After Asterix and Obelix: Cleopatra mission, Alain Chabat is back to make us laugh. If we knew from March 2021 that the director would adapt the new adventures of the heroes imagined by René Goscinny, now we have some details on the evolution of this highly anticipated project.
A new anime series after Have you ever seen… ?
On the eve of the theatrical release of Asterix and Obelix: Empire of Half and its delirious cast, we want to know more about this new project by Alain Chabat, 21 years after the release ofAsterix and Obelix: Cleopatra missionthe film 14 million cumulative attendance.
Indeed, the French comedian, actor and director is preparing a new adaptation of a comic Asterix published in 1966, The Battle of the Chiefs. Validated by the Hachette publishing house, this Netflix series will take the form of five thirty-minute episodes, made in 3D animation. In June 2022, Alain Chabat revealed a Female version :
“It’s exciting, because it allows me to really immerse myself in the world of animation and to collaborate again in particular with Benoît Oullion, with whom I wrote the sketches for “Hamburger Quiz”And Piano (Pierre-Alain Bloch), with whom I created the miniseries ‘Have you ever seen… ?’ »
new characters
How is the production of the series? Guest on the set of Your turn in October 2022, Alain Chabat revealed it the writing of the episodes was finished. The next step was to imagine images iconic characters like Asterix and Obelix, but also to create new protagonists. Assuring ” be in it », explained Alain Chabat:
” The characters, find the images of the characters so that of course we recognize Asterix, Obelix and all the gang. There are new characters to create. The sets, everything. »
If the cartoon stays true to the 1966 album, it should follow the adventures of the Gauls when Getafix loses memory (and magic potion recipe) after receiving a menhir thrown by Obélix on the head. A particularly disastrous oversight as, at the same time, Abraracourcix, the village chief, is challenged by a rival leader.
Waiting to know the release date of the series, go to theaters this Wednesday February 1 to discover Asterix and Obelix: The Empire of Half !
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Source: Madmoizelle
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