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Paramount Pictures shows Dwayne Johnson as Hercules in a scene
from ‘Hercules’ showing July 25 in US. (AP) ‘Lucy’ thriller with
philosophical message Greed will end human race: Besson  LOS
ANGELES, July 24, (RTRS): Days before the release of what could
be the biggest hit of his career, Luc Besson is predicting the
end of the human race. “Life on the surface of the earth has
disappeared seven times in history of the earth,” Besson told
TheWrap. “Then life is back and this starts again for a couple
of million years. It’s not like it can’t happen or it won’t
happen. It’s happened before.” To what do we owe our own
destruction? Greed, an unexpected gripe considering its source:
the most prominent filmmaker in France, co-founder of a movie
studio and owner of a countryside mansion (among other
properties). Besson has written and produced dozens of movies,
launching the careers of Natalie Portman (“Leon: the
Professional”) and Milla Jovovich (“The Fifth Eleme