Clive Owen Joins Luc Besson’s ‘Valerian’

50 year old British actor Clive Owen has joined Luc Besson’s latest sci-fi film Valerian and will play Commander Arün Filitt.

The actor, whose role in the critically acclaimed period drama The Knick has dramatically increased his stock as a performer, will join Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne who will play the title character Valerian and his companion Laureline respectively.

The movie will be an adaptation of a famous French comic strip of the same name and will be financed, produced and distributed by Besson’s Europacorp.

Besson announced the news via his Instagram:

After #danedehaan and #caradelevigne I’m proud to announce to you that mister Clive Owen is part of the Valerian adventure!!! I’m soooo happy.😊

A photo posted by @lucbesson on Aug 19, 2015 at 12:59pm PDT