Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
- Release Date
- July 21, 2017
- Director
- Luc Besson
- Cast
- Cara Delevingne , Ethan Hawke , Clive Owen , Dane DeHaan , Rihanna , John Goodman
- Runtime
- 136 minutes
- Writers
- Pierre Christin , Jean-Claude Mézières , Luc Besson
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