Picture Perfect Entertainment head Patrick Wachsberger arrives on the Croisette with key pre-sales in the bag on his hot-ticket French adaptation of The Incredible Shrinking Man starring Jean Dujardin.
Production began in Brussels last week on the feature based on the Richard Matheson novel and Universal’s 1957 black and white film about a man who faces danger at every turn after he is exposed to radiation and insecticide and shrinks to less than one inch tall.
Dujardin, who won the Oscar for The Artist, reunites with his 99 Francs director Jan Kounen.
Deals have closed in Germany (Leonine), Italy (Rai), Latin...
Production began in Brussels last week on the feature based on the Richard Matheson novel and Universal’s 1957 black and white film about a man who faces danger at every turn after he is exposed to radiation and insecticide and shrinks to less than one inch tall.
Dujardin, who won the Oscar for The Artist, reunites with his 99 Francs director Jan Kounen.
Deals have closed in Germany (Leonine), Italy (Rai), Latin...
- 5/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Top Belgian distribution and production company Belga Films Group is teaming up with French director Cédric Nicolas-Troyan on an English-language, live action adaptation of the iconic, European comic book The Yellow M.
Nicolas-Troyan’s previous credits include the 2016 fantasy action-adventure tale The Huntsman: Winter’s War as well as Netflix’s action hit Kate and recently launched French-language series Furies.
The Yellow M is the sixth volume in Belgian artist Edgar P. Jacobs’ popular 1950s comic book series Blake and Mortimer, about the adventures of MI5 Captain Francis Blake and his scientist friend Philip Mortimer.
The cult series is considered a masterpiece of ligneclaire (the drawing style pioneered by Tintin creator Hergé) and has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 15 languages. Franco-Belgian publishing house Dargaud – Le Lombard owns the rights to the comic strip.
Nicolas-Troyan, who is represented by CAA, will produce alongside Patrick Vandenbosch...
Nicolas-Troyan’s previous credits include the 2016 fantasy action-adventure tale The Huntsman: Winter’s War as well as Netflix’s action hit Kate and recently launched French-language series Furies.
The Yellow M is the sixth volume in Belgian artist Edgar P. Jacobs’ popular 1950s comic book series Blake and Mortimer, about the adventures of MI5 Captain Francis Blake and his scientist friend Philip Mortimer.
The cult series is considered a masterpiece of ligneclaire (the drawing style pioneered by Tintin creator Hergé) and has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 15 languages. Franco-Belgian publishing house Dargaud – Le Lombard owns the rights to the comic strip.
Nicolas-Troyan, who is represented by CAA, will produce alongside Patrick Vandenbosch...
- 4/3/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Other signatories include Isabelle Adjani, Jacques Audiard and Michel Hazanavicius.
More than 500 leading figures from the French film and cultural industries have signed a letter calling for a silent march on Sunday (November 19) in Paris in response to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Marion Cotillard, Melanie Laurent, Isabelle Adjani, Nathalie Baye, Jacques Audiard, Christophe Honore and Michel Hazanavicius are among the actors, filmmakers, agents and producers who have called for “a silent march of solidarity, humanism and peace”. The initiative was organised by Le Collectif Une Autre Voix (Another Voice) and spearheaded by the group’s President Lubna Azabal, a Belgian...
More than 500 leading figures from the French film and cultural industries have signed a letter calling for a silent march on Sunday (November 19) in Paris in response to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Marion Cotillard, Melanie Laurent, Isabelle Adjani, Nathalie Baye, Jacques Audiard, Christophe Honore and Michel Hazanavicius are among the actors, filmmakers, agents and producers who have called for “a silent march of solidarity, humanism and peace”. The initiative was organised by Le Collectif Une Autre Voix (Another Voice) and spearheaded by the group’s President Lubna Azabal, a Belgian...
