Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a 2017 English-language Action Adventure motion picture written and directed by Luc Besson and produced by Luc Besson and Virginie Besson-silla under the banner of EuropaCorp in collaboration with TF1 Films Production, Fundamental Films, BNP Paribas, Orange Studio, Novo Pictures, River Road Entertainment and Belga Films Fund. In the Century XXVIII, the space station Alpha is a city where beings from different planets live together exchanging their knowledge and culture. Peace is granted by a human force, including Major Valerian and his partner Sergeant Laureline. They are assigned by the Defence Minister to retrieve the last species of converter in a dangerous mission. They succeed and back to Alpha, unknown humanoids abduct Commander Arun Filitt expecting to steal the converter. They head to a forbidden area that is infected but Valerian and Laureline follow them and disclose a hidden secret about the race and the infected area. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Valerian and the city of a thousand planets features Dane Dehaan in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu and Rutger Hauer. The screenplay is written by Luc Besson which is inspired from Val rian and Laureline by Pierre Christin Jean-Claude M zi res. The music was composed by Venice Golden Lion winner Alexandre Desplat. Cinematography was done by Thierry Arbogast and editing by Julien Rey. The film has a running time of 137 minutes. It was released on 20th July 2017. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was made on a budget of $177 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $225 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by EuropaCorp Distribution.