Bouchareb backs Sisters
French-Algerian helmer-producer Rachid Bouchareb is set to produce "Meurtre entre soeurs," the feature debut of French star Sami Bouajila.
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Brody heads to ‘Cannes’
Adrien Brody is in talks to topline "Cannes," an ensemble dramedy set against the backdrop of the Cannes Film Festival.
Wide unveils sales
Loic Magneron's Paris-based Wide Management has inked a raft of sales across its lineup at the midpoint of the European Film Market.
Fiennes drifts to ‘Sands’
Ralph Fiennes is in advanced discussions to topline James Foley's fantasy drama-romance "Sands."
Jacquot brings “Diary” to screen
Following in the footsteps of Luis Bunuel and Jean Renoir, French vet helmer Benoit Jacquot, who's latest film "Farewell, My Queen" is nominated for 10 Cesar film awards in France, is set to helm…
Pathe accents opportunity
When Jerome Seydoux, the scion of the Seydoux-Schlumberger industrial empire, bought Pathe in 1990, he helped not only to modernize Europe's oldest film company, but also to internationalize France's…
Zodiak Rights expands into film
Zodiak Media’s Zodiak Rights, an established purveyor of TV and homevid content, is expanding its theatrical roster with “The Troubled Man” and “Echoes From the Dead,” two new thrillers from Yellow…
Scorsese to exec produce Luc Besson’s ‘Malavita’
Martin Scorsese and Luc Besson are collaborating on “Malavita,” from EuropaCorp and Relativity, starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones. Besson helms the actioner. Scorsese…
Bac ups Robinet
Mathieu Robinet, who joined Paris-based arthouse shingle Bac Majestic as international sales agent in 2011, has been upped to managing director of Bac Films Distribution. Robinet will now oversee the…
French academy to fete Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner, who is starring in McG's actioner "Three Days to Kill" in Paris, will receive an honorary Cesar from the French Academie des Arts et Techniques at the Feb. 22 ceremony.
Trio finds ‘Paradise’
Three European co-producers have joined Andrea di Stefano's "Paradise Lost," the thriller-romance starring Benicio Del Toro as drug lord Pablo Escobar.