- 11/13/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Patrick Wachsberger’s Picture Perfect Entertainment is launching international sales on Jan Kounen’s “The Incredible Shrinking Man” starring Jean Dujardin, the Oscar-winning actor of “The Artist.”
The ambitious film is a modern adaption of Richard Matheson’s science fiction novel, which was previously brought to the big screen by Universal Pictures in 1957 with Jack Arnold’s “The Shrinking Man.”
The French movie is being produced by Alain Goldman at Pitchipoi Productions and Picture Perfect, the vehicle launched by Wachsberger, the former co-chairman of Lionsgate who won a best picture Oscar for “Coda” in 2021.
Slated to start shooting in May 2024, the movie tells the story of a man who gradually shrinks to less than an inch tall after an exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide. With medical science powerless to help him, brushes with cats, mouse traps and spiders become a matter of life and death, and he...
The ambitious film is a modern adaption of Richard Matheson’s science fiction novel, which was previously brought to the big screen by Universal Pictures in 1957 with Jack Arnold’s “The Shrinking Man.”
The French movie is being produced by Alain Goldman at Pitchipoi Productions and Picture Perfect, the vehicle launched by Wachsberger, the former co-chairman of Lionsgate who won a best picture Oscar for “Coda” in 2021.
Slated to start shooting in May 2024, the movie tells the story of a man who gradually shrinks to less than an inch tall after an exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide. With medical science powerless to help him, brushes with cats, mouse traps and spiders become a matter of life and death, and he...
- 11/3/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Sixty-six years ago, Creature from the Black Lagoon director Jack Arnold teamed up with author Richard Matheson to bring Matheson’s sci-fi novel The Shrinking Man to the screen as The Incredible Shrinking Man (watch it Here). Now Deadline reports that Picture Perfect Federation Chairman Patrick Wachsberger, who was formerly the Co-Chairman of Lionsgate, is working with La Vie En Rose producer Alain Goldman on a French remake of The Incredible Shrinking Man that is set to star Jean Dujardin, who won an Oscar for his performance in the lead role of the 2012 silent film The Artist – which also happened to be the Best Picture winner that year.
The Wachsberger-produced Coda just won Best Picture last year and La Vie En Rose earned an Oscar for star Marion Cotillard, so this remake has multiple prestigious names attached to it.
Universal Pictures released The Incredible Shrinking Man in ’57 and still holds the rights to the property,...
The Wachsberger-produced Coda just won Best Picture last year and La Vie En Rose earned an Oscar for star Marion Cotillard, so this remake has multiple prestigious names attached to it.
Universal Pictures released The Incredible Shrinking Man in ’57 and still holds the rights to the property,...
- 10/4/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival has unveiled the prize winners of its biggest edition to date, running from June 11 to 17.
Italian-French directorial duo’s Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s Chicken For Linda! has won the top Cristal award for best film.
The heartwarming tale revolves around a mother and daughter struggling to come to terms with a personal tragedy in their lives.
Following a misunderstanding, the mother embarks on a mission to cook her daughter her favorite dish of chicken with peppers against the backdrop of a national strike.
The features is coproduced by Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, and Dorje Film.
Hungarian director Áron Gauder’s Four Souls Of Coyote won the Jury Award.
The adventure tale tackles environmental issues through the prism of a Native American creation myth, revisited by four teenagers trying to save ancestorial land from an oil pipeline project.
Gauder previously won...
Italian-French directorial duo’s Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s Chicken For Linda! has won the top Cristal award for best film.
The heartwarming tale revolves around a mother and daughter struggling to come to terms with a personal tragedy in their lives.
Following a misunderstanding, the mother embarks on a mission to cook her daughter her favorite dish of chicken with peppers against the backdrop of a national strike.
The features is coproduced by Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, and Dorje Film.
Hungarian director Áron Gauder’s Four Souls Of Coyote won the Jury Award.
The adventure tale tackles environmental issues through the prism of a Native American creation myth, revisited by four teenagers trying to save ancestorial land from an oil pipeline project.
