When the Fifth Element was released with a lot of noise in 1997 I felt it was visually amazing but fairly vacant. I liked Luc Besson’s Nikita, and Léon especially, but felt his sci-fi venture was all flash and no heart.
Still, visually he achieved great success with it and some of the ideas I felt weren’t horrible, just poorly executed. His producing work – with The Transporter and Taken as examples – has been wonderful.
Now comes word via the French website Fantasy.fr that Besson has become inspired to once more tackle another science fiction project, thanks in no small part to the success of Avatar. In the article, Besson says that some of the tools he used for The Fifth Element were already outdated while they were making it, but has since become a proponent of digital technology thanks to the James Cameron epic
So now he’s assembling a new film he calls “Fifth Element to the 10th power”, which he is prepping for a 2011 pre-production start and a 2012 shooting date.
For the full story head over to the French site; just be sure to take a translator with you.
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Huh, wonder if it's based on one of the previously planned sequels to the 5th Element.
Fifth Element was amazing on all levels and had a lot of heart! Murphy, you need to get stoned and see this film again, maybe then you'll get it. Chris Tucker was a bit too much perhaps, but the film is still a classic. This is is the best film news I have heard in a while.
Didn't Rythm and Hues, Camerons effects company do the effects for Fifth Element? I don't think the effects were outdated. My question is will the story make 10 times more sense?
It's a pity that Besson clearly ate Milla Jovivich, as evidenced by that photo. Jesus, Luc. Un-handcuff that dessert tray from your ankle dude. You're looking….jolly.
"Fifth Element to the 10th power" = 9,765,625th Element
Couldn't agree more #2. If anything The Fifth Element is even better today than it was back in 1997. It's probably one of the funnest and most visually appealing sci-fi movies ever made and one of Bruce's best films just for how different it is. It's also the film that made me fall in love with the one, the only, the nutcase, Milla Jovovich.
RE: Comment #3.
It wasn't Rhythm & Hues. Cameron's company at the time was Digital Domain. It was later sold after 5th element wrapped I believe. He built the company up for Titanic.
Korben Dallas Multi-Pass! Dang Milla was soooo adorable in that movie. And yes this is still a great movie even some 15 years later. Sure, it may have some things in it that make me cringe (like Ruby Rhod and maybe some of the off beat humor and hip hop soundtrack), but I absolutely loved it and still do. In fact the one scene that completely won me over in terms of scope and sound was the Plava Laguna opera scene. Pretty great stuff there. It's hard to hate on this movie.
The Fifth Element is a bonafide classic. Its aged pretty well too, some of the fx on it look a lot better than some of the shit hollywood is churning out now a days. Hope Luc Besson gets back on that saddle and graces us with another master-piece.
Next to Dark City, The Fifth Element is my fav film. I love it. Its future earth I would kill to live in! Thinks of the girls! I love the FX, the acting, the music and yes, even Ruby Rhod. The scene with Leelo discovering NYC for the first time on the balcony ledge was worth the price of admission alone! I fucking love this movie. We need a sequel; however dumb it might be. Multipass!!
From the story to the acting, The Fifth Element is a fucking horrible movie. Even on a genre site, you have to have some shitty taste to defend this steaming turd.
This is good news, moar epic space plz. In defense of the Fifth Element it had mis-steps but who can really hate it? I don't comprehend CHUDs undercurrent of offhand grumpy snark sometimes.
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