Madonna in Arthur
As year 2004 is coming to an end, let’s make a recap of Madonna’s ongoing projects, starting with her role in Luc Besson‘s next movie “Arthur and the Minimoys“.
Together with Madonna who will voice Princess Sélénia de Matradoy, the daughter of the King of Minimoys, two more major music stars are now part of the project. The very scary villain of the book series, Maltazard or M. Le Maudit – who’s also the main character of the third book of the series, “La Vengeance de Maltazard (Maltazard’s Vengeance), out in France last month – is going to be voiced by David Bowie and rapper Snoop Dog has also joined the cast.
As a tidbit about the production, Besson was not originally scheduled to direct the movie, but took the place of Patrice Garcia, the illustrator of the three stories about Arthur, originally in charge of the movie direction, as the project became bigger and bigger. Garcia is now in charge of the artistic direction of the movie.
French musician and Besson’s longtime collaborator Eric Serra will compose the soundtrack for the movie. Serra is the man behind the score of the most part of the French director’s cinematic productions, including Subway, The Big Blue, La femme Nikita, Atlantis, Leon (The Professional), The Fifth Element and Jean d’Arc.
“Arthur and the Minimoys” will mix live action footage, CGI generated images and 2D animation. Besson is currently working on the project with Pierre Buffin, who worked on the special effects of The Matrix.
The movie is currently set for a 2006 release.
To know more about the world of Arthur and the Minimoys check this news by Madonnatribe from last October 26.
Based on informations by MCM, AFP and EuropaCorp