Gauder previously won...
- 6/17/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
’There is no point in releasing 25 movies a year. We need to be selective,’ says Belga’s Patrick Vandenbosch.
Patrick Vandenbosch, chief executive of leading Benelux distributor Belga, has outlined the company’s new strategy following its acquisition this week of Marc Punt’s Amsterdam-based distributor Independent Films.
Belga previously had a 50/50 partnership with Independent and released its films in the Netherlands through the company, while Independent’s films were released in Belgium through Belga. Now, Belga has taken over the Dutch outfit entirely.
“Independent is becoming for us a key profit centre instead of just an operational partnership,” Vandenbosch said,...
Patrick Vandenbosch, chief executive of leading Benelux distributor Belga, has outlined the company’s new strategy following its acquisition this week of Marc Punt’s Amsterdam-based distributor Independent Films.
Belga previously had a 50/50 partnership with Independent and released its films in the Netherlands through the company, while Independent’s films were released in Belgium through Belga. Now, Belga has taken over the Dutch outfit entirely.
“Independent is becoming for us a key profit centre instead of just an operational partnership,” Vandenbosch said,...
- 10/7/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
An A-list panel was invited to discuss the question of animated film for adults in a conversation entitled “What Is Adult Animation Film’s Strategy and Where Is It Headed?” at the Cannes Film Market’s fourth edition of Animation Day on Sunday.
Panelists included Dutch-born French filmmaker Jan Kounen, who also presented his latest project “Epiphania” in the morning’s pitching sessions, alongside Sun Creature (“Flee”) co-founder and producer Charlotte de La Gournerie, Bruno Felix, founder and co-ceo of Amsterdam-based Submarine, and Amel Lacombe, CEO and founder of Paris-based indie distributor Eurozoom.
Asked whether the perception of adult animation is evolving, Lacombe, who heads Europe’s leading theatrical distributor of Japanese animation, alluded to the genre’s exponential growth over the past two years, saying: “Change will come with big money and big business. Audiences are ready to go to theaters to see animation for adults. A few months ago,...
Panelists included Dutch-born French filmmaker Jan Kounen, who also presented his latest project “Epiphania” in the morning’s pitching sessions, alongside Sun Creature (“Flee”) co-founder and producer Charlotte de La Gournerie, Bruno Felix, founder and co-ceo of Amsterdam-based Submarine, and Amel Lacombe, CEO and founder of Paris-based indie distributor Eurozoom.
Asked whether the perception of adult animation is evolving, Lacombe, who heads Europe’s leading theatrical distributor of Japanese animation, alluded to the genre’s exponential growth over the past two years, saying: “Change will come with big money and big business. Audiences are ready to go to theaters to see animation for adults. A few months ago,...
- 5/23/2022
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
The fourth edition of Animation Day, which is part of the Cannes Film Festival’s Market, will take place on May 22.
A one-day event aimed at the global animation filmmaking community, it is a joint initiative launched in 2019 by the Cannes Film Market and the Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival, in partnership with Animation! Ventana Sur, the animation branch of Latin America’s leading film market.
This edition will kick off with the Annecy Goes to Cannes pitching sessions, featuring five works-in-progress projects at various stages of development. Attendees will also be able to attend a morning panel discussion entitled “What Is Adult Animation Film’s Strategy and Where Is It Headed?,” which will address the question of the animated film offer for adults, both in theaters and on smaller screens, as viewing habits evolve.
Panelists include Dutch-born French filmmaker Jan Kounen, who is also presenting his latest project “Epiphania” in the pitching sessions,...
A one-day event aimed at the global animation filmmaking community, it is a joint initiative launched in 2019 by the Cannes Film Market and the Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival, in partnership with Animation! Ventana Sur, the animation branch of Latin America’s leading film market.
