The Fifth Element features an iconic performance from Chris Tucker, but his part almost went to someone very different. From off-screen relationships to thoroughly detailed design work, this is ...

Luc Besson in front of a poster for “The Fifth Element” in 1997. picture alliance via Getty Images “I was brought in to read the script in front of Besson’s secretary,” Amicarella recalled.

The Fifth Element had 188 special effects shots over the course of the movie, Besson told us, and a lot of them were practical.Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets has 2,734 special effects ...

On May 9, 1997, the Luc Besson-directed sci-fi actioner in U.S. theaters. By Duane Byrge On May 9, 1997, Luc Besson unveiled sci-fi actioner The Fifth Element in U.S. theaters, days after the film ...

Exactly 20 years after "The Fifth Element", Besson returns to sci-fi this summer with "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets", a deliriously stylish space opera also inspired by French sci ...

On May 9, 1997, the Luc Besson-directed sci-fi actioner in U.S. theaters. By Duane Byrge On May 9, 1997, Luc Besson unveiled sci-fi actioner The Fifth Element in U.S. theaters, days after the film ...