The Refractory Cowl, its new cinematic adventure, hits theaters on the 1stR February, not in a village, but at the head of an empire. Guided Tour…
65 million euros
Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom It is the fifth film of the adventure in live action. Directed and co-written by Guillaume Canet, who plays Asterix – the film is not the story of the album. Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom, with a production budget of 65 million euros and 17 weeks of filming, Gilles played the role of Lelluch Obelix, an actor who gained 20 kg for the role. Caesar and Marion Cotillard star Vincent Cassel as Cleopatra in this adventure where Princess Fu Yi (Julie Chen) asks the girls to save her mother from the clutches of Deng Chin Kin (Bun Hae Meen). We notice Mathieu Sedit is on screen in the remix and he is the one composing the film’s soundtrack.
6000 copies
“Uderzo and I together invented this character in two hours of laughter!”, said on the pages of René Koscini. Sunday paper. Published in the magazine PilotGaul’s Adventures is the theme of the first album released in 1961 in 6000 copies. Four years later, Asterix among the Bretons 400,000 copies will be published.
The ninth plate
Only in 9e Board Asterix’s Goal Tour, published in 1965, the small dog Idéfix made its first appearance. His name was chosen through a competition by the magazine’s readers PilotWho chose between Idéfix, Trépetix, Paindépix and Patracourcix?
42.6 kg
The “village of madmen” is so important in French culture that the first French satellite, weighing 42.6 kg and launched on November 26, 1965… was called Asterix!
2.41 million impressions
The first animated film, Asterix the Gaelic It opened in France on December 20, 1967 and four days later in Quebec. Roger Carell dubs the voice of Asterix, while Jacques Morel voices Obelix. The 68-minute film received 2.41 million admissions.
275 million francs
In 1999, Christian Clavier and Gerard Depardieu became the faces of the famous duo. Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar, the first film in live action. Directed by Claude Zidi, the film’s production budget was 275 million francs (about 41.9 million euros), at the time, the most expensive film in the world, the history of French cinema.
87 years old
Roger Carell, 87 years old at the time, and a nasty little Gaulin Tupper, announced that the film. Asterix: Domain of the Gods (2014) would be his last. The animated feature is the first to be made in 3D and is directed by Alexandre Astier – the creator Camelot – This will happen again in 2018 Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion.
117 languages
In 2011, Albert Uderzo celebrated the sale of 350 million Asterix albums, which were “stacked 766 times the height of the Eiffel Tower and twice around the Earth if they were placed side by side”. The Adventures of Asterix has been translated into 117 languages, making it the world’s most translated comic book according to the Guinness Book of World Records. 40e The album, whose title is still unknown, will be released on October 26, 2023, and is illustrated by Didier Conrad and written by Fabrice Caro.
- Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom Releases in theaters from 1R February.
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