This edition will kick off with the Annecy Goes to Cannes pitching sessions, featuring five works-in-progress projects at various stages of development. Attendees will also be able to attend a morning panel discussion entitled “What Is Adult Animation Film’s Strategy and Where Is It Headed?,” which will address the question of the animated film offer for adults, both in theaters and on smaller screens, as viewing habits evolve.
Panelists include Dutch-born French filmmaker Jan Kounen, who is also presenting his latest project “Epiphania” in the pitching sessions,...
- 5/17/2022
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
This 1997 policier, directed by Jan Kounen, pulses with violent energy, although its pop-video aesthetic looks dated
Very over the top, extremely brutal and as French as a Johnny Hallyday calendar – here’s a rerelease for the gonzo crime thriller from 1997, directed by Jan Kounen and adapted from the pulp policier series by Joël Houssin. The hyperactive pop video aesthetic has dated a bit, and the crash zooms and the extreme close-ups are tiring, but there’s no doubting the ultraviolent, ultratasteless energy of it all: the movie gives the finger to all those arthouse wimps who might be thinking about wrinkling their noses and objecting to this film.
Romain Duris plays a gangster who takes a shit in the street and actually wipes his arse with a page from the esteemed film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma A lithe young Vincent Cassel plays Dobermann, a fearless bank robber who takes down...
Very over the top, extremely brutal and as French as a Johnny Hallyday calendar – here’s a rerelease for the gonzo crime thriller from 1997, directed by Jan Kounen and adapted from the pulp policier series by Joël Houssin. The hyperactive pop video aesthetic has dated a bit, and the crash zooms and the extreme close-ups are tiring, but there’s no doubting the ultraviolent, ultratasteless energy of it all: the movie gives the finger to all those arthouse wimps who might be thinking about wrinkling their noses and objecting to this film.
Romain Duris plays a gangster who takes a shit in the street and actually wipes his arse with a page from the esteemed film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma A lithe young Vincent Cassel plays Dobermann, a fearless bank robber who takes down...
- 5/11/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Disney’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse Of Madness” opened atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with a mighty £19.5 million (24.3 million), according to numbers released by Comscore.
Last week’s top ranking film, Universal’s “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” collected £1.5 million in second place and now has a total of £7.6 million after two weekends. In third place, Paramount’s “Sonic The Hedgehog 2” took £630,391 for £23.5 million after six weekends.
Another Paramount title, “The Lost City,” collected £468,402 in fourth place for a total of £8.6 million after four weekends.
Rounding off the top five was Warner Bros,’ “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore” with £401,449 and now has a total of £19.5 million after five weekends.
The lone debut in the top 10 was Trafalgar Releasing’s filmed opera “Turandot – Met Opera 2022,” which bowed in ninth place with £110,203.
The upcoming weekend sees several keenly anticipated releases including A24’s action film “Everything Everywhere All at Once,...
Last week’s top ranking film, Universal’s “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” collected £1.5 million in second place and now has a total of £7.6 million after two weekends. In third place, Paramount’s “Sonic The Hedgehog 2” took £630,391 for £23.5 million after six weekends.
Another Paramount title, “The Lost City,” collected £468,402 in fourth place for a total of £8.6 million after four weekends.
Rounding off the top five was Warner Bros,’ “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore” with £401,449 and now has a total of £19.5 million after five weekends.
The lone debut in the top 10 was Trafalgar Releasing’s filmed opera “Turandot – Met Opera 2022,” which bowed in ninth place with £110,203.
The upcoming weekend sees several keenly anticipated releases including A24’s action film “Everything Everywhere All at Once,...
- 5/10/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
On average French films allocate under 3% of their total budget on VFX, according to a report on employment in the French VFX sector presented at Pids Enghien in Paris by the French film and TV agency Cnc.
The report, produced with market research firm Audiens, found that for films budgeted at over €15 million ($17 million), the VFX spend rises to an average 11.8% of budget.
