Cara Delevingne Cast in Director Luc Besson's Sci-Fi Movie 'Valerian' with Dane DeHaan [Twitter Photos]

By Jon Niles | May 12, 2015 06:00 PM EDT

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Iconic filmmaker Luc Besson joined Twitter this week and his first communication with his followers and the world was an announcement of his highly anticipated new movie, Valerian. The director also announced the sci-fi movie's 2017 release date and the two main actors leading the cast: Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne. DeHaan is set to star as the title character and his model costar will portray Laureline. This new film is based on a number of stories compiled under the series name Valérian and Laureline, created by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mezieres. Jean-Claude served as visual designer on Besson's The Fifth Element, so we're in for quite the ride!

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This exciting announcement came right from Besson, who really embraced Twitter in such a great way. Check out his tweets, complete with a movie poster for Valerian and the casting announcement right here (via The Verge):

We're very excited for this new movie- are you? Let us know in the comments section below!

Here is the official character descriptions for these roles (via Slash Film):

The intrepid Valerian and his beautiful, sharp-witted and sharp-tounged partner, Laureline, are two of the greatest agents for the vast Galaxity organization. Their missions have taken them across space and time. But now the Galaxity and their home earth have vanished as if they never existed. Along, and totally dependent on their own resources, they struggle to carve out a new life and a new future against intergalactic dangers form the past, present and future.

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