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Beautiful Teaser Footage of "Valerian's" Floating Outer Space Mega-City
Concept designer Ben Mauro's vision comes to life
By Rain Noe - Jul 10
We're excited for the upcoming "Valerian" movie (which inspired "Star Wars" with little credit ever attributed). The official title of the movie is "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets," and in this eye-catching teaser footage, we get a look at said city, called Alpha, and an explanation of how this floating metropolis functions:
Props to concept designer Ben Mauro. Entertainment Weekly reports that he spent eight years doing the work for "Valerian," though on his website he claims it was "fulltime for the past couple years." Whichever length of time it was, the results look stunning.
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Enter a caption (optional)"Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" opens July 21st.
Rain Noe
Rain Noe is a writer and industrial designer based in New York City.
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