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Jeunet's Long Engagement gets French approval
France's National Cinema Centre (CNC) has given provisional approval for A Very Long Engagement - the Warner Bros France backed film by Amelie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet - to qualify for access to French state funding. However, the approval does come with some caveats. The $50 million film is set to ...
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Marrakesh
The Marrakesh International Film Festival will run from October 3 to 8 this year with German director Volker Schlondorff presiding over the feature film jury. Jeremy Irons will head up the short film jury.This is the third go round for Marrakesh which has been gaining momentum throughout its run. Very ...
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Marrakech announces line up
Takeshi Kitano Zatoochi, Mira Nair's Hysterical Blindness, Tom McCarthy's The Station Agent and Gotam Ghose's In The Forest'Again are among the films competing for the Golden Star (Etoile d'Or) at this year's Marrakech Film Festival (October 3-8).German director Volker Schloendorff (The Handmaiden's Tale, War And Peace) will led the feature ...
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Polanski in Oscar rendezvous at Deauville
The Deauville Festival of American Film kicked off on Friday night under stormy skies with at least one star shining bright. Harrison Ford, who's become something of a regular in the Normandy town having presented his films here for the past twenty years, came to jump-start the festival with his ...
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Polanski readies Oliver Twist adaptation
A Roman Polanski adaptation of Oliver Twist may sound odd, but the film's producer Robert Benmussa insists 'a family film' like this 'will really suit him'.News emerged this week that Polanski is teaming up again with the makers of The Pianist for an adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic.Oscar winning ...
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Vivendi mulls sale of UGC cinema stake
Vivendi Universal, the French group that earlier this week agreed to merge with NBC to create a $40bn media colossus, is understood to be planning to sell half of its stake in the UGC cinema circuit. A consortium of minority shareholders brought to the table by the Verrechia family, looks ...
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FRANCE
Following what can only be termed a rotten summer for film-going in France, exhibitors are thrilled with the performance of Johnny Depp's Pirates Of The Carribbean, the first real summer blockbuster to show any legs. Also new this week and of note is Cannes competition film La Petite Lili. The ...
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France's Vincent Cassel joins Ocean's Twelve
Continuing his foray into Hollywood, French actor Vincent Cassel has taken a role in Stephen Soderbergh's upcoming sequel to Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve. Cassel's Paris-based agent, Laurent Gregoire of Intertalent confirmed the news to Screendaily on Wednesday.Ocean's Twelve will reunite the all-star cast of the 2001 hit which included George ...
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NBC to merge with Vivendi Universal Entertainment
Vivendi Universal has announced NBC as the victor in its long-gestating auction of the company's US entertainment assets that include Universal Studios, television interests and theme parks.In the announcement, made soon after the Paris bourse closed, Vivendi and NBC parent General Electric said it had signed a letter of intent ...
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Berri's San Antonio restarts after summer hiatus
After a rocky start, Asterix producer Claude Berri is pressing ahead with shooting on his next big budget film. San Antonio, an adaptation of the cult book series by Frederic Dard, has gone through a series of changes both behind and in front of the camera.Shooting originally began on the ...
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VUE bidding down to two: NBC and Cablevision-Bronfman
Following a hotlyanticipated board meeting on Tuesday, Vivendi Universal announced it wouldenter into further negotiations with the two primary bidders for its USentertainment assets.As previously reported, thetwo remaining bidders are General Electric's NBC which, should it prove thewinner, would form an association between NBC and Vivendi UniversalEntertainment (VUE) to become ...
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Vivendi sale marathon moves into final lap
Vivendi Universal's board meets this afternoon in Paris to review the final bids for the company's US entertainment assets.However, insiders at Vivendi are cautious when it comes to confirming a formal decision today. "The board will either say they want to go into deeper talks with all of the remaining ...
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Deauville rounds out festival line-up
Along with the list of competition films announced on August 19, France's Deauville Festival of American Film (Sept 5-14) has unveiled its premieres and special sections.American films which will have their French premieres out of competition include American Wedding with stars Alyson Hannigan and Jason Biggs set to attend; Woody ...
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Deauville unveils American film line-up
The Deauville Festival of American Film (Sept 5-14) has announced its line up and jury for this year's event.The Deauville line-up comprises: Greg Marcks' 11:14; Sundance hit American Splendor from Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini; Robert Duvall's latest directing effort Assassination Tango; Wayne Kramer's The Cooler; Dot The ...
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Reno, Clavier reteam for Corse comic adaptation
Once again, France is turning to comic books for inspiration.Alain Berberian is to direct Enquete Corse, about a hapless detective in Corsica, based on the comics by Rene Petillon. Enquete Corse will also reunite the stars of the Les Visiteurs films - Christian Clavier and Jean Reno - who will ...
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Everett boards cast of France's Jet Set 2
British actor Rupert Everett has joined the cast of Jet Set 2, the sequel to hit French film of 2000, which is set to start shooting in Ibiza in September.Miramax acquired remake and US distribution rights to the original French-language comedy Jet Set (Screen Daily, May 23, 2000). A "fish-out-of-water" ...
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Ford, Eastwood to bookend Deauville festival
Although the official line up won't be announced until August 19, the Deauville Festival of American Film has released some details of the upcoming event. Bookending the festival are two Hollywood heavyweights: Harrison Ford and Clint Eastwood. Ford's Hollywood Homicide, which was directed by Ron Shelton, will open the festival ...
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Marie Trintignant dies after five days in coma
After nearly a week in a coma, French actress Marie Trintignant died on August 1 at a hospital outside Paris. The 41 year old suffered a brain haemorrhage following a violent argument with her boyfriend Bertrand Cantat, lead singer of the French rock group Noir Desir.Trintignant's injuries were suffered in ...
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Warner Bros' Engagement stirs French debate
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's next film, A Very Long Engagement, is stirring up controversy in France even before the first images have been shot. The film is to be produced by a new outfit, 2003 Productions, which was set up and is run by Warner Bros France president Francis Boespflug and is ...
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Warner Bros France to distribute Fechner's L'Incruste
A new French production company, Zig Zag Productions, has joined up with veteran producer Christian Fechner for the upcoming L'Incruste which Warner Bros will distribute in April 2004.According to French weekly trade Le Film Francais, former agent Jean-Michel Stazzu, who created Zig Zag, has been developing L'Incruste over the past ...