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* TheWikiRule: [[http://valerian-and-the-city-of-a-thousand-planets.wikia.com/wiki/Valerian_and_Laureline_Wiki The Valerian Wiki]].
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* StarDerailingRole: Creator/DaneDeHaan and Creator/CaraDelevingne were both reeling from the lackluster reception their previous high-profile blockbusters, ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' for [=DeHaan=] and ''{{Film/Suicide Squad|2016}}'' for Delevingne, received before they headlined this film in a badly botched comeback attempt. When it bombed, their hype fell along with it. [=DeHaan=] retreated to television afterwards while Delevingne refocused on her modeling career.

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* StarDerailingRole: Creator/DaneDeHaan and Creator/CaraDelevingne were both reeling from the lackluster reception their previous high-profile blockbusters, ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' for [=DeHaan=] and ''{{Film/Suicide Squad|2016}}'' for Delevingne, received before they headlined this film in a badly botched comeback attempt. When it bombed, their hype fell along sunk with it. [=DeHaan=] retreated retreating to television afterwards while Delevingne refocused on her modeling career.
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* StarDerailingRole: This film suffered from middling reviews and even worse box office returns in 2017, damaging its two leads' careers. Creator/DaneDeHaan and Creator/CaraDelevingne were both reeling from the lackluster reception their most recent high-profile blockbusters, ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' for [=DeHaan=] and ''[[Film/SuicideSquad2016 Suicide Squad]]'' for Delevingne, got before they were cast in this film in a botched comeback attempt. When it bombed, their hype fell along with it. [=DeHaan=] retreated to television afterwards while Delevingne refocused on her modeling career.

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* StarDerailingRole: This film suffered from middling reviews and even worse box office returns in 2017, damaging its two leads' careers. Creator/DaneDeHaan and Creator/CaraDelevingne were both reeling from the lackluster reception their most recent previous high-profile blockbusters, ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' for [=DeHaan=] and ''[[Film/SuicideSquad2016 Suicide Squad]]'' ''{{Film/Suicide Squad|2016}}'' for Delevingne, got received before they were cast in headlined this film in a badly botched comeback attempt. When it bombed, their hype fell along with it. [=DeHaan=] retreated to television afterwards while Delevingne refocused on her modeling career.
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* StarDerailingRole: This film suffered from middling reviews and even worse box office returns in 2017, damaging its two leads' careers. Creator/DaneDeHaan and Creator/CaraDelevingne were both reeling from the lackluster reception their most recent high-profile blockbusters, ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' for [=DeHaan=] and ''[[Film/SuicideSquad2016 Suicide Squad]]'' for Delevingne, got before they were cast in this film in a botched comeback attempt. When it bombed, their hype fell along with it. [=DeHaan=] retreated to television afterwards while Delevingne refocused on her modeling career.
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* RealLifeRelative: In the Italian dub, brothers Oreste and Nanni Baldini respectively voice Jolly and Thaziit.

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* RealLifeRelative: In the Italian dub, brothers Oreste and Nanni Baldini Creator/NanniBaldini respectively voice Jolly and Thaziit.
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* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: As normally is done in France, Alain Chabat (Bob), Pauline Hoarau (Aloï), Marilhéa Peillard (Tsûuri), Ola Rapace (Gibson), Stefan Konarske (Zito) and Peter Hudson (Crawford) re-dub their characters for the French release.

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* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: As normally is done in France, Alain Chabat (Bob), Pauline Hoarau (Aloï), Marilhéa Peillard (Tsûuri), Ola Rapace (Gibson), Stefan Konarske (Zito) and Peter Hudson (Crawford) re-dub reprised their characters roles for the French release.dub.
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** The French dub features Canadian actor/director Xavier Dolan as Valérian and French singer-songwriter/actress Stéphanie "Soko" Sokolinski as Laureline.

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** The French dub features Canadian actor/director Xavier Dolan Creator/XavierDolan as Valérian and French singer-songwriter/actress Stéphanie "Soko" Sokolinski as Laureline.
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* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as Creator/EuropaCorp's deputy CEO. The company has since gone into debt. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years. Besson meanwhile is attempting a CareerResurrection with ''Dogman'', which he will start to film in spring 2022.

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* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as Creator/EuropaCorp's deputy CEO. The company has since gone into debt. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson Creator/LucBesson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years. Besson meanwhile is attempting a CareerResurrection with ''Dogman'', which he will start to film in spring 2022.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: It had an estimated $177,200,000 budget and managed $224,600,000 in international box office totals. Notably, news publications were calling it a bomb in its ''first week of release'', and its later numbers unfortunately didn't improve from there. It earned a dismal $40.5 million at the US box office.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: It had an estimated $177,200,000 budget and managed $224,600,000 in international box office totals. Notably, news publications were calling it a bomb in its ''first week of release'', and its later numbers unfortunately didn't improve from there. It there, and it earned a dismal $40.5 million at the US box office.



* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as Creator/EuropaCorp's deputy CEO. The company has since gone into debt. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years. As of 2021, Besson himself doesn't have any directing project in the foreseeable future after ''Film/{{Anna}}'' (which was a much lower budget immediately scheduled to film after ''Valerian''), the box office failure of which didn't help matters.

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* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as Creator/EuropaCorp's deputy CEO. The company has since gone into debt. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years. As of 2021, Besson himself doesn't have any directing project in the foreseeable future after ''Film/{{Anna}}'' (which was meanwhile is attempting a much lower budget immediately scheduled CareerResurrection with ''Dogman'', which he will start to film after ''Valerian''), the box office failure of which didn't help matters.in spring 2022.
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** Rodolfo Bianchi directed the the Italian dub and voiced the President of the World State Federation.

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** Rodolfo Bianchi directed the the Italian dub and voiced the President of the World State Federation.
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* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: As normally is done in France, Alain Chabat (Bob), Pauline Hoarau (Aloï), Marilhéa Peillard (Tsûuri), Ola Rapace (Gibson), Stefan Konarske (Zito) and Peter Hudson (Crawford) re-dub their characters for the French dub.

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* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: As normally is done in France, Alain Chabat (Bob), Pauline Hoarau (Aloï), Marilhéa Peillard (Tsûuri), Ola Rapace (Gibson), Stefan Konarske (Zito) and Peter Hudson (Crawford) re-dub their characters for the French dub.release.
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* RealLifeRelative: In the Italian dub, brothers Oreste and Nanni Baldini respectively voice Jolly and Thaziit.

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* DirectedByCastMember: The Latin American Spanish dub was directed by Gerardo García, who also dubbed Guide Thaziit.

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The Latin American Spanish dub was directed by Gerardo García, who also dubbed Guide Thaziit.Thaziit.
** Rodolfo Bianchi directed the the Italian dub and voiced the President of the World State Federation.
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* ProducedByCastMember: Besides producing the Latin American Spanish dub, Magdalena "Nanny" Questa was one of the additional voices.
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* DirectedByCastMember: The Latin American Spanish dub was directed by Gerardo García, who also dubbed Guide Thaziit.

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* CelebrityVoiceActor: The French dub features Canadian actor/director Xavier Dolan as Valérian and French singer-songwriter/actress Stéphanie "Soko" Sokolinski as Laureline.

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The French dub features Canadian actor/director Xavier Dolan as Valérian and French singer-songwriter/actress Stéphanie "Soko" Sokolinski as Laureline.Laureline.
** In the Japanese dub, Bubble's human form is voiced by comedienne Yuriyan Retriever and the Doghan Daguis are voiced by members of the folk rock band the Alfee.
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* CelebrityVoiceActor: The French dub features Canadian actor/director Xavier Dolan as Valérian and French singer-songwriter/actress Stéphanie "Soko" Sokolinski as Laureline.


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* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: As normally is done in France, Alain Chabat (Bob), Pauline Hoarau (Aloï), Marilhéa Peillard (Tsûuri), Ola Rapace (Gibson), Stefan Konarske (Zito) and Peter Hudson (Crawford) re-dub their characters for the French dub.
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* MilestoneCelebration: The film's release coincided with the 50th anniversary of the original comic.
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* CrossRegionalVoiceActing: Voice actors from Paris (Barbara Webber Schaff[[labelnote:*]]Empress Aloi[[/labelnote]], Lee Delong[[labelnote:*]]Tsuuri[[/labelnote]], Chloé Hollings[[labelnote:*]]The computer voice[[/labelnote]] and Elizabeth Debicki[[labelnote:*]]Emperor Haban Lima&iuml[[/labelnote]]) and America (Creator/JohnGoodman[[labelnote:*]]Iron Siruss[[/labelnote]], Creator/RobbieRist and Christopher Swindle[[labelnote:*]]both as Doghan Daguis[[/labelnote]]) were used for the film.

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* CrossRegionalVoiceActing: Voice actors from Paris (Barbara Webber Schaff[[labelnote:*]]Empress Aloi[[/labelnote]], Lee Delong[[labelnote:*]]Tsuuri[[/labelnote]], Chloé Hollings[[labelnote:*]]The computer voice[[/labelnote]] and Elizabeth Debicki[[labelnote:*]]Emperor Haban Lima&iuml[[/labelnote]]) Limaï[[/labelnote]]) and America (Creator/JohnGoodman[[labelnote:*]]Iron Siruss[[/labelnote]], Creator/RobbieRist and Christopher Swindle[[labelnote:*]]both as Doghan Daguis[[/labelnote]]) were used for the film.
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* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as Creator/EuropaCorp's deputy CEO. The company is deeply in debts since. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years. As of 2021, Besson himself doesn't have any directing project in the foreseeable future after ''Film/{{Anna}}'' (which was a much lower budget immediately scheduled to film after ''Valerian''), the box office failure of which didn't help matters.

