John Goodman has reportedly joined the cast of Luc Besson’s new film ‘Valerian and The City of A Thousand Planets’.
According to The Wrap, the 62-year-old actor will be voicing an alien in the upcoming sci-fi flick based on the series of French comics created by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézière in 1967 about a time-travelling agent called Valerian and his female sidekick Laureline.
Goodman joins a star-studded cast which currently includes Rihanna, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Dane DeHaan and Ethan Hawke.
DeHaan is playing the lead role with Delevingne taking on the part of Laureline; Owen has been confirmed to be playing the character Commander Arün Filitt, while it is not yet known who Hawke and Rihanna will portray.
It is rumoured the movie will contain very few human characters and will instead focus on extraterrestrials and strange worlds.
‘Valerian and The City of A Thousand Planets’ has a $180 million budget and it is due to start shooting in January with a scheduled July 2017 release date.
Goodman can currently be seen in ‘Christmas With The Coopers’ – which is out now – and then in in ‘Trumbo’, which hits cinemas on February 5.
John Goodman to star in Valerian and The City of A Thousand Planets
