Editing Luc Besson (section)

===Recent work===

Besson's film ''June & John'' (2025) was shot guerrilla-style in Los Angeles in 2020, during the [[Covid-19 pandemic]]. Building on a shelved pre-pandemic project Besson had been developing for a Chinese smartphone brand, the film was shot using only smartphones and a 12-person crew, and stars then-unknown actors Matilda Price and Luke Stanton Eddy. <ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodfellow |first1=Melanie |title=Luc Besson Talks Risk Averse Studios & Joy Of Making L.A. & Smartphone-Shot Romance ‘June & John’: “It Was Just Two Actors & A Director” |url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/luc-besson-joy-making-smartphone-romance-june-and-john-1236374777/ |access-date=27 April 2025 |publisher=Deadline |date=23 April 2025}}</ref>

He told ''Deadline'': "It was very joyous. It was really two actors and a director because of the lockdown … It felt good to be uniquely creative without the pressure of money."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodfellow |first1=Melanie |title=Luc Besson Talks Risk Averse Studios & Joy Of Making L.A. & Smartphone-Shot Romance ‘June & John’: “It Was Just Two Actors & A Director” |url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/luc-besson-joy-making-smartphone-romance-june-and-john-1236374777/ |access-date=27 April 2025 |publisher=Deadline |date=23 April 2025}}</ref>

In 2022, Besson experimented with another kind of filmmaking when he shot ''[[Dogman (2023 film)|Dogman]]'' (2023) in a [[virtual production]] facility in France, as well as on location in New Jersey.

''Dogman'' was selected to compete for the [[Golden Lion]] at the [[80th Venice International Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/07/venice-film-festival-lineup-2023-full-list-1235447144/|title=Venice Film Festival Lineup: Mann, Lanthimos, Fincher, DuVernay, Cooper, Besson, Coppola, Hamaguchi In Competition; Polanski, Allen, Anderson, Linklater Out Of Competition – Full List|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|date=25 July 2023|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/luc-besson-makes-emotional-return-venice-with-dogman-movie-2023-08-31/|title=Luc Besson makes emotional return to Venice with 'Dogman' movie|work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> where it had its world premiere on 31 August 2023.<ref name="labiennale">{{cite web|url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2023/venezia-80-competition/dogman|title=Dogman|publisher=Venice Biennale|date=19 July 2023 |access-date=12 August 2023}}</ref> It was released in French cinemas on 27 September 2023 by Apollo Films Distribution and [[EuropaCorp Distribution]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Goodfellow|first=Melanie|date=10 July 2023|url=https://deadline.com/video/dogman-trailer-caleb-landry-jones-luc-besson/|title='Dogman' Trailer: Caleb Landry Jones Captivates As Bruised Hero In Luc Besson's Comeback Film|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=11 July 2023}}</ref> and had mixed reviews: at [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 59% based on 71 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10;<ref>{{Cite web |title=DogMan |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dogman_2023 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=25 October 2024}}</ref> while [[Metacritic]], which uses a [[Weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average]], assigned the film a score of 45 out of 100 from 23 critics.<ref>{{cite web |title=DogMan |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/dogman-2023 |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=6 April 2024}}</ref>

In summer 2024, Besson directed ''[[Dracula: A Love Tale]],'' an adaptation of ''[[Dracula]]'' starring [[Caleb Landry Jones]] and featuring [[Christoph Waltz|Christophe Waltz]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |date=2024-07-17 |title=Luc Besson Gives A Tour Of His 'Dracula: A Love Tale' Set, Talks New Muse Caleb Landry Jones & Rewatching His "Mad" Movie 'Valerian'; First Look Revealed |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/luc-besson-dracula-love-tale-interview-set-caleb-landry-jones-valerian-first-image-1236008533/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> As of April 2025, the film is still in post-production, but is set for a July 2025 release.

In 2025 Besson was announced as the director of ''The Last Man'', a post-apocalyptic science fiction film starring rapper [[Snoop Dogg]].