Together with his much larger best friend Obelix and dog Dogmatix, the intrepid trio enjoys adventures that almost always involve outwitting Roman legionnaires.
The character is a small-statured, large moustachioed warrior who hails from the Roman-occupied land of ancient Gaul in the year 50 BC. Created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, the latter of whom sadly passed away just last year, Asterix comic books have sold more than 370 million volumes worldwide and have spawned a total of 15 animated and live-action movies, as well as an Asterix theme park. "I'm thrilled that Alain Chabat is coming back to Asterix for the first time since then, and that it's on Netflix," wrote Dominique Bazay, director, original animation at Netflix, in a blog post on Wednesday.Īsterix first debuted in the French magazine Pilote back in 1959, and since then the stout Gaulish warrior has become an icon in French popular culture and remains one of the most recognized comic book characters in the world.
ASTERIX FILMS MOVIE
Released in 2002, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra was huge critical success, as well as a major box office success in France, becoming its most successful movie in 36 years.
ASTERIX FILMS SERIES
The popular streaming service has teamed up with French publisher Hachette's Les Editions Albert René to produce a French-language limited series based on the classic graphic novels, with the new Asterix & Obelix show set to be based on the arc Asterix and the Big Fight, which was first published back in 1964.ĭirector of the live-action movie Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, Alain Chabat, is on board to direct the limited series, which Alain Goldman of Legende Films will produce. Sadly, Beckham’s other big film role was not as impressive.Netflix has now given a series order for a new animated series based on the beloved comic book Asterix & Obelix. Having mocked his voice mercilessly in the first film, Deadpool turns up to Beckham’s house to apologise in the sequel. To be fair, one of the greatest self-portrayals has to go to David Beckham, who plays a bemused version of himself in the trailer for Deadpool 2. Jackson and Vin Diesel, in xXx: Return of Xander Cage. George Best played himself in Cup Fever, while Neymar also landed a role as himself, alongside giants like Samuel L. The most famous of these is Man United legend, Eric Cantona, who starred in Ken Loach’s fanciful drama Finding Eric. More often we find football players appearing as themselves. Chelsea’s Frank LeBoeuf was not only part of a world cup winning side, but also an Oscar-winning movie, The Theory of Everything, but his role was far smaller in the latter. Stan Collymore did get to fool around with Sharon Stone in the pre-credits sequence of Basic Instinct 2, but by the time the titles were over, he was more victim than victor. (Although contrary to popular belief, he didn’t get to repeat this in Deadpool 2, as the character was entirely CGI and voiced by Ryan Reynolds).įew others have been able to replicate Jones’s success, however, although many have tried.
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