First trailer for Luc Besson's 'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets' showcases a movie of epic proportions

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Here’s a trailer that we’ve been anticipating for a long time at Cinema Wave, Luc Besson’s upcoming sci-fi epic, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The Fifth Element director has been talking about this project for a long time and now we finally have our first glance at the film.

            Based on the French graphic novel, Valerian and Laureline, Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan star as special operatives for the government of the human territories charged with maintaining order throughout the universe. The trailer has a very strong Guardians of the Galaxy vibe and I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. The Beatles “Because” blares in the background of the intense sci-fi imagery and it is at least a good way to market the movie for fans of the same formula. As far as what we see in the teaser, we don’t get much in terms of story but the visual effects look great.

            Check out the first trailer below for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets! The film also stars Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, John Goodman and Herbie Hancock. Valerian opens everywhere on July 21^st, 2017.