuristic world first set down in the French "Valerian and Laureline" comics. If you get a "The Fifth Element" vibe from the trailer, you’re on the right track. Besson was the mind behind that 1997 sci-fi film too.

"Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" stars Dane DeHaan as the titular Valerian with Cara Delevingne as Laureline. It will launch into theaters July 21, 2017.

If the teaser is anything to go by, we can expect some truly spectacular special effects, a towering cityscape, awesome spaceships and some spacesuit action sequences. And just to be complete, the new teaser is set to an original master recording of The Beatles "Because" from 1969, in case you were wondering, according to EuropaCorp.

You can share your own thoughts on the trailer via Youtube here.

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Tariq Malik
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Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com and joined the team in 2001, first as an intern and staff writer, and later as an editor. He covers human spaceflight, exploration and space science, as well as skywatching and entertainment. He became Space.com's Managing Editor in 2009 and Editor-in-Chief in 2019. Before joining Space.com, Tariq was a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering education and city beats in La Habra, Fullerton and Huntington Beach. In October 2022, Tariq received the Harry Kolcum Award for excellence in space reporting from the National Space Club Florida Committee. He is also an Eagle Scout (yes, he has the Space Exploration merit badge) and went to Space Camp four times as a kid and a fifth time as an adult. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University. You can find Tariq at Space.com and as the co-host to the This Week In Space podcast with space historian Rod Pyle on the TWiT network. To see his latest project, you can follow Tariq on Twitter @tariqjmalik.