Asterix is a series of French comics and the series’ first seemed in the Franco-Belgian comics in the world. It is translated into over languages and it is famous in most European countries.  Tintin before it, Asterix: Le Domain de Dievx (Land of the Gods) is getting the 3D animated. The studio has released their first still image and poster through Films Animation. To date, 325 million copies of 34 Asterix books have been sold all over the world, making co-creators René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo France’s bestselling authors abroad.

The success of the series has led to the adaptation of various books into 12 films: eight animated, and live with four actors. There have been a number of games based on the characters, and a theme park near Paris, Parc Astérix, is themed around the series.