A month before the release of the film directed by Guillaume Canet, a new trailer for “Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Empire” tells us more.
[Mis à jour le 5 janvier 2023 à 11h49] More than a month before discovering a new adventure of the irreducible Gauls in the cinema. Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Empire, directed by Guillaume Canet, will be released in cinemas on February 1, 2023, opening the ball for big-budget French comedies for this new cinema year. A new trailer was unveiled this Thursday, January 5 and tells us more about the plot of this new episode
In “The Middle Kingdom”, Asterix and Obelix come to the aid to a Chinese princess to save her mother, the empress, overthrown following a coup d’etat. They will also have to face the armies of Caesar on their way. In the cast of this new film, a myriad of stars will parade on screen: Guillaume Canet and Gilles Lellouche embody the two heroes, opposite Marion Cotillard as Cleopatra and Vincent Cassel as Julius Caesar. We also find Jonathan Cohen, Ramzy Bedia, José Garcia, Manu Payet, Pierre-Richard, Philippe Katerine or even Angèle and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in this feature film. Check out the latest trailer below.
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The synopsis – In -50 BC, the Empress of China was imprisoned following a coup fomented by Deng Tsin Quin. Helped by Graindemaïs and her loyal warrior Tat Han, Princess Fu Yi flees to Gaul to ask Asterix and Obelix for help.. But Caesar, still thirsty for conquest, takes over the leadership of the Middle Empire…
- Guillaume Canet: Asterix
- Gilles Lellouche: Obelix
- Vincent Cassel : Caesar
- Jonathan Cohen: Graindemais
- Marion Cotillard: Cleopatra
- Ramzy Bedia: Epidemaïs
- Leanna Chea: Tathan
- Julie Chen as Princess Fu Yi
- Linh-dan Pham: The Empress
- Jose Garcia : Biopix
- Bun Hay Mean: Deng Tsin Qin
- Manu Payet: Ri Qi Qi
- Tran Vu Tran: Prince of Deng
- Pierre Richard: Getafix
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic : Anti-virus
- Philippe Katerine: Assurancetourix
- Jerome Commander: Abraracourcix
- Audrey Lamy: Bonemine
- Vincent Desagnat: Perfidus
- Franck Gastambide: Red Beard
- Issa Doumbia: Baba
- Laura FelpinCarioca
- Angela: Falbala
- Bigflo: Abdelmalix
- Oli: Toufix
- Orelsan: Titanix
- Mcfly: Radius
- Carlito: Ulna
- Thomas VDB: Sinus
- Marc Fraize: Plexus
- Yann Papin: Bus shelters
- Chicandier: Ordralfabetix
- M: Remix
The filming of Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom began in the spring of 2021, after a one-year postponement due to the health crisis linked to the coronavirus. An unknown time, the release date of Guillaume Canet’s film has finally been revealed: we will be able to discover the Chinese adventures of the irreducible Gauls on February 1, 2023.
What budget for the film?
An article by Variety published on January 18, 2020 announced that Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom should have a production budget of 65 million euros (over $72 million). The film will also be co-produced by Chinese investors. The budget, in the nails of previous Asterix and Obelix films, should allow, as producer Alain Attal announced in the American magazine, “to build a village, to stage gigantic battles with many extras, but also to ‘have a lot of special effects and, of course, a very high-profile cast and a few cameos’.