The data suggests that the number of French films using VFX has increased over the past decade. In 2020, 108 of 131 French feature films had recourse to VFX expenses in their overall budget. Total VFX expenditure for all French films in 2020 was estimated to be $18 million.
The Cnc has not yet disclosed data on the VFX spend of top French titles released in 2021, but top titles included “Eiffel,” which presented a case study at Pids Enghien.
Three titles contributed 39% of total VFX spend on French films in 2020 – Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Lost Prince,...
The report, produced with market research firm Audiens, found that for films budgeted at over €15 million ($17 million), the VFX spend rises to an average 11.8% of budget.
The data suggests that the number of French films using VFX has increased over the past decade. In 2020, 108 of 131 French feature films had recourse to VFX expenses in their overall budget. Total VFX expenditure for all French films in 2020 was estimated to be $18 million.
The Cnc has not yet disclosed data on the VFX spend of top French titles released in 2021, but top titles included “Eiffel,” which presented a case study at Pids Enghien.
Three titles contributed 39% of total VFX spend on French films in 2020 – Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Lost Prince,...
- 1/30/2022
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
France’s burgeoning VR sector is exploring the hybrid territory between commercial applications, film festivals and contemporary art museums.
French producers and authorities are increasingly interested in VR and extended reality solutions against a backdrop of multiple recent developments – such as Facebook’s rebranding as Meta, Sony’s next-generation VR headset for PlayStation 5, Disney’s patents of “virtual-world simulator” tech, and an estimated $3 billion of virtual reality headsets sold during Covid-19 lockdowns.
One of the key French hubs for VR production is Plaine Images, a Hauts-de-France innovation park, based in Lille, in Northern France, which houses production companies, research centers, and three schools, including Le Fresnoy – National Studio of Contemporary and Visual Arts.
Le Fresnoy produced Faye Formisano’s “They Dream in My Bones – Insemnopedy II,” one of 10 VR projects screening at Sundance 2022, within the fest’s New Frontier sidebar.
French helmer Bertrand Mandico (“After Blue”) and philosopher Emanuele Coccia...
French producers and authorities are increasingly interested in VR and extended reality solutions against a backdrop of multiple recent developments – such as Facebook’s rebranding as Meta, Sony’s next-generation VR headset for PlayStation 5, Disney’s patents of “virtual-world simulator” tech, and an estimated $3 billion of virtual reality headsets sold during Covid-19 lockdowns.
One of the key French hubs for VR production is Plaine Images, a Hauts-de-France innovation park, based in Lille, in Northern France, which houses production companies, research centers, and three schools, including Le Fresnoy – National Studio of Contemporary and Visual Arts.
Le Fresnoy produced Faye Formisano’s “They Dream in My Bones – Insemnopedy II,” one of 10 VR projects screening at Sundance 2022, within the fest’s New Frontier sidebar.
French helmer Bertrand Mandico (“After Blue”) and philosopher Emanuele Coccia...
- 1/9/2022
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
New industry event taps into growing mainstream interest in social and environmental impact content.
Paris-based Le Temps Presse film festival is launching a new international co-production market dedicated to films, TV series and digital projects which help raise awareness around environmental and societal issues.
The public-facing festival, which marks its 10th anniversary this year, celebrates works that illustrate the United Nations’s 17 sustainable development goals for 2030, which range from ending poverty to protecting biodiversity to empowering women and increasing gender equality.
Its new co-production market, Cinema for Change, will select projects using the same criteria. The first edition will run...
Paris-based Le Temps Presse film festival is launching a new international co-production market dedicated to films, TV series and digital projects which help raise awareness around environmental and societal issues.
The public-facing festival, which marks its 10th anniversary this year, celebrates works that illustrate the United Nations’s 17 sustainable development goals for 2030, which range from ending poverty to protecting biodiversity to empowering women and increasing gender equality.
Its new co-production market, Cinema for Change, will select projects using the same criteria. The first edition will run...
- 2/5/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
This was the original release weekend for ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ before its Covid-induced delay.
