Asterix and Obelix: What do we know about Middle Empire, the next film by Guillaume Canet?

Tonight the M6 ​​broadcasts Asterix and Obelix: in the service of His Majesty. The 2012 film Laurent Tyrard, starring Edward Baer and Gerard Depardieu, is the fourth live adaptation.

Recall that the comedy was preceded in 1999 by Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar by Claude Zid; Then in 2002, Asterix and Obelix: Mission to Cleopatra, Alain Shabat, and Asterix at the 2008 Olympics by Frederick Forrestier and Thomas Langman.

Asterix and Obelix: In the service of His Majesty Released in 2012 by Laurent Tyrard, is the latest live action to date.

Ten years after the last opus, Guillaume Canet created a new Asterix called Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Empire. Filming ended last summer after 17 weeks of work.

What will be the plot?

The chariot arrives in a Gallic village with Chinese Princess Fu Yi, who came to her aid after someone’s Dan Qin Qin’s coup overthrew the Empress. The reputation of an undiminished Gaul is known as far as Shanghai.

Asterix and Obelix: Middle Empire will be an original script that is not adapted from one or more of the comics already published. This is the first time, beyond animation, that Asterix’s film is based on a completely new story, imagined by Philip Mechelen and Julien Erve. The original idea was put forward by producer Johann Baiada, who became interested in the publications of Albert René (owners of the works of Uderzo and Goskin).

Guillaume Cane noted that “Asterix, already a small vegan, reprimands Obelix for consuming wild boar. Both find a sense of love. The place of women is also more important, you will see …“

What will be the artistic and humorous ambitions?

For this very big budget film, Guillaume Cane gave some hints about his visual ambitions: “I know we can do something crazy and we do not see much in France: a truly wonderful adventure film, with epic, luxurious scenes and costumes.. “

I am a big fan of Chinese cinema and its crazy fight

And add:The idea is to make kids and parents laugh, go back to the weird humor of the chatty style, and at the same time, have a very strong, magical visual ambition like Braveheart that meets a tiger and a dragon! I’m a big fan of Chinese cinema and its crazy fight, with flying characters. We will confront the brute force of Kung Fu and our Galilean heroes. “

The actor brings together several hilarious families, including several actors who will begin their first penetration of the saga, from Pierre Richard to Frank Gastambid. “I have the ability to do this and I like to change the registryhe says. I wanted to finally make a movie that my two children could watch … Asterix is ​​my relationship with my father. “

We also know a little more about what led to Kane’s choice to eventually embody Asterix, which was not the filmmaker’s first idea. It was the producers who saw everything that way, namely Alain Atal, who followed Guillaume Canet from the beginning. “They told me: energetic little nervous, this is you”Reports Guillaume Cane, who initially thought Cesar’s game.

Parade of stars and guests!

Around the new tandem in Guillaume Canet Asterix and Gilles Lelouch in the Obelix, we will find Vincent Cassel, Marion Cotillard, Angel, Pierre Richard or even Zlatan among others!

Florent Manaudu will also be in the distribution (as coach) and that the son of Guillaume Canet and Marion Cotillard, 10-year-old Marcel, may appear. Zlatan will play an antivirus character, “Caesar’s favorite centurion. At first it was called Abribus, but we called it an antivirus because we expect it and it is slowly becoming a vaccine! It’s Johann’s idea, Baiada, co-producer. Does!“

Among the guests will be Frank Gastambid. When asked by us about this experience, anyone who has just been on Netflix without a break is convinced:

First, I was very happy that Guillaume Can offered it to me. I was not entirely sure that Gio knew who I was or knew what I was doing, and in fact I was completely wrong about him.

And to find out:I’m playing a pirate leader and it’s an incredible adventure. The work of Guillaume Cané has already impressed me a lot, but I’m even more so because I saw this huge boat he had been sailing for months and months. I am very happy to have been offered this and to be in the midst of this huge actor.”

Then Frank Gastambid concluded on an exciting note for all fans of the most famous Gallic duo: “I can not wait, but the noise from the corridor of the installation rooms is very, very positive.”

The release of Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Empire is scheduled for February 1, 2023.

When Guillaume Cane shaves his Gallic mustache to mark the end of filming …