List of Asterix films explained

This is a list of Asterix films.

Films

Animation

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)	(2014)	(2018)	(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		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	and	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	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
Cinematography	Francois Léonard Georges Lapeyronnie Étienne Schürmann	Georges Lapeyronnie Francois Léonard Jean Midre
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 FilmsLes Productions René Goscinny	Dargaud FilmsLes Productions René Goscinny	Dargaud Films Extrafilm Gaumont International	Extrafilm Produktion GmbH	A. Film A/SMandarin SAS2D3D Animations	Belvision Grid Animation M6 Films	M6 Films	M6 Films M6 Studio Superprod
Distributor					Gaumont EMI Films	Gaumont Castle Pictures	Jugendfilm-Verleih 20th Century Fox		SND Films Kaleidoscope Film Distribution		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

	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)	(2014)	(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		Roger Carel						Dee Bradley Baker	Roger Carel
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	Tim Brooke-Taylor (U.K. Dub) Greg Burson (U.S. Dub)		Rik Mayall	Jess Harnell	Alan Marriott	Andrew Cownden
Impedimenta	Ysanne Churchman			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	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	Elizabeth Proud (U.K. Dub) Unknown (U.S. Dub)					Saffron Henderson (Canadian Dub) Elizabeth Bower (U.K. Dub)		Saffron Henderson
Fulliautomatix	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	Stuart Seide			Jerry Di Giacomo	Ian Thompson (U.K. Dub) Danny Mann (U.S. Dub)		Phil Proctor	Ron Halder
Julius Caesar	Steve Eckardt	Anthony Stuart	Alexander John	Gordon Heath			Henry McGee		Mark Oliver (Canadian Dub) Jim Broadbent (U.K. Dub)	Mark Oliver
Queen Cleopatra	Ginger Hall	Gennie Nevinson	colspan="7"
Captain Redbeard		Arch Taylor	Patrick Floersheim			Jim Carter	Jack Fletcher		Aaron Chapman
Centurion Somniferus	Jason Simpson (Canadian Dub) Greg Davies (U.K. Dub)								Jason Simpson
Tofungus	Sam Vincent
Narrator	John Clive		John Ringham	Tony Jay (U.S. Dub)		John Rye	Jeff Bennett	colspan="2"

1. 1967  - Asterix the Gaul (Astérix le Gaulois) with Roger Carel as Asterix and Jacques Morel as Obelix
2. 1968  - Asterix and Cleopatra (Astérix et Cléopâtre) with Roger Carel as Asterix and Jacques Morel as Obelix
3. 1976  - The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (Les Douze travaux d'Astérix) with Roger Carel as Asterix and Jacques Morel as Obelix
4. 1985  - Asterix Versus Caesar (Astérix et la surprise de César) with Roger Carel as Asterix and Pierre Tornade as Obelix
5. 1986  - Asterix in Britain (Astérix chez les Bretons) with Roger Carel as Asterix and Pierre Tornade as Obelix
6. 1989  - Asterix 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. 1994  - Asterix 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. 2006  - Asterix and the Vikings (Astérix et les Vikings) with Paul Giamatti as Asterix and Brad Garrett as Obelix
9. 2014  - (Astérix: Le Domaine des Dieux) with Roger Carel as Asterix and Guillaume Briat as Obelix
10. 2018  - (Astérix: Le Secret de la potion magique) with Christian Clavier as Asterix^[1] and Guillaume Briat as Obelix
11. 2026  - (Astérix : Le Royaume de Nubie) with François-Xavier Demaison as Obelix

Live-action

See main article: Asterix films (live action).

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. 1999  - Asterix and Obelix Take on Caesar (Astérix et Obélix contre César) with Christian Clavier as Asterix and Gérard Depardieu as Obelix
3. 2002  - (Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre) with Christian Clavier as Asterix and Gérard Depardieu as Obelix
4. 2008  - Asterix at the Olympic Games (Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques) with Clovis Cornillac as Asterix and Gérard Depardieu as Obelix
5. 2012  - (Astérix et Obélix : Au service de sa Majesté) with Édouard Baer as Asterix and Gérard Depardieu as Obelix
6. 2023  - (Astérix et Obélix : l'Empire du milieu)^[2] with Guillaume Canet as Asterix and Gilles Lellouche as Obelix

History

• 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 was not 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.
• 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 and 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

• List of films based on French-language comics

External links

• Asterix at the IMDB

Notes and References

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