France, Wednesday, September 30
French comedy My Cousin by Jan Kounen was the biggest release of the week in France on just under 700 prints for Pathé. Vincent Lindon stars as the uptight chief of a family business empire on a mission to get his wayward cousin, who owns half its shares, to sign off on a mega-deal.
Cannes 2020 label feature animation Josep was the second widest launch on 200 prints for Sophie Dulac Distribution. This was followed by Israeli-French drama The End Of Love by Keren Ben Rafael...
France, Wednesday, September 30
French comedy My Cousin by Jan Kounen was the biggest release of the week in France on just under 700 prints for Pathé. Vincent Lindon stars as the uptight chief of a family business empire on a mission to get his wayward cousin, who owns half its shares, to sign off on a mega-deal.
Cannes 2020 label feature animation Josep was the second widest launch on 200 prints for Sophie Dulac Distribution. This was followed by Israeli-French drama The End Of Love by Keren Ben Rafael...
- 10/2/2020
- by Ben Dalton¬Martin Blaney¬Gabriele Niola¬Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
French sellers will market premiere a number of Cannes 2020 label titles.
MK2 Films is launching Carine Tardieu’s romantic drama The Young Lovers, starring Fanny Ardant opposite Melvil Poupaud as a 70-year-old woman who embarks on an affair with a married doctor 25 years her junior, and Ratatouille screenwriter Jim Capobianco’s stop-motion animation feature The Inventor about the life of Leonardo da Vinci, featuring Stephen Fry and Daisy Ridley in the voice cast. It will also market premiere Cannes 2020 titles The Big Hit by Emmanuel Courcol and Israeli filmmaker Nir Bergman’s father-and-son tale Here We Are.
Charades is running...
MK2 Films is launching Carine Tardieu’s romantic drama The Young Lovers, starring Fanny Ardant opposite Melvil Poupaud as a 70-year-old woman who embarks on an affair with a married doctor 25 years her junior, and Ratatouille screenwriter Jim Capobianco’s stop-motion animation feature The Inventor about the life of Leonardo da Vinci, featuring Stephen Fry and Daisy Ridley in the voice cast. It will also market premiere Cannes 2020 titles The Big Hit by Emmanuel Courcol and Israeli filmmaker Nir Bergman’s father-and-son tale Here We Are.
Charades is running...
- 6/21/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦
- ScreenDaily
Showcasing the wide scope and many nuances of French comedies, Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius’s “The Lost Prince,” “Mama Weed” with Isabelle Huppert (pictured), “The Lion” with Dany Boon, and “Welcome to the Jungle” with Catherine Deneuve are having their market premieres at the 22nd edition of the UniFrance Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris, which runs Jan. 16-20.
Sold by Studiocanal, “The Lost Prince” is fantasy-filled family comedy headlined by Omar Sy (“Intouchables), François Damiens (“Heartbreaker”) and Bérénice Bejo (“The Artist”).
“Mama Weed” directed by Jean-Paul Salomé, is a crime comedy starring Huppert, the Oscar-nominated actress, as a French-Arabic translator working for the anti-drug squad in Paris. Le Pacte is handling international sales.
“The Lion” is an action comedy about Romain (Philippe Katerine), a psychologist who is fascinated by his patient, Leo Milan (Boon), who claims to be a highly-trained international spy.
Helmed by Hugo Benamozig and David Caviglioli,...
Sold by Studiocanal, “The Lost Prince” is fantasy-filled family comedy headlined by Omar Sy (“Intouchables), François Damiens (“Heartbreaker”) and Bérénice Bejo (“The Artist”).
“Mama Weed” directed by Jean-Paul Salomé, is a crime comedy starring Huppert, the Oscar-nominated actress, as a French-Arabic translator working for the anti-drug squad in Paris. Le Pacte is handling international sales.
“The Lion” is an action comedy about Romain (Philippe Katerine), a psychologist who is fascinated by his patient, Leo Milan (Boon), who claims to be a highly-trained international spy.
