Is there going to be a Transporter 3?

Yeah.

When do you think that may happen?

Probably March/April.

Will you still be involved with writing the story and stuff?

Mm-hmm. It’s too much fun.

So will you ever get back into doing sci-fi like a 5^th Element type of thing?

Maybe. I think I think of it.

Is that something that’s in your brain now?

Yeah. Not before two or three years. I got an idea I think.

Anything you’d like to share with just a small group of us?

No, just I could say no but I tell you the truth so at least you know that.

I’m a huge fan of 5^th Element and I think a lot of us would like to know anything that we can find out about a future sci-fi project.

I start to have the ending which is good. Let’s not blow the flame.

Any chance of getting Chris Tucker again cause he doesn’t want to do too many movies that aren’t called Rush Hour.

No, I don’t know yet. I don’t think so. It won’t be the sequel of The Fifth Element for sure. But in fact, I did The Fifth Element at probably the wrong moment because it was just a little- - I was so frustrated to see that a year after that, the tools that we had to do special effects went from five to 50. For me it was a nightmare on mine. I have to work 12 hours to do one still shot with the blue screen and the thing. I was so frustrated to see two or three years later how easy it was. Even on Joan of Arc, I did some handheld during the battle and the guy could put back the fortress in the background. He tells me, “No, no, shoot. Don’t worry. I will do it after.” I say okay. I was used to I put the camera for six hours and I have to wait on things. So that frustrated me and I really would love to do another sci-fi where I can be much more free with the special effects.

Are you also attached to the Hitman movie based on the video game?

Yeah.

I’m interested in knowing why you’d want to do this story as you’ve already done your own Hitman type stories.

I have a very good relation with Fox and they have the rights of Hitman and they want to shoot the film in Europe. They called me and said, “Can you do it with us because you know Europe better than us.” And I said yeah. I was flattered that they thought about me and I like them a lot. They are very good guys over there.

Do you know how to make a good video game movie cause no one yet has figured it out?

No, I don’t know how. I don’t have a computer so I don’t play games at all.

Anything you want to make that you haven’t yet?

No. Otherwise I will.

If you had one day in Paris, what would you recommend doing as someone who knows the city very well?

I will say the Musee D’orsay. Le Louvre, okay, it’s great, La Jaccone and everything, okay. It’s wonderful the Louvre but D’orsay, the pieces that are in the museum are in fact, like for example, three centuries ago, a little town hall in the middle of France, they asked a painter to do a painting for the hall. So it’s the state who made the command, please do a painting, please do a sculpture and that’s all the things that belong to the state that went into this museum. So it gives you such a reflect of deeply what was France. Not only the big, big Modigliani and things. Just like the people from the place actually who did the thing. It gives some- - and it’s an old train station, the museum in fact. Before it was a train station and they turned it into a museum, so you have such a feeling of it’s probably the one that represents the most who we are.

That’s my favourite museum in Paris. And I’ll say I can’t wait for sci-fi thing. I think we should bump that up to next year.

Well, you will have to wait. It’s probably too soon.

Well James Cameron’s coming back because of the technology.

Its new tools, you can really do anything you want now.

I’m sincere when I say I loved The Fifth Element.

I’m going to try to do it again. I’m going to try and do a trilogy.

And you’re going to do two more Arthur’s?

Yeah, this summer.

Back to back?

Yeah, two and three. But you know that Fifth Element, which is 10 years ago, was a trilogy. And my producer didn’t have the guts. Finally, I’m did only one but I have to mix the three together to only one.

So you’re saying we watched all three movies in one film?

I had to squeeze the three scripts into one.

Do you think with you’re sci-fi film in the future you’ll be able to do a lot more with the budget you get?

It’s not so much a question of money. It’s a question of imagination. And how to be able to do it. You have an idea but before, you can’t do it. The Fifth Element was a nightmare. Some shots, just her jumping with the cars, you do that now like this [snaps fingers.] It was a nightmare.

For your fans let’s do a schedule for the next year.

I’m producing another film called Taken with Liam Neeson with the director of District 13. They are shooting here. I was there last night on the set. That’s good. Liam Neeson’s going to be wonderful in it. It’s an action film, very intense. I have another one, Transporter probably March and April next year. Then another one called From Paris with Love which is an action film also we’re going to shoot next year. Then two other animated films, one called A Monster in Paris which is a great film from the guy who did, it’s a French guy who works on an animator from Dreamworks but I don’t remember which one. And we did another animated film called Ruby Tuesday with the Rolling Stones, 12 songs of the Rolling Stones. It’s an animated film with 12 songs of the Rolling Stones. It’s going to be great too. And a couple of French films.