This is a list of Asterix films.

Films

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Animation

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Title Traditional Animated Films CGI Animated Films
Asterix the Gaul
(1967)
Asterix and Cleopatra
(1968)
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
(1976)
Asterix Versus Caesar
(1985)
Asterix in Britain
(1986)
Asterix and the Big Fight
(1989)
Asterix Conquers America
(1994)
Asterix and the Vikings
(2006)
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
(2014)
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
(2018)
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia
(2026)
Director Ray Goossens
English:
Lee Payant
René Goscinny
Albert Uderzo
English:
Lee Payant
René Goscinny
Albert Uderzo
Pierre Watrin
Henri Gruel
English:
Matt McCarthy
Gaëtan Brizzi
Paul Brizzi
English:
Jacques Barclay
Pino van Lamsweerde
English:
Jacques Barclay
Philippe Grimond
U.K. Dub:
George Roubicek
U.S. Dub:
David N. Weiss
Gerhard Hahn [de] Stefan Fjeldmark
Jesper Møller
English:
Jack Fletcher
Alexandre Astier
Louis Clichy
Canadian Dub:
Karl Willems
Alexandre Astier
Louis Clichy
English:
Karl Willems
Jack Cox
Alexandre Heboyan
Producer Georges Dargaud Raymond Leblanc Georges Dargaud
René Goscinny
Albert Uderzo
English:
Jacques de Lane Lea
Yannik Piel Philippe Grimond
Yannik Piel
Yannick Piel
U.S. Dub:
Helene Blitz
Gerhard Hahn [de] and Jürgen Wohlrabe [de] Thomas Valentin Philippe Bony
Thomas Valentin
Canadian Dub:
Eric S. Rollman
U.K. Dub:
Jon Clifford
Philippe Bony
Writer René Goscinny
Albert Uderzo
Willy Lateste
Jos Marissen
László Molnár (screenplay by)
Eddie Lateste
Jos Marissen
Pierre Tchernia
adapted from
René Goscinny
Albert Uderzo
English:
Anthea Bell
Derek Hockridge
Pierre Tchernia
adapted from
René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
Pierre Tchernia
adapted from
René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
English:
Edward Marcus
Pierre Tchernia
adapted from
René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
English:
Edward Marcus
Adolf Kabatek and Yannik Voight
adapted from
René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
U.K. Dub:
George Roubicek
U.S. Dub:
David N. Weiss
Thomas Platt and Rhett Rooster
adapted from
René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
English:
Robin Lyons
Andrew Offiler
Bill Speers
Stefan Fjeldmark
Jean-Luc Goossens
English:
Philip LaZebnik
Alexandre Astier
adapted from
René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
Canadian Dub:
Jessica Menendez
U.K. Dub:
Robin Lyons
Andrew Offiler
Bill Speers
Alexandre Astier
English:
Mariette Kelley
Joël Savdie
Matthieu Delaporte
Alexandre de La Patellière
Narrator Bernard Lavalette
John Clive (English)
Pierre Tchernia
John Ringham (English)
Does not appear Tony Jay (U.S. Dub) Harald Juhnke
Pierre Tchernia (French)
John Rye (English)
Pierre Tchernia
Jeff Bennett (English)
Does not appear
Cinematography Francois Léonard
Georges Lapeyronnie
Étienne Schürmann
Georges Lapeyronnie
Francois Léonard
Jean Midre
Does not appear
Composer Gérard Calvi Vladimir Cosma Michel Colombier Harold Faltermeyer Alexandre Azaria Philippe Rombi Romain Trouillet
Editor Francois Ceppi
Jacques Marchel
Laszlo Molnar
Jacques Marchel
Laszlo Molnar
René Chaussy
Isabel García de Herreros
Minouche Gauzins
Michèle Neny
Monique Isnardon
Robert Isnardon
Monique Isnardon
Robert Isnardon
Jean Gaudier Ulrich Steinvorth
Ringo Waldenburger
Martin Wichmann Andersen
Anders Hoffmann
Soline Guyonneau Bertrand Maillard
Production Companies Dargaud Films Dargaud Films
Les Productions René Goscinny
Studios Idéfix
Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films
Dargaud Films

Les Productions René Goscinny

Dargaud Films

Les Productions René Goscinny

Dargaud Films
Extrafilm
Gaumont International
Extrafilm Produktion GmbH A. Film A/SMandarin SAS