Helmed by Hugo Benamozig and David Caviglioli,...
- 1/17/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Jan Kounen’s comedy “My Cousin,” starring Vincent Lindon and François Damiens, will be one of the biggest French releases of the year. The film screens Friday at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris. In an exclusive interview with Variety, he talks about his key motivations for the project.
“My Cousin” is about two cousins (Lindon and Damiens) with wildly incompatible personalities and different ways of life, set in a luxurious Bordeaux vineyard. It marks a major new departure for Kounen, and is his first feature film for 11 years, after his 2009 Cannes closing film, “Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky.”
Kounen has a cult following from previous pics such as “Dobermann” (1997), and spiritual Western “Blueberry” (2004), and is well known for his interest in shamanism, including his 2004 documentary “Other Worlds.” This interest has fed into his recent Vr projects – “Ayahuasca” (Kosmik Journey), “7 Lives” and “-22.7°C.”
“My Cousin” is produced by Richard Grandpierre’s Eskwad,...
“My Cousin” is about two cousins (Lindon and Damiens) with wildly incompatible personalities and different ways of life, set in a luxurious Bordeaux vineyard. It marks a major new departure for Kounen, and is his first feature film for 11 years, after his 2009 Cannes closing film, “Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky.”
Kounen has a cult following from previous pics such as “Dobermann” (1997), and spiritual Western “Blueberry” (2004), and is well known for his interest in shamanism, including his 2004 documentary “Other Worlds.” This interest has fed into his recent Vr projects – “Ayahuasca” (Kosmik Journey), “7 Lives” and “-22.7°C.”
“My Cousin” is produced by Richard Grandpierre’s Eskwad,...
- 1/16/2020
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
Mon cousin
It’s been eleven years since Dutch born Jan Kounen has unveiled a new feature, but in 2020 we’ll finally see him return with his fifth film, the comedy Mon cousin. Produced by Richard Grandpierre (Noe’s Irreversible and Climax) and lensed by Guillaume Schiffman (who has shot all of Michel Hazanavicius’ films), Kounen’s latest is co-written by Fabrice Roger-Lacan and actor Vincent Lindon (who also stars). Francois Damiens appears to be the sidekick. Kounen, something of a cult favorite thanks to a pair of oddball Vincent Cassel vehicles (1997’s Dobermann and 2004’s Renegade), closed the 2009 Cannes Film Festival with Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, which starred Anna Mouglalis and Mads Mikkelsen.…...
It’s been eleven years since Dutch born Jan Kounen has unveiled a new feature, but in 2020 we’ll finally see him return with his fifth film, the comedy Mon cousin. Produced by Richard Grandpierre (Noe’s Irreversible and Climax) and lensed by Guillaume Schiffman (who has shot all of Michel Hazanavicius’ films), Kounen’s latest is co-written by Fabrice Roger-Lacan and actor Vincent Lindon (who also stars). Francois Damiens appears to be the sidekick. Kounen, something of a cult favorite thanks to a pair of oddball Vincent Cassel vehicles (1997’s Dobermann and 2004’s Renegade), closed the 2009 Cannes Film Festival with Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, which starred Anna Mouglalis and Mads Mikkelsen.…...
- 12/30/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Eric Névé, a prominent French producer whose credits include Ziad Doueiri’s Oscar-nominated “The Insult,” has died. Névé, 57, was the founder of the Paris-based production banner La Chauve-Souris and co-founder of the international sales company Indie Sales and its sister outfit Indie Prod. He died Sunday.
Through La Chauve-Souris, which he launched in 1995, Névé produced several popular and daring films from a mix of established and emerging directors, notably Jan Kounen’s “Doberman,” Jean-Paul Salomé’s “Les femmes de l’ombre,” Romain Gavras’ “Notre jour viendra,” Moussa Touré’s “La Pirogue” and Daouda Coulibaly’s “Wùlu.”
