Kaamelott: Premier Volet is a French film written and directed by Alexandre Astier, released in 2021. A continuation of the Kaamelott television series, broadcast between 2005 and 2009, the film should constitute the first part of a trilogy. As the series ended with the exile of former King Arthur, the film tells his return ten years later to his kingdom of Logres, now ruled with an iron fist by his enemy Lancelot du Lac. Alexandre Astier envisions the conclusion of the story of his series in a cinematographic trilogy as soon as it airs in the 2000s. The announcements of the first film follow one another over the following decade, until the project is completed in 2019. As for the series, Astier writes the screenplay, directs, interprets, produces and sets his film to music. Adding to the expectation, the Covid-19 pandemic is again pushing back the theatrical release on several occasions. Finally released in July 2021, twelve years after the end of the series, Kaamelott: Premier Volet is a commercial success with more than two and a half million admissions in France, in a difficult period for theaters, becoming for many best box office month since the start of the pandemic. This is the third success of 2021 in France. The film also experiences a spacewalk, aboard the International Space Station commanded by Thomas Pesquet. Plot : At the end of Book VI of Kaamelott, King Arthur, disillusioned and weakened, renounces the throne, returns Excalibur to the rock and entrusts power to his former companion and rival Lancelot du Lac. Under the influence of the strange Méléagant, Lancelot burns down the Round Table and sets out to hunt down Arthur's former knights and other allies. With the help of the bandit Venec, Arthur secretly goes into exile to his ancient homeland, Rome, to escape Lancelot's madness and regain his health. Ten years later, the kingdom of Logres is still suffering under the yoke of Lancelot, who reigns terror with the support of Saxon mercenaries. The resistance tries to organize, while Arthur Pendragon, who many believe is dead, returns. Cast: Alexandre Astier: Arthur Pendragon, King of Brittany Thomas Cousseau: Lancelot du Lac Anne Girouard: Guenièvre, Queen of Brittany Lionnel Astier: Léodagan de Carmélide, King of Carmelid Joëlle Sevilla: Dame Séli Jean-Christophe Hembert: Karadoc de Vannes Franck Pitiot: Perceval de Galles Caroline Ferrus: Dame Mevanwi Jacques Chambon: Merlin Sting: Horsa Christian Clavier: the Jurisconsult Antoine de Caunes: Dagonet François Rollin: Lot of Orcania, King of Orcania Clovis Cornillac: Quarto Guillaume Gallienne: Alzagar Alain Chabat: The Duke of Aquitaine Géraldine Nakache: The Duchess of Aquitaine Nicolas Gabion: Bohort de Gaunes Salwa Al Hajri: Furadja Guillaume Briat: King Burgonde Jean-Robert Lombard: Father Blaise Audrey Fleurot: The Lady of the Lake Jehnny Beth: Wulfstan Brice Fournier: Kadoc de Vannes Alain Chapuis: The Tavernier Serge Papagalli: Guethenoc Gilles Graveleau: Roparzh François Morel: Belt Loïc Varraut: Venec Stéphane Margot: Calogrenant, King of Caledonia Tony Saba: Hervé de Rinel Aurélien Portehaut: Gauvain Étienne Fague: Lionel de Gaunes Bruno Fontaine: Elias de Kelliwic'h Alexis Hénon: Galessin, Duke of Orcania Alban Lenoir: Ferghus Carlo Brandt: Méléagant8 Pascal Vincent: Urgan Valérie Kéruzoré: Nessa Ariane Astier: Mehben, daughter of Karadoc and Mevanwi Jeanne Astier: Mehgan, daughter of Karadoc and Mevanwi Ethan Astier: Lucan, Chevalier-Squid Hugo Halet: Girflet Stephan Lhuillier: Bedever Paul Valy: Rostan de Provence James Astier: Trévor Luna Karys: Ffraid Lucas Garcia: Petrok Hugo Leman: Iagu Thomas Neyret: Gareth of Orcania, son of Lot of Orcania Sylvain Quimène: Kolaig Damien Roux: the jailer Sakir Uyar: Dikhil Tigran Mekhitarian: the second Dimitrios Lagopoulos: the Greek pirate Reggie Vermeulen: the captain Antoine Bordes: Recaredo Alain Le Bars: Agila David Ayala: Maclou Marie-Christine Orry: Fraganan Mark Eacersall: the toll collector François Raison: Lamorak of Wales Patricia Darré: the pythia excalibur Antony Martin: the herbal tea seller Chloé Guillot: the herbal tea seller Jérome Palmer: the figurine seller Sandra Cheyssial: the saleswoman of miniatures Enzo Pirat: a tourist Christophe Mazière: a tourist Isabelle Mattiussi: the prophetess Jean-Charles Simon: Damian the Sassanid9 Cyrille Coton-Bonacchi: Log Breaker Mathieu Duboclard: The drille Mehdi Rahim-Silvioli: The Pègue Neil Astier: Arthur Pendragon, young Charlie Konate-Decourchelle: the young Casca Dominique Bastien: the instructor Matius Yoann Vellaud: the Libo instructor Louy Valy: the young Lustus Océane Slim: Shedda Ayman El Kadhi: the young Papinius Achilles de San Nicolas: the young Varus Michel Rizzi: Burgundian religious leader Hélène Rudermann: the Burgundian guest Yazan Al-Mashni: the Burgundian guest David Willer: Burgundian soldier Paul Joaquim Pereira: Burgundian soldier Aaron Astier: a Burgundian child

X-Men: Dark Phoenix ou Phénix Noir au Québec (Dark Phoenix) est un film de super-héros américano-canadien écrit et réalisé par Simon Kinberg, sorti en 2019. Douzième film de la franchise (en comptant les spin-offs) et septième film X-Men, ce film fait suite à X-Men : Le Commencement (2011) de Matthew Vaughn, X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) et X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) de Bryan Singer. Le film adapte la saga du Phénix Noir, déjà traité dans X-Men : L'Affrontement final (2006). À la suite du rachat de la 20th Century Fox par The Walt Disney Company, X-Men: Dark Phoenix a dû être redéfini comme la conclusion et ultime volet de la saga lancée en 2000 par Bryan Singer avec X-Men. De ce fait, les mutants vont être intégrés à l'Univers cinématographique Marvel et ainsi avoir droit à un reboot. Mal reçu par la critique, le film est un échec commercial, ne rapportant que 252 millions de dollars de recettes mondiales pour un budget de 200 millions, devenant l'opus le moins rentable de la franchise.