2D3D Animations

Belvision
Grid Animation
M6 Films
M6 Films M6 Films
M6 Studio
Superprod
Distributor Athos Films
Associated British-Pathé (English)
Parafrance Films
Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (English)
Gaumont
Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (English)
Gaumont
EMI Films (English)
Gaumont
EMI Films (English)
Gaumont
Castle Pictures (English)
Jugendfilm-Verleih (German)
20th Century Fox
SND Films
Optimum Releasing (English)
SND Films
Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (English)
SND Films
Altitude Film Entertainment (English)
SND Films
Released (France) 20 December 1967 19 December 1968 20 October 1976 11 December 1985 3 December 1986 4 October 1989 5 April 1995 12 April 2006 26 November 2014 5 December 2018 2026
Runtime 68 minutes 72 minutes 82 minutes 79 minutes 79 minutes 81 minutes 85 minutes 79 minutes 85 minutes 87 minutes

Voice English cast and characters

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Asterix the Gaul
(1967)
Asterix and Cleopatra
(1968)
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
(1976)
Asterix Versus Caesar
(1985)
Asterix in Britain
(1986)
Asterix and the Big Fight
(1989)
Asterix Conquers America
(1994)
Asterix and the Vikings
(2006)
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
(2014)
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
(2018)
Asterix Lee Payant Sean Barrett Jack Beaber Bill Oddie (U.K. Dub)
Henry Winkler (U.S. Dub)
Craig Charles Paul Giamatti Ken Kramer (Canadian Dub)
Jack Whitehall (U.K. Dub)
Ken Kramer
Obelix Hal Brav Michael Kilgarriff Billy Kearns Bernard Bresslaw (U.K. Dub)
Rosey Grier (U.S. Dub)
Howard Lew Lewis Brad Garrett C. Ernst Harth (Canadian Dub)
Nick Frost (U.K. Dub)
C. Ernst Harth
Dogmatix Does not appear Roger Carel Does not appear Dee Bradley Baker Roger Carel Does not appear
Druid Getafix John Prim Geoffrey Russell Robert Barr Peter Hawkins (U.K. Dub)
Danny Mann (U.S. Dub)
Geoffrey Bayldon Jeff Bennett John Innes
Chief Vitalstatistix Yves Brainville Paul Bacon Bertie Cortez Allan Wenger Douglas Blackwell (U.K. Dub)
Greg Burson (U.S. Dub)
Jim Carter Daran Norris Don Brown (Canadian Dub)
Matt Berry (U.K. Dub)
Don Brown
Cacofonix John Wells François Valorbe Geoffrey Russell Does not appear Tim Brooke-Taylor (U.K. Dub)
Greg Burson (U.S. Dub)
Rik Mayall Jess Harnell Alan Marriott Andrew Cownden
Impedimenta Does not appear Ysanne Churchman Does not appear Judy-Rosen Martinez Sheila Hancock (U.K. Dub)
Lucille Bliss (U.S. Dub)
Julie Gibbs Grey DeLisle Saffron Henderson (Canadian Dub)
Elizabeth Bower (U.K. Dub)
Saffron Henderson
Unhygienix Does not appear Unknown Bill Doherty Ken Starcevic Kerry Shale (U.K. Dub)
Ed Gilbert (U.S. Dub)
Jonathan Kydd Diedrich Bader Jason Simpson (Canadian Dub)
Richard McCourt (U.K. Dub)
Jason Simpson
Bacteria Does not appear Elizabeth Proud (U.K. Dub)
Unknown (U.S. Dub)
Does not appear Saffron Henderson (Canadian Dub)
Elizabeth Bower (U.K. Dub)
Saffron Henderson
Fulliautomatix Does not appear Sean Barrett Steve Gadler Sean Barrett (U.K. Dub)
Bill Martin (U.S. Dub)
Rupert Degas John DeMita Scott McNeil (Canadian Dub)
Dominic Wood (U.K. Dub)
Scott McNeil
Geriatrix Does not appear Stuart Seide Jerry Di Giacomo Ian Thompson (U.K. Dub)
Danny Mann (U.S. Dub)
Does not appear Phil Proctor Ron Halder
Julius Caesar Steve Eckardt Anthony Stuart Alexander John Gordon Heath Does not appear Henry McGee Does not appear Mark Oliver (Canadian Dub)
Jim Broadbent (U.K. Dub)
Mark Oliver
Queen Cleopatra Does not appear Ginger Hall Gennie Nevinson Does not appear
Captain Redbeard Arch Taylor Does not appear Patrick Floersheim Does not appear Jim Carter Jack Fletcher Does not appear Aaron Chapman
Centurion Somniferus Does not appear Jason Simpson (Canadian Dub)
Greg Davies (U.K. Dub)
Jason Simpson
Tofungus Does not appear Sam Vincent
Narrator John Clive John Ringham Does not appear Tony Jay (U.S. Dub) John Rye Jeff Bennett Does not appear
  1. 1967Asterix the Gaul (Astérix le Gaulois) with Roger Carel as Asterix and Jacques Morel as Obelix
  2. 1968Asterix and Cleopatra (Astérix et Cléopâtre) with Roger Carel as Asterix and Jacques Morel as Obelix
  3. 1976The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (Les Douze travaux d'Astérix) with Roger Carel as Asterix and Jacques Morel as Obelix
  4. 1985Asterix Versus Caesar (Astérix et la surprise de César) with Roger Carel as Asterix and Pierre Tornade as Obelix
  5. 1986Asterix in Britain (Astérix chez les Bretons) with Roger Carel as Asterix and Pierre Tornade as Obelix
  6. 1989Asterix and the Big Fight (Astérix et le coup du menhir) (book of the film: Operation Getafix) with Roger Carel as Asterix and Pierre Tornade as Obelix
  7. 1994Asterix Conquers America (Astérix et les Indiens — produced in Germany as Asterix in Amerika) with Craig Charles as Asterix and Howard Lew Lewis as Obelix
  8. 2006Asterix and the Vikings (Astérix et les Vikings) with Paul Giamatti as Asterix and Brad Garrett as Obelix
  9. 2014Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods (Astérix: Le Domaine des Dieux) with Roger Carel as Asterix and Guillaume Briat as Obelix
  10. 2018Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (Astérix: Le Secret de la potion magique) with Christian Clavier as Asterix[1] and Guillaume Briat as Obelix
  11. 2026Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia (Astérix : Le Royaume de Nubie) with François-Xavier Demaison as Obelix

