Arthur (Besson book series)


The Arthur series refers to a series of fantasy novels for children written by Luc Besson, a film director and producer, and published from 2002 to 2005 in France, the United States and the United Kingdom. This term also refers to the feature films based on them, which Besson wrote, produced and directed. The films were made and released from 2006 to 2010, in France, the UK and the US. The series has also been produced in video game format.

Novels

The four novels were originally published in France by Intervista. Later reissues by Le Livre de Poche have dropped the "Arthur et" part of the titles.
  1. Arthur et les Minimoys
  2. Arthur et la cité interdite
  3. Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard
  4. Arthur et la guerre des deux mondes
Only the first two books have been published in English by HarperCollins in the United States and Faber and Faber in the United Kingdom. These two were reissued in one volume in 2007 by the latter publisher as Arthur and the Invisibles.

Films

  1. Arthur and the Invisibles , based on the two books Arthur et les Minimoys and Arthur et la cité interdite. It is distributed in the English cut as Arthur and the Invisibles.
  2. Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard , based on Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard.
  3. , based on Arthur et la guerre des deux mondes.
The latter two features, which were made back-to-back, have a directly continuous storyline and differ somewhat in the casting of the voice-only roles. In addition, a "4-D film," Arthur : L'Aventure 4D, has been an attraction at Futuroscope.

Video games

Video games for the popular consoles of the time have been released alongside the first two films. The Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard games have been distributed in the United Kingdom and under that name despite the film not being so.