Shooting of the new Asterix film titled Asterix: God Save Britain continues in Hungary these weeks. The 3D film is a French, Hungarian, Italian and Spanish co-production, and shooting of the longest action is taking place in Hungary, near Komárom city this week. The film with a total budget amounting to EUR 50 million will hit cinemas next Autumn, and Gérard Depardieu returns to wear the costume of Obelix again. The new Asterix story is an adaptation of two comic books (Asterix in Britain, Asterix and the Normans) by the famous Goscinny-Uderzo duo where the Gauls set out on a journey to Britain to save a family from the Romans.

The book of the last Asterix film, Asterix at the Olympic Games is available in the web shop of Hungaropress.