Live-action

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  1. 1967 – Two Romans in Gaul (Deux Romains en Gaule) - a television film combining live action and animation; black & white and one hour long. Long considered unavailable, it was released on DVD in 2012.
  2. 1999Asterix and Obelix Take on Caesar (Astérix et Obélix contre César) with Christian Clavier as Asterix and Gérard Depardieu as Obelix
  3. 2002Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre) with Christian Clavier as Asterix and Gérard Depardieu as Obelix
  4. 2008Asterix at the Olympic Games (Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques) with Clovis Cornillac as Asterix and Gérard Depardieu as Obelix
  5. 2012Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia (Astérix et Obélix : Au service de sa Majesté) with Édouard Baer as Asterix and Gérard Depardieu as Obelix
  6. 2023Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (Astérix et Obélix : l'Empire du milieu)[2] with Guillaume Canet as Asterix and Gilles Lellouche as Obelix

History

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  • No novelizations were made for Asterix the Gaul, Asterix in Britain or Asterix and Cleopatra which followed the original albums relatively closely.
  • In 1967, there was an attempt to make an animated film based on Asterix and the Golden Sickle, which wasn't completed. The incomplete script and drawings were sold in a book-exhibition in Brussels and is today a part of the book The Mirror World of Asterix. Another reason for its failure is that Goscinny and Uderzo rejected the artists from releasing this movie because of its low quality drawings.
  • The Twelve Tasks of Asterix is the only animated movie not based (at least loosely) on any of the comic books until the 2018 film The Secret of the Magic Potion. It may not be mentioned in the book, but is adapted from Asterix Conquers Rome.
  • Starting from 1985's Asterix Versus Caesar the animation quality improved dramatically.
  • Asterix Conquers America was the only one produced solely outside France.
  • Early English dubbed versions of cartoon movies used character names from the Ranger/Look and Learn "Asterix the Briton" translations, such as Tunabrix for the village chieftain.
  • Asterix Conquers America, Asterix & the Vikings and Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods are digitally drawn and animated.
  • Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods is the first Asterix movie in stereoscopic 3D.
  • The animated Asterix movies that were dubbed into English were all dubbed in either France, the United Kingdom or Germany, with the exception of Asterix and the Vikings, where it was then dubbed in the United States, in order to bring Asterix into the U.S. market, while The Mansion of the Gods and The Secret of the Magic Potion were dubbed in Canada. A North American Dub of Asterix and the Big Fight is used in all DVD releases, but fans generally consider it inferior to the original British dub, which is only available on VHS.
  • Asterix Conquers America and Asterix and The Vikings are the only animated Asterix films to be produced in English first, then dubbed into French.
  • Though several of the Asterix comics are available in the United States, most of the Asterix films have not seen releases in America, likely due to the comics being not as popular as in the United Kingdom. The first five films (Asterix the Gaul, Asterix and Cleopatra, The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, Asterix and Caesar and Asterix in Britain) did see VHS releases through Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and Just for Kids Home Video, but all five have since gone out of print.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Langlois, Caroline (1 June 2018). "Astérix - Le Secret de la potion magique : une affiche officielle pour la suite du Domaine des Dieux". AlloCiné. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (28 October 2019). "Guillaume Canet to direct live-action feature 'Asterix & Obelix, The Silk Road'". screendaily.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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