SEE COLOURFUL CHARACTER POSTERS FOR ASTERIX AND OBELIX: THE MIDDLE KINGDOM EPIC ADVENTURE WITH GUILLAUME CANET, GILLES LELLOUCHE, VINCENT CASSEL, MARION COTILLARD

  ASTERIX AND OBELIX  

THE MIDDLE KINGDOM POSTERS

The movie arrives February 1st

Pathe Films has released a new trailer and a massive bunch of colourful character posters for a new sequel in the ASTERIX AND OBELIX franchise, this time titled THE MIDDLE KINGDOM and arriving to cinemas next February with Guillaume Canet, Gilles Lellouche, Marion Cotillard and Vincent Cassel in the lead roles! This family comedy adventure is of course based on the world's most beloved series of comics by Goscinny and Uderzo. Guillaume Canet has also directed the movie beside taking the lead role of the bravest little Gaul! The fifth installment in the Asterix and Obelix movie franchise comes eleven years after Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia which had different actors in the lead roles with Gerard Depardieu then playing Obelix, a role now taken by Gilles Lellouche in an effort to reboot the series. It is also the first film in the franchise in which the story will not be directly adapted from one of the comic book albums. You can check out the new English language trailer below as well!

 

IT'S THE YEAR 50 BC

The Empress of China has just been imprisoned following a coup d’état incited by Deng Tsin Qin, a traitorous prince. Helped by Finalthesis, the Phoenician merchant, and her faithful bodyguard Mai Wei, the Empress’ only daughter Princess Sass-Yi flees to Gaul to ask for help from two valiant warriors Asterix and Obelix, who are endowed with superhuman strength thanks to their magic potion. Our two inseparable heroes gladly accept to help the Princess save her mother and free her country. And thus begins a great voyage and adventure on the road to China. But Caesar and his powerful army, thirsty for a new conquest, are also heading toward the Middle Kingdom.

WHO IS OFF TO CHINA?

The film that was shot in France (instead of China where it was originally supposed to be shot before the Covid outbreak) has a massive cast: Guillaume Canet as Asterix, Gilles Lellouche as Obelix, Vincent Cassel as Julius Caesar, Marion Cotillard as Cleopatra, Jason Chicandier as Unhygienix, Jonathan Cohen as Graindemais, Ramzy Bedia as Epidemais, Leanna Chea as Tat Han, Julie Chen as Princess Fu Yi, Linh-Dan Pham as the Empress of China, José Garcia as Biopix, Bun Hay Mean as Deng Tsin Qin, Manu Payet as Ri Qi Qi, Tran Vu Tran as Prince Du Deng, Pierre Richard as Getafix, Zlatan Ibrahimović as Caius Antivirus, Philippe Katerine as Cacofonix, Jérôme Commandeur as Vitalstatistix, Angèle as Panacea, Matthieu Chedid as Remix!