Not everyone knows Luc Besson by name, store but it’s safe to say that most people have seen at least one of his many films. La Femme Nikita, view  Leon: The Professional, The Transporter, Taken, The Fifth Element and most recently, last year’s Lucy, all hail from the French writer-director-producer. And for his next film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Besson will once again return to his science fiction roots.

Based on the award-winning 1967 French graphic novel Valérian and Laureline, Besson’s next project follows Valerian and his red-haired companion Laureline as they travel the universe through space and time. Dane DeHaan (Chronicle, The Amazing Spider-Man 2) and Cara Delevingne (Paper Towns, Suicide Squad) are already attached to …

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