--- title: Luc Besson to Make Sci-Fi Movie With Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan description: Cara Delevingne continues to plot her Hollywood takeover canonical: https://time.com/3855650/luc-besson-cara-delevingne-and-dane-dehaan/ author: Esther Zuckerman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-12T17:29:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:07:59.918Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Luc Besson to Make Sci-Fi Movie With Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan og:description: Cara Delevingne continues to plot her Hollywood takeover og:url: https://time.com/3855650/luc-besson-cara-delevingne-and-dane-dehaan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Luc Besson to Make Sci-Fi Movie With Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan twitter:description: Cara Delevingne continues to plot her Hollywood takeover twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Luc Besson Is Making a Sci-Fi Movie Starring Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan by [Esther Zuckerman](/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 12, 2015 5:29 PM CUT by [Esther Zuckerman](/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 12, 2015 5:29 PM CUT Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan are making what Luc Besson describes as a “big sci-fi” film with the _Lucy_ director. Besson announced the movie, _Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets_, and the casting via Twitter: > [](https://twitter.com/lucbesson/status/598140621786779649) > [](https://twitter.com/lucbesson/status/598140891048488960) > [](https://twitter.com/lucbesson/status/598141216597741569) According [to _The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/luc-besson-teams-dane-dehaan-794990?utm%5Fsource=Sailthru&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=hollywoodreporter%5Fbreakingnews&utm%5Fcampaign=THR%20Breaking%20News%5Fnow%5F2015-05-12%2008%3A30%3A38%5Fehayden "undefined"), DeHaan will play Valerian, while Delevingne is set to play the character Laureline. The news signals the continued ascent of model Delevingne, who stars in this summer’s John Green adaptation, _Paper Towns_, and the upcoming DC movie, _Suicide Squad_. Besson has been attached to tackle _Valerian_ for a while now: In 2012 _Variety_ [reported](http://variety.com/2012/film/news/luc-besson-to-write-direct-valerian-adaptation-1118056115/ "undefined") that Besson, a “longtime fan” of the series created by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mezieres [in 1967](http://www.dargaud.com/bd/Valerian/Valerian "undefined"), was working on the project. According to _Variety_, _Valerian_ Mezieres served as a “conceptual designer” on Besson’s _The Fifth Element_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3855650/luc-besson-cara-delevingne-and-dane-dehaan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3855650/luc-besson-cara-delevingne-and-dane-dehaan/"},"headline":"Luc Besson Is Making a Sci-Fi Movie Starring Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan","datePublished":"2015-05-12T17:29:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:07:59.918Z","description":"Cara Delevingne continues to plot her Hollywood takeover","url":"https://time.com/3855650/luc-besson-cara-delevingne-and-dane-dehaan/","keywords":["movies","Cara Delevingne"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Esther Zuckerman","jobTitle":"Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3855650/luc-besson-cara-delevingne-and-dane-dehaan/","name":"Luc Besson Is Making a Sci-Fi Movie Starring Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan"}}]}] ```