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* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as Creator/EuropaCorp's deputy CEO. The company is deeply in debts since.has since gone into debt. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years. As of 2021, Besson himself doesn't have any directing project in the foreseeable future after ''Film/{{Anna}}'' (which was a much lower budget immediately scheduled to film after ''Valerian''), the box office failure of which didn't help matters.
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* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as Creator/EuropaCorp's deputy CEO. The company is deeply in debts since and hasn't recovered yet. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years. As of 2021, Besson himself doesn't have any directing project in the foreseeable future after ''Film/{{Anna}}'' (which was a much lower budget immediately scheduled to film after ''Valerian''), the box office failure of which didn't help matters.

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* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as Creator/EuropaCorp's deputy CEO. The company is deeply in debts since and hasn't recovered yet.since. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years. As of 2021, Besson himself doesn't have any directing project in the foreseeable future after ''Film/{{Anna}}'' (which was a much lower budget immediately scheduled to film after ''Valerian''), the box office failure of which didn't help matters.
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* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as Creator/EuropaCorp's deputy CEO. The company is deeply in debts since and hasn't recovered yet. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years. Besson himself doesn't have any directing project in the foreseeable future after ''Film/{{Anna}}'' (which was a much lower budget immediately scheduled to film after ''Valerian''), the box office failure of which didn't help matters.

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* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as Creator/EuropaCorp's deputy CEO. The company is deeply in debts since and hasn't recovered yet. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years. As of 2021, Besson himself doesn't have any directing project in the foreseeable future after ''Film/{{Anna}}'' (which was a much lower budget immediately scheduled to film after ''Valerian''), the box office failure of which didn't help matters.
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* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as [=EuropaCorp=]'s deputy CEO. The company is deeply in debts since and hasn't recovered yet. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years. Besson himself doesn't have any directing project in the foreseeable future after ''Film/{{Anna}}'' (which was a much lower budget immediately scheduled to film after ''Valerian''), the box office failure of which didn't help matters.

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* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as [=EuropaCorp=]'s Creator/EuropaCorp's deputy CEO. The company is deeply in debts since and hasn't recovered yet. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years. Besson himself doesn't have any directing project in the foreseeable future after ''Film/{{Anna}}'' (which was a much lower budget immediately scheduled to film after ''Valerian''), the box office failure of which didn't help matters.

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* ActorAllusion:
** Director allusion - Valerian and Igon Siruss quote the famous "I will find you" line from ''{{Film/Taken}}'' - which was written by Creator/LucBesson.
** Laureline tells the commanding operative "nice hat" before the mission, recreating an exchange from ''Film/TheFifthElement'' between Corben Dallas and a would-be mugger.



* PromotedFanboy: Rutger Hauer's presence in the movie results in this for Luc Besson - who is a huge fan of ''Film/BladeRunner''.

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* PromotedFanboy: Rutger Hauer's presence in the movie results in this for Luc Besson - -- who is a huge fan of ''Film/BladeRunner''.
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** Director allusion - Valerian and Igon Siruss quote the famous "I will find you" line from ''{{Film/Taken}}'' - which was written by Luc Besson.

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** Director allusion - Valerian and Igon Siruss quote the famous "I will find you" line from ''{{Film/Taken}}'' - which was written by Luc Besson.Creator/LucBesson.



* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as [=EuropaCorp=]'s deputy CEO. The company is deeply in debts since and hasn't recovered yet. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years.

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* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as [=EuropaCorp=]'s deputy CEO. The company is deeply in debts since and hasn't recovered yet. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years. Besson himself doesn't have any directing project in the foreseeable future after ''Film/{{Anna}}'' (which was a much lower budget immediately scheduled to film after ''Valerian''), the box office failure of which didn't help matters.
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* CrossRegionalVoiceActing: Voice actors from Paris (Barbara Webber Schaff[[labelnote:*]]Empress Aloi[[/labelnote]], Lee Delong[[labelnote:*]]Tsuuri[[/labelnote]], Chloé Hollings[[labelnote:*]]The computer voice[[/labelnote]] and Elizabeth Debicki[[labelnote:*]]Emperor Haban Lima&iuml[[/labelnote]]) and America (Creator/JohnGoodman[[labelnote:*]]Iron Siruss[[/labelnote]], Creator/RobbieRist and Christopher Swindle[[labelnote:*]]both as Doghan Daguis[[/labelnote]]) were used for the film.
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* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as =[=EuropaCorp=]'s deputy CEO. The company is deeply in debts since and hasn't recovered yet. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years.

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* CreatorKiller: The film's catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as =[=EuropaCorp=]'s [=EuropaCorp=]'s deputy CEO. The company is deeply in debts since and hasn't recovered yet. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years.
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* CreatorKiller: The film's lackluster performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as [=EuropaCorp=]'s deputy CEO.

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* CreatorKiller: The film's lackluster catastrophic box office performance resulted in Edouard de Vesinne being ousted as [=EuropaCorp=]'s =[=EuropaCorp=]'s deputy CEO.CEO. The company is deeply in debts since and hasn't recovered yet. It was bought out in 2020 by Vine Alternative Investments and Besson is not a majority owner anymore, only retaining creative control on the future films for five years.

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