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First Look: Luc Besson's Adele Blanc-Sec Starring Louise Bourgoin

by Alex Billington
November 27, 2009
Source: SlashFilm

Even though a few years back Luc Besson said he was no longer going to direct, he's back behind the lens, directing once again (and not just sequels to Arthur and the Minimoys). The project he chose is one called Les Aventures Extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec, or Adele Blanc-Sec for short, based on a series of French comic books from the 1970s. Apparently he's already finished shooting and is in post-production on the project, aiming for a release in France next April. It's described as a "a little bit Indiana Jones, a little bit Tintin and a little bit Hellboy" and thankfully SlashFilm has discovered the first few new photos from it.

At the request of Europacorp, we have been asked to remove the photos. Sorry guys! Stay tuned for more updates on this project though, as we'll be keeping our eye on it!

The new photo at the top comes from one of the covers of the comic book series that this film is based on via the French site Geek de lecture.

The story is about Adele Blanc-Sec (played by Louise Bourgoin), an "an intrepid young reporter" who will go to any lengths to achieve her aims, including sailing to Egypt to tackle mummies of all shapes and sizes. The odd thing is that IMDb calls this an animated movie "set in the early party of the 20th century and focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions." It's obviously not animated, so I'm not sure why they think it is. And I don't know who this girl is, but she's gorgeous, and if she's an Indiana Jones-like adventurist, then I really can't wait to see this one. Thoughts?

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xerxex

looks good. louise bourgoin seems to fit perfectly.
http://www.superliminal.wordpress.com N

Looks interesting...
http://www.myspace.com/recklessyouthdivision Mario G.

wow for a second i thought that was fran dressher aka the nanny(lol)
samuel j

#3 i thought the exact same thing. funny
lo

It's based on a fabulous French comic book, very dark and surreal, I wouldn't compare it to Indiana Jones, rather more to The Avengers if they were French and sent in the 1920's if it makes sense
Andy

About time Besson stepped behind the camera again.
wm

is that Mr. Oldman in the last photo? He da man!
dee

Looking forward to seeing Oldman do some more over the top acting with Besson.
Andy

That isn't Gary Oldman. He's not listed as remotely appearing in this movie.
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2408/blackbabyjesus.gif Crapola

This looks great, the graphic novels look good too, I think I'll look em up.
Cineprog

But will it have world wide Release and just not banished to I F C ? is French with subtitles or English i shall look forward to hereing more about this film.
Sylvain (from Paris)

Louise Bourgoin started as a weather forecast girl on Canal+, a TV network and major movie producer in France. As a "Miss Météo," she was doing a silly presentation of the weather forecast lasting 3 minutes each day, from september 2006 to june 2008. After her experience with television, she got parts in two movies: "Anne Fontaine's "La Fille de Monaco," and Laurent Tirard's "Le Petit Nicolas." Too bad that "Les Aventures Extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec" is directed by Luc Besson. If he showed a certain talent 20 years ago with his first movies, it's a long time now that everything he produces or directs sucks, from his terrible "Taxi" series to his his last "minishits." Let's hope he wakes up with this movie.
http://www.firstshowing.net Alex Billington

#12 - I agree, Besson better kick some ass with this. I've still got faith in him. And as for Louise Bourgoin, I haven't seen any of her weather appearances, but I'm definitely looking forward to seeing her in this based on these photos alone.
Dan

She's cute.
Binx Bolling

Alex, about the "animation", I guess it's a mistake from the French production team. As Adèle will have a lof of VFX and CGI sequences that will be produced by BUF (www.buf.com), they must have thought as it's computer-animated, it's animation in a way.... but I guess, it's just French guys struggling with their English So far, anyway, the film looks good on these pistures! Amélie Poulain meets Indiana Jones... as Luc Besson says it in this french-speaking video: http://videos.tf1.fr/jt-we/les-images-volees-du-tournage-d-adele-blanc-sec-5535841.html The comic book is a cult classic for Comic fans! Hope Besson will be faithful to it...
Sylvain (from Paris)

Luc Besson goes round in circles if as he says, as quoted by Alex Billington "Amélie Poulain meets Indiana Jones." The opening sequence of "The Fifth Element" was already inspired by "Raiders of the Lost ArK". It seems, from the footage shown on French television TF1, that the characters created by Tardi are transposed to the screen with great respect of the original comic strip. And Louise Bourgoin, with her natural energy and spirit, seems very convincing and will no doubt will put the fade and naive Audrey Tautou on the sideway of cinematograph business for a long time.
Florian PASCAL

I love her, she was so funny on canal+. Looking forward to see her in this luc besson film !!!