“It’s staggering, we don’t want it”: 58 years ago, Asterix’s creators demanded the destruction of this animated film

The illustrated creators of the cheap adventures of asterisks and orphans, Albert Uderso and Rene Goskin, were clearly known for their great talents, but also in their critical spirit, to various adaptations of their work.

This is how it happens in 2003, an artistic project that is adaptedAsterisks in the hyspan That Gerard Jugnott had spent eight months that the brilliant troupe had to be written by Uderszo, the latter was clearly frustrated by the mission of the mission Cleopatra.

“He wanted to be surprised”

Long before, 58 years before, in front of the Alein Chabat Animation Series, the animated series dedicated to the battle of the chef could not see the light of the day on Netflix, another adaptation of this same album (7th in the collection).

In 1967, in fact, Uders and Goskin were surprised to learn that the feature film was an animated asterisks behind the Gauls, but also that another cartoon was already prepared (and significantly advanced).

“There were two films that George Dargood shot secretly. He didn’t want to tell us right away. He wanted to be surprised”Albert Uderso said to our microphone in 2014 and indicated that there was no bad intention by the publisher.

“We were a little surprised”

“When the first film, asterix cage, is over, He was forced to tell us. He told us, “I wanted to be surprised if you want, we can go to Belgium because it was done by Belvis.” We were a little surprised, we were wondering why he hid it for us, we could help people if we knew from the beginning. Anyway, it was the idea of ​​Dargood. We went to Belgium and saw the film. We were not very excited before the technique. “

Shered, Uderso, and Goskin have completed the operation of the asterisks, but nevertheless demanded the cancellation of the following project:

“No other is completed”Continues to be unwanted. “It was going on, but it wasn’t over. We told Dargood:” We agree to the first one because you paid but second, you won’t end it. We don’t want it. Really, from a technical point of view, it’s ugly … “And we asked him to destroy groups. What he did.”

Golden Serg and the Battle of Adults

“Other” was an adaptation Golden Gerepi (Second album in Asterix Collection). Even if Udero did not mention this during our interview, the third film was also in production (obviously very advanced) at the time. It was LeadersAs Daniel Koveur explained, the daily newspaper le soir (Whose article was recently transferred to Radio in France).

As for Golden GerepiCrust Leaders Therefore, two asterix authors were put in the trash.

Later, in 1989, a new animated adaptation of this album was made (called Asterix and Coup Du Menhir), partially involved the intrigue of the chef, until Allen Chabat was dedicated to the signature of his animated series, which was recently identified on Netflix.

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