A theme park based on the beloved French comic strip series Asterix is to open in Germany, the first time the adventures of the pugnacious Gaul are to be the focus of an attraction outside France, its ...

In an attempt to make itself more palatable to the French, McDonald's (MCD) has instead managed to offend all of France with a billboard showing the comic book character Asterix the Gaul having one of ...

It all begins next year with a new themed area. In a few years, the Belantis theme park near Leipzig will then completely ...

FIRST up, I must admit that before heading for Paris last week I didn’t know my Asterix from my Obelix. That wouldn’t be too unusual in Ireland, where the classic French cartoon characters would ...

Albert Uderzo, half of the team that created Asterix the Gaul, has died at the age of 92. Born in north-eastern France in 1927, the son of Italian immigrants, Uderzo first emerged as a young ...

French comedian and actor Cyprien Iov poses for a picture as he arrives to attend the premier of Asterix & Obelix: The Battle of the Chiefs. Photo by Ian LANGSDON / AFP With new instalments hitting ...

French actor and director Guillaume Canet has revealed he is feeling the pressure ahead of the release next week of his ambitious $70M production Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom. Canet directs ...

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (Asterix: Le Secret de la potion magique) revealed its first trailer today. Directed by Alexandre Astier and Louis Clichy, the trailer is in French only (though ...