Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: all the trailers and commentary from Luc Besson’s sci-fi flick

The French comics behind Luc Besson’s Valerian imagine a messy, exciting future

Valérian et Laureline helped inspire the science-fiction landscape we’re familiar with

By Andrew Liptak and Shannon Liao

Before Valerian was an outrageous movie, it was an odd, ambitious anime

And 40 episodes are currently streaming online

By Megan Farokhmanesh

Valerian is The Fifth Element’s perfect spiritual successor

It’s another cult classic in the making

By Megan Farokhmanesh

Valerian is the ultimate argument in favor of CGI

Old-school practical effects are getting all the praise lately, but ambitious worlds like Besson’s require the new technology

By Charles Bramesco

How close are we to building Valerian’s virtual Big Market?

Current virtual-reality technology is ready in some ways, but limited in others

By Tasha Robinson, Natt Garun and 1 more

Director Luc Besson on designing his wild space opera Valerian, and why he’s tired of superhero movies

And the tragedy of waiting a week for two pages of comics

By Bryan Bishop

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a fan project, in the best and worst ways

Luc Besson is in love with the world of Valerian — but not the characters

By Adi Robertson

39 science fiction, fantasy, and horror books to read this June

Military science fiction, gods, and space operas

By Andrew Liptak

Watch the new trailer for Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

By Andrew Liptak and Chaim Gartenberg

The first trailer for Luc Besson’s Valerian promises a dazzling space opera romp

By Andrew Liptak

Luc Besson’s next movie is his biggest sci-fi film since The Fifth Element

By Jacob Kastrenakes