Punchlines, stars, fights and vegetables: the trailer for Guillaume Canet’s long-awaited blockbuster is here. Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Empire will hit theaters on February 1, with a synopsis unveiled a few weeks ago: “We are in 50 BC. The Empress of China is imprisoned following a State fomented by Deng Tsin Qin, a traitorous prince. Helped by Graindemaïs, the Phoenician merchant, and by his faithful warrior Tat Han, Princess Fu Yi, only daughter of the Empress, fled to Gaul to ask for help from the two valiant warriors Asterix and Obelix, endowed with superhuman strength thanks to their magic potion. Our two inseparable Gauls of course agree to help the Princess to save her mother and liberate her country. And here they are all on their way for a great adventure to China. But Caesar and his powerful army, always thirsty for conquest, have also taken over the leadership of the Middle Empire…”
