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French Sales Group Goodfellas Buys ‘Happening’ Producer Rectangle to Expand Film and TV Production Business

One of France’s most critically lauded producers of the last decade with movies such as Audrey Diwan’s Golden Lion prizewinner “Happening,” Edouard Weil has sold his Paris-based production company Rectangle Productions to sales company Goodfellas after filing for bankruptcy in June. Goodfellas, the thriving sales company co-founded by Vincent Maraval, is a longtime collaborator of […]

Italy’s ‘The Boy With Pink Pants’ Is Biggest Local Hit of 2024,’ Beating ‘Wicked,’ ‘Gladiator 2’

Highlighting the power of local stories, Italy’s box office has been taken by storm by “The Boy With Pink Pants,” Margherita Ferri’s intimate film telling the harrowing true tale of a 15-year-old boy who took his own life after enduring bullying at school and online. Produced and fully financed by Tarak Ben Ammar’s Eagle Pictures, […]

Canal+ Group CFO Amandine Ferré Reveals Ins and Outs of Pay TV Giant’s London Stock Exchange Debut: ‘It Opens Up Opportunities That We Didn’t Have Before’ (EXCLUSIVE)

French pay TV giant Canal+, which is behind “Paddington” producer Studiocanal, has officially split from parent company Vivendi in time for its 40-year anniversary. Making its debut solo on the London stock exchange on Monday, Canal+ enlisted a homegrown executive, Amandine Ferré — who has been at the company for 15 years and was most recently based in […]

Sundance’s Canadian Sexy Comedy ‘Two Women’ Boarded by Pulsar Content for Worldwide Sales Ahead of Competition Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Pulsar Content has nabbed worldwide sales on “Two Women,” a Canadian sexy comedy which is slated to world premiere at Sundance. Directed by Chloé Robichaud, “Two Women” is written by critically acclaimed playwright Catherine Léger based on her own play, “Home Deliveries,” which is itself a modern adaptation of Claude Fournier’s 1970 comedy “Two Women […]

Shudder Buys ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Ahead of Sundance Premiere as Midnight Section Opener (EXCLUSIVE)

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service has bought “The Ugly Stepsister,” a sinister twist on the classic Cinderella story, ahead of the film’s world premiere at Sundance. The movie, which is slated to open the Midnight Section in Park City, was picked up by Shudder for North American, U.K., and ANZ rights. Memento International represents […]

Canal+ Group, Owner of ‘Paddington’ Producer Studiocanal, to Enter London Stock Exchange After Vivendi Shareholders Approve Spinoff

Vivendi, the Paris-headquartered media conglomerate, is about to enter a new era with its flagship pay TV banner Canal+ Group set for a bow at the London Stock Exchange. Slated for Dec. 16, the listing of Canal+ Group, which is the parent company of “Paddington” producer Studiocanal, is part of a spinoff project which was […]

Miraculous Corp Grows Leadership Team With Former Mercury Filmworks, Paramount Pictures Execs Heath Kenny and Ashley Depp (EXCLUSIVE)

Miraculous Corp, the joint venture between Mediawan and ZAG, is expanding its leadership team with two executive appointments. Former Gaumont and Mercury Filmworks executive Heath Kenny has been named chief content officer, while Ashley Depp, who was previously at Paramount Pictures, has joined as senior vice president of marketing and franchise. Both will report directly to Andy Yeatman, CEO […]

Music Box Buys Venice Prizewinning Film ‘Familiar Touch’ Directed by Rising Filmmaker Sarah Friedland (EXCLUSIVE)

Music Box has acquired North American rights to “Familiar Touch,” Sarah Friedland’s feature debut which won three major awards in Venice including the Lion of the Future prize. Represented by Memento International, “Familiar Touch” also won best actress for Kathleen Chalfant, and best director in the Horizons section at this year’s Venice Film Festival. Friedland […]

Notre-Dame Cathedral Reopening Brings Together Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky for Closed-Door Meeting

While navigating the country’s worst political crisis since the 1960s, French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and hosted a three-way closed-door meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the backdrop of the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday. The outing marks Trump’s first international visit since his Nov. 5 election […]

Jacob Elordi, Andrew Garfield and Sean Penn Dined With Morocco’s HRH Prince Moulay Rachid at Epic Gala Event Hosted Inside 16th-Century Palace Badi

For its starriest edition to date, the Marrakech Film Festival did more than rolling out the red carpet: it opened the doors to Palace Badi, a 16th-century iconic landmark, for an epic dinner offered by HM Mohammed VI and hosted by HRH Prince Moulay Rachid, accompanied by his wife, Princess Lalla Oum Keltoum. The gala evening kicked off with […]

Mubi Welcomes Chinese Billionaire Zhang Xin to Board of Directors as Closer Media Invests in ‘The Substance’ Distributor

Mubi, which recently planted a flag in the U.S. with the wide release of Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance,” has welcomed Zhang Xin to its board of directors, as part of a new chapter for the rapidly expanding company which will also see Zhang’s New York-based film production and financing group Closer Media become an investor […]

French President Emmanuel Macron Says He Will Appoint New Prime Minister and Finish His Five-Year Mandate After Government Gets Toppled

French President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised address on Thursday evening that he will finish his five-year mandate which ends in 2027 despite pressure for him to resign amid the fall of the government. The government was toppled Wednesday after the parliament gave a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Michel Barnier. It marks the […]

Sony Pictures International Buys Global Remake Rights to Newen Content’s French Comedy ‘Family Therapy’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP) has picked up remake rights to Arnaud Lemort’s French family comedy “Family Therapy” (“Jamais sans mon psy”) from Newen Connect. Under the deal, SPIP will develop localized versions of the French movie around the world, excluding China and France. Produced by Mathieu Verhaeghe and Thomas Verhaeghe at Atelier de Production, […]

Max Boards Two New Original Series in France, Sets Spring Launch in Turkey

Rolling off the streaming debut of its first French original series “The Confidante” and docu “Breaking the Bank,” Max announced two new French shows, and a Spring launch in Turkey during a panel discussion at Content London. In Turkey, Max will bring together BluTV, a local SVOD service which it acquired last year, with HBO […]

Berlin Film Festival to Open With Tom Tykwer’s ‘The Light’ Starring Lars Eidinger

Tom Tykwer’s “The Light” will open the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. The German-French production, Das Licht (“The Light”) will be presented as a Berlinale Special Gala out of competition in the Berlinale Palast. The film marks Tykwer’s return to the big screen after seven years and four seasons as writer and director of the hit series “Babylon Berlin.” […]

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