Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom

Year 50 b. C., the dictatorship of Dang Sin Kuing devastates China after his Coup d'état. Before the vile prince prevailed on the throne, the Empress reigned, now imprisoned for the tyrant. Princess Fo Yong, daughter of the Empress, has a mission: to rescue her mother from the hands of the usurper. To fulfill her mission, the princess will have the help of her loyal escort Wang Tah. The bodyguard will not be the only help of the legitimate heiress, on the occasion of the rescue, Fo Yong escapes to the Gavia in search of the two most daring, strong and daring soldiers, Asterix and Obelix. They accept and from that moment begin an amazing trip to China full of new challenges for the group of adventurers. However, they are not the only ones who have a mission in the Middle Kingdom, Julius Caesar and his army are also heading to China, but with very different reasons than the group of rescuers.

'Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom' is the fifth live-action film in the 'Asterix and Obelix' franchise. In this film, the boundaries between the creative team and the cast are quite distorted, being able to see the cast members immersed in other tasks such as the scriptwriting of the film and vice versa. Guillaume Canet is in charge of directing, starring (Asterix) and co-scripting the film (together with Gilles Lellouche, Marion Cotillard, Vincent Cassel and A.C. Milan player Zlatan Ibrahimovi?). Lellouche will co-star in the film as Obelix, Cotillard will play Cleopatra, while Cassel will play Julius Caesar and Ibrahimovi? will play Antivirus.

• Adventure
• Comedy
• Family
• Asterix