His grandfather Archibald has recently gone missing and Arthur sees little of his parents. Ten-year-old Arthur is living with his grandmother in a quiet country house. With a budget of €65 million, Arthur and the Invisibles was briefly the most expensive French film production until surpassed by Astérix at the Olympic Games. Released on November 29, 2006, in France December 29, 2006, in North America, and February 2, 2007, in the United Kingdom. Arthur and the Invisibles (or Arthur and the Minimoys in non-anglophone territories) is a part-animated, part-live action feature film adaptation of the 2002 children's book Arthur et les Minimoys, and the 2003 sequel novel Arthur et la Cité Interdite, which had been written by filmmaker Luc Besson, who also directed the film.