Luc Besson will write and direct a film based ON the French science fiction graphic novel “Valerian”.
Dane DeHaan (“The Amazing Spider-Man”) and Cara Delevingne (“Paper Towns”) would star in the film, the source material of which has sold over 10 million copies in 21 languages.
The graphic novel series tells of a traveling agent and his female companion as they embark on adventures in outer space.
Besson, who directed science-fiction classic “The Fifth Element”, is shooting this December for a 2017 release.