Despite the failure of Asterix's last cinematic adventure under the direction of Guillaume Canet, the most famous of the Gauls will be entitled to a new opus on the big screen. So, after the director of Little White Lies and the excellent Alain Chabat with his cult classic Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, it is another big name in French humor who is tipped to be the director.
The Middle Kingdom, the Asterix adventure at the cinema that did not win over the public
It is clear that Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom will not remain in the annals of French cinema. It must be said that after Alain Chabat's Mission Cleopatra and its many iconic lines, it's not easy to compete. Guillaume Canet's film, which also starred the famous Gaul alongside Gilles Lellouche as Obelix, failed to win over critics and was a financial failure. As a reminder, the production cost €65 million but only attracted 4.6 million spectators in French theaters and 2 million more in the European market.
Despite everything, Hachette Livres and Pathé are not having any problems, as they are already thinking about proposing a cinematic sequel to the Gaul imagined by Uderzo and Gosciny. Indeed, according to information from Closer, a new Asterix film is in the pipeline. And a director is already the focus of attention. A name well-known to Canal+ subscribers and fans of schoolboy humor.
Alain Chabat's worthy successor for the next Asterix film adventure
Indeed, comedian and actor Jonathan Cohen has reportedly been approached to direct this new installment of the adventures of Asterix. If the information were to be confirmed, this would be his first film appearance. He directed the comedy series La Flamme and Le Torcheau, and appeared on the big screen in the latest Asterix film as Graindemaïs, but never attempted to direct a feature film.
For its part, Canal+, when questioned by our colleagues at Le Parisien, declined to confirm the information. The group only stated that an "advanced project for a sixth installment of the Asterix and Obelix saga with Jonathan Cohen directing" was in development, "but nothing has been signed."
Other names are circulating for the direction of this next opus, such as Fabien Onteniente or Artus, who had a hit with his film A Little Extra Thing. Now, we must hope that Canal finds a worthy successor to Alain Chabat, who also had a great success with his animated mini-series Asterix & Obelix: The Battle of the Chiefs on Netflix. And between us, Jonathan Cohen is in pole position.
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