by Tutatis! Netflix joins Asterix, Obelix, Dogmatics, and a large family of irrepressible gals born from the imaginations of Goskin and Uderzo. And it is under the supervision of Alain Chabat that the animated series is being produced in the building Toulouse studio from TATAlready running Jungle Aces 1 and 2, Terra Willy, Pil ou Pattie and The Wrath of Poseidon.
Abraracourcix / Aplusbegalix, Round 1!
The announced project will release an album in 2021 Battle of the bossesDirector and screenwriter is Alain Chabat. The seventh album of The Adventures of Asterix and Obelix, released in 1966, sees Druid Panorama “humiliated” after receiving a menhir on his head. Without the magic potion, the leader of the Gauls, Abraracourcix, must rise to the challenge posed by his rival, Aplusbégalix: a showdown at the top in a “battle of the leaders” that will see the irrepressible village fall under Roman control. Event of defeat….
It should be noted that this incident (a chance encounter between Obelix and the Menhir of the Panoramax) was already partly brought to the screen in the 1989 feature film Astérix et le coup du menhir, but also 4D attraction Attention Menhir“Armorican Blockbuster” airs exclusively on Park Asterix.
Asterix on Netflix? Just a little patience…
Originally expected to air in 2024, the series Le Combat des chefs, told in 5 30-minute episodes, is now set to stream on Netflix. in the first half of 2025– said in the press release Albert René Publications (who own and manage all rights to The Adventures of Asterix) by our colleagues 20 minutes. In particular, we have to meet “new characters” born from Alain Chabat’s imagination.
Movie, release, album and announcement
Remember that in 2023, the filmmaker celebrated the 21-and-a-half (!) anniversary of Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra with a theatrical release that was peppered with a few surprises (and was seen by 409,089 viewers this summer). The event was part of a successful year for the Gallic license, with 4,622,711 admissions for Asterix & Obelix: the Middle Kingdom by Guillaume Canet, the announcement of a new animated film for cinemas (but without Alexandre Astier) and the release. white irisThe 40th album in the scripted series entrusted to the pen of Fabcaro and the pencil of Didier Konrad.
Asterix and the Menhir Trailer
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