Disney+ - Lucky Luke: Disney+ reveals the first image from the series starring Alban Lenoir

By Mulder, 16 december 2025

On December 16, 2025, Disney+ unveiled the very first official image from its new original French production Lucky Luke, and the information is clear enough to warrant serious consideration: Alban Lenoir plays the man who shoots faster than his shadow in a series announced exclusively on Disney+ France in spring 2026, before being broadcast on France Télévisions. Beyond the announcement effect, this first image acts as a signal: Disney+ and its partners are not treating Lucky Luke as just a name designed to attract clicks, but as a structured revival of a heritage figure, with an ambition for an action and adventure series, and above all a desire to reconnect the character to a long-term narrative dynamic, where the legend is no longer reduced to an iconic posture but becomes a dramatic terrain.

The synopsis released supports this: Lucky Luke, a lone cowboy who has become a symbol, must help Louise, an 18-year-old girl described as endearing and unpredictable, cross the Wild West to find her mysteriously disappeared mother, while thwarting a plot presented as capable of changing the course of US history. The setting promises a quest, duels, chases, forced alliances, and a gallery of familiar figures (the Daltons, Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane) integrated into a more personal trajectory, as the series focuses on a hero confronted with the ghosts of his past and the origins of his own legend. On paper, the approach seeks to strike a balance between popular adventure and a more intimate reinterpretation, without sacrificing the spectacular dimension that has been part of the character's DNA since his origins.

The project is backed by a solid production setup: executive production is handled by Federation Studio France in co-production with Un Pour Tous Productions, with the series directed by Benjamin Rocher and created by Mathieu Leblanc and Thomas Mansuy. One point is worth emphasizing because it says a lot about the artistic involvement: Alban Lenoir is not only the lead actor, he is also co-producer through his company, alongside Géraldine Gendre and Lionel Uzan for Federation, and Julien Vallespi and Rémi Préchac for Un Pour Tous Productions. In an adaptation of this scale, and with such a high-profile cultural icon, this involvement is rarely anecdotal: it can influence the consistency of the tone, the physical direction of the character, and the way in which the action is designed to serve a serialized narrative rather than a simple accumulation of references.

The main cast, meanwhile, establishes a clearly identified ensemble: Billie Blain plays Louise, Alice Taglioni plays Charlie, Jérôme Niel plays Joe Dalton, Camille Chamoux plays Calamity Jane, and Victor Le Blond plays Billy the Kid, alongside Alban Lenoir. Here again, the choice of profiles suggests a series that aims to combine presence, depth, and effectiveness, relying on actors capable of commanding the screen without neutralizing the characters' unique personalities. This is a key issue with Lucky Luke: the popularity of this universe relies as much on the hero's appeal as on the strength of the supporting characters, and particularly on the comic and dramatic dynamics of the Daltons, which historically constitute one of the most sensitive drivers of the adaptation.

Finally, this launch must be placed in a specific editorial context: Lucky Luke is a creation by Morris that came into being in 1946, whose popularity took on a major dimension from 1955 onwards with the arrival of René Goscinny as scriptwriter, and the series will celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2026. This longevity explains the responsibility that weighs on any adaptation: it is not just a license that is being touched, but a whole world of work, transmitted through albums, animation, and previous incarnations, with a very stable and, paradoxically, very demanding collective imagination. As such, Disney+'s announcement is not limited to a date and a cast: it opens a new audiovisual chapter for a character who, for nearly eight decades, has spanned generations. The next decisive step will obviously be the first moving sequence (trailer, excerpt, materiality of the sets, rhythm, and above all the interactions between the iconic figures and the new protagonists), but this first image and the architecture of the project already reveal a clear intention: to offer an ambitious, accessible French adventure series, designed to exist both as mainstream entertainment and as a respectful reinterpretation of a comic book monument.

Synopsis:
Lucky Luke, the legendary lone cowboy, must help Louise, an 18-year-old girl... as prickly as a cactus and more unpredictable than a rabid coyote. Together, they embark on a quest across the Wild West to find Louise's mother, who has mysteriously disappeared, while foiling a plot that could change the course of American history. A thrilling adventure that explores both the past and the future of the hero who shoots faster than his shadow. Between duels, chases, furious headbutts, and unexpected alliances with the Daltons, Billy the Kid, and Calamity Jane, our unlikely duo will discover that the greatest challenge is not saving America... but working together!

Lucky Luke
Directed by Benjamin Rocher
Written by Thomas Mansuy, Mathieu Leblanc, Justine Kim Gautier, Julie-Anna Grignon
Produced by Rémi Préchac, Géraldine Gendre, Lionel Uzan, Julien Vallespi, Alban Lenoir
Starring Alban Lenoir, Billie Blain, Alice Taglioni, Jérôme Niel, Camille Chamoux, Victor Le Blond
Director of photography: Maxime Cointe, Steeven Petitteville
Editing: Romain Imbert
Music: Thomas Cappeau
Production companies: France Télévisions, Federation Studios, Un Pour Tous Productions, Homerun
Distribution: Disney+, France 2
Release dates: TBD
Running time: TBD

(Source: press release)