[Film] Astérix et Obélix aux Jeux Olympiques (2008)

The third live action ‘Astérix’ film called ‘Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques’ (Astérix at the Olympic Games) will not only be the second most expensive French film ever made (after Besson’s The Fifth Element), it will also feature an ensemble that includes stars from as many as a year’s worth of releases -all in one film!


The first batch that was announced included Gérard Depardieu who returns as Obélix, Clovis Cornillac as the newly cast Astérix (taking over from Christian Clavier), Alain Delon as Julius Caesar, Benoît Poelvoorde as Julius’s son Brutus, Jean-Claude Van Damme as the Roman athlete Comedurus, local stars José Garcia and Dany Boon, Spanish star Santiago Segura and Bollywood Queen Aishwarya Rai. An already impressive line-up for any film not made by Robert Altman.


But that is not all, as several sports stars including Michael Shumacher, Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham have also signed up in what is likely to be a sports-heavy film, as well as a host of new, high profile talent including topmodel Gisele Bundchen as the Greek princess Isabella and French-Canadian actor Stéphane Rousseau (Les invasions barbares/The Barbarian Invasions) as the Gallic athlete Alafolix who vies with Brutus for Isabella’s hand and faces Schumacher’s Roman athlete in a chariot race. French actor Franck Dubosc (soon to be seen in Camping) has also been cast in an unspecified role. Rumours indicate that actresses Claudia Cardinale and Elsa Pataky are also in talks.


Filming will start on June 22 in Spain on a budget of €78 million and will last a stunning 20 weeks or almost five months. Previously announced director Frédéric Forestier will be officially assisted by co-screenwriter and producer Thomas Langmann, who will have a co-director credit. Langmann wrote the screenplay with Olivier Dazat, based on the famous comic book characters created by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny and the specific album of the same name.


Donc normallement le tournage a commencé le 22 ...
Avec un budget de 78 millions d'euros pour 5 mois de tournage : c'est le second film le plus cher du cinéma français après Le 5ème élément de Luc Besson ...
Dans cet article on ne parle pas de Monica mais dans un autre article parlant de Caminando, elle parle de ce film ... Il se pourrait donc qu'on la voit ... Je l'espère


La sortie est prévue pour 2008

alors c'ets pas officiel qu'elle tourne dans le film?
merci ^_^

elle n'apparait sur aucun casting pour le moment ...
en même temps micheal schumarer apparaît sur certains et par su d'autres ...
mais étant donné qu'elle en a parlé je pense qu'on aura le privilège de la voir dedans ...
de toute manière on ne sera fixé que vraiment à la fin du tournage lorsqu'on aura le casting complet ...
en même temps ce qui m'étonne c'est que le tournage a commencé depuis quelques jours en espagne ... on devrait peut être avoir quelques photos comme pour "The Inquiry"

ouai c un peu bizarre cet histoire mai bon attendon