Lucky Luke becomes a TV series

Variety reports that Lucky Luke, a character created by Belgian cartoonist Morris in 1946, is about toa> return to TV with a new series developed by Un pour Tous Productions and Federation Entertainment and that he has already found his protagonist in actor and comedian Michaël Youn. , showrunner and director.

Michaël Youn impersonated Billy The Kid in the 2009 movie Lucky Luke. Morris's cowboy was already the protagonist of a TV series, that of the 90s starring Terence Hill.

On April 29, 2021, the new comic volume of Lucky Luke's adventures entitled Wanted Lucky Luke, written and drawn by Matthieu Bonhomme, was released for Nona Arte, simultaneously with France.



Here is the synopsis of the volume:

Lucky Luke discovers that he is wanted for murder: a bounty has in fact been placed on his head. As he tries to understand the situation, the cowboy who shoots faster than his shadow becomes involved in the rescue of a stagecoach carrying three sisters and decides to escort them to their destination. In this context, not only will you have to watch your back from a possible assault by the Indians, but also from the pursuit of a mysterious enemy, and perhaps the very women he is escorting…

You can buy Wanted Lucky Luke on Amazon .

Lucky Luke, the character

Lucky Luke, a humorous western comic series considered a classic of Franco-Belgian comics, was created in 1946 by Morris. The first episodes were made entirely by Morris who was then joined from 1955 to the texts by René Goscinny. From their collaboration, some of the best stories of the character will originate, even publishing three books a year. Their collaboration ended in 1977 with the death of Goscinny.

From 1977 the screenplays will be entrusted to several new authors such as the comedian Laurent Gerra and the novelist Daniel Pennac. After Morris's death in 2001 (who drew all the stories published in volume up to 2002) the character of Lucky Luke was brought forward by Achdé on texts by Laurent Gerra and writer Daniel Pennac.



From the comic series have been drawn television series and feature films, both animated and live, the very famous one directed and starring Terence Hill at the beginning of the 90s. It has been hugely successful both at home and around the world, selling around 250 million volumes of the comic series. The name of the character is inspired by that of Luciano Locarno, a sheriff of Italian origin who lived between 1860 and 1940.

In Italy Lucky Luke has been published in various formats and by various publishers. He appeared in Il Giornalino and Il Corriere dei Piccoli while the volume was published by Fabbri / Bonelli - Dargaud, Mondadori, AD. It recently passed into the hands of Nona Arte while it was reprinted in a paperback format in a collateral series attached to La Gazzetta dello Sport.