The most famous of the Gauls will return to the cinema. After two animated films directed by Alexandre Astier, the actor and director Guillaume Canet will realize the next part of the adventures of Asterix and Obelix, Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom , said Pathé, Monday, in a statement .
@PatheFilms official release: @guillaumecanet will do the next @asterixofficiel at the cinema! Its title: "Asterix and Obelix the middle empire". Filming will begin in Spring 2020. pic.twitter.com/tOHC4Zo7iU
- Mathieu Charrier (@MaTCharrier) October 28, 2019If the characters will remain obviously those imagined by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, the scenario will not be taken from an album, but written by Philippe Mechelen, and Julien Hervé, co-writers of Tuches 2 and 3, with whom the director of film The handkerchiefs will co-sign the adaptation and the dialogues. The day before, Guillaume Canet had posted on Instagram a photo showing him posing alongside figurines of the two famous heroes.
The filming scheduled for spring 2020
Filming is scheduled for spring 2020, says Pathé. No information has yet been released about the casting of this new film. Still on Instagram, Guillaume Canet posted two shots showing him disguised as Asterix, along with his accomplice Gilles Lellouche disguised as Obelix. There is no indication, however, that the duo truly embodies the two heroes on screen.
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In previous films, Obélix had always been played by Gérard Depardieu, first in duet with Christian Clavier in the first two films, then with Clovis Cornillac and finally Edouard Baer, during the last opus directed in real shooting, Asterix and Obelix: In the Service of His Majesty , released in 2012.