Lexus has formed a creative partnership with film studio Europa Corp and one of the early highlights will be the highly-anticipated 2017 science-fiction film, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, starring Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan.
Lexus collaborated with the Valerian creative team, as they imagined and brought to life the vision for the SKYJET,a single-seat pursuit craft featured in the film.
An epic teaser trailer was unveiled online recently (https://valerianmovie.com), giving fans a long-awaited first look at footage from the film. Viewers will also get a first glimpse of one maneuvering through the intergalactic citadel of Alpha.
The Valerian team created the SKYJET with the ambition of featuring a vehicle grounded in reality but befitting of theValerian world, set 700 years in the future.
The creative team met with Lexus’ chief engineer Takeaki Kato and its design team, to discuss incorporating believable,imaginative technologies and contemporary design cues into the final iteration of the SKYJET.
Its design also incorporates an adapted interpretation of Lexus’ signature ‘spindle’ grille, and a similar head light design to that planned for the 2018 Lexus LC coupe.
Movie director Luc Besson said: “For this partnership, we were looking for a brand that’s pioneering in innovation and technology, which is focused on the future more than the past.”