Névé was well-known for his contribution to the flourishing of new talents in West Africa, in particular Senegal, through his other production company, Astou Films.
In 2013, Névé launched the banner Indie Sales with former TF1 International executive Nicolas Eschbach. The sales and co-production company boasts a library of about 60 movies, among which are Jean-Pierre Améris’s “Marie Heurtin,...
Through La Chauve-Souris, which he launched in 1995, Névé produced several popular and daring films from a mix of established and emerging directors, notably Jan Kounen’s “Doberman,” Jean-Paul Salomé’s “Les femmes de l’ombre,” Romain Gavras’ “Notre jour viendra,” Moussa Touré’s “La Pirogue” and Daouda Coulibaly’s “Wùlu.”
Névé was well-known for his contribution to the flourishing of new talents in West Africa, in particular Senegal, through his other production company, Astou Films.
In 2013, Névé launched the banner Indie Sales with former TF1 International executive Nicolas Eschbach. The sales and co-production company boasts a library of about 60 movies, among which are Jean-Pierre Améris’s “Marie Heurtin,...
- 7/24/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Producer credits included Dobermann, La Pirogue, Fast Convoy, and Suburra.
French producer Eric Névé, whose varied credits included Jan Kounen’s Dobermann, Cannes Un Certain Regard title La Pirogue, and Italian organised crime thriller Suburra, has died at the age of 57.
Paris-based international sales company Indie Sales, which Névé co-founded with Nicolas Eschbach in 2013, put out a statement on Tuesday (23) announcing the producer’s sudden and unexpected death on July 21.
Having graduated in business finance from France’s Sciences Po and Paris-Dauphine universities, Névé got into cinema working for historic film company Ugc, state broadcaster film arm France 3 Cinéma,...
French producer Eric Névé, whose varied credits included Jan Kounen’s Dobermann, Cannes Un Certain Regard title La Pirogue, and Italian organised crime thriller Suburra, has died at the age of 57.
Paris-based international sales company Indie Sales, which Névé co-founded with Nicolas Eschbach in 2013, put out a statement on Tuesday (23) announcing the producer’s sudden and unexpected death on July 21.
Having graduated in business finance from France’s Sciences Po and Paris-Dauphine universities, Névé got into cinema working for historic film company Ugc, state broadcaster film arm France 3 Cinéma,...
- 7/24/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Work has also picked up prizes at SXSW and Annecy.
Argentinian filmmaking duo Jorge Tereso and Fernando Maldonado’s Vr animation Gloomy Eyes has won the top €11,900 Masque d’Or award at the second edition of the NewImages Festival, running June 19-22 in Paris.
The fantasy piece revolving around a part-human, part zombie child living in a land plunged into darkness by the experiments of a mad inventor, is narrated by UK actor Colin Farrell.
The win continues a successful festival run for the work which premiered in Sundance’s New Frontier in January and went on to win best...
Argentinian filmmaking duo Jorge Tereso and Fernando Maldonado’s Vr animation Gloomy Eyes has won the top €11,900 Masque d’Or award at the second edition of the NewImages Festival, running June 19-22 in Paris.
The fantasy piece revolving around a part-human, part zombie child living in a land plunged into darkness by the experiments of a mad inventor, is narrated by UK actor Colin Farrell.
The win continues a successful festival run for the work which premiered in Sundance’s New Frontier in January and went on to win best...
- 6/24/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
NewImages Festival is one of the world’s leading Vr events.
Vicki Dobbs Beck, executive in charge of ILMxLAB, the immersive entertainment division of Lucasfilm, and René Pinnell, founder of the increasingly influential Vr funding platform Kaleidoscope, will be among the headline speakers at the second edition of the fast-growing NewImages Festival in Paris.
The festival opens today (June 19) and runs until June 22.
Born out of the Paris Virtual Film Festival in the Forum des Images cinema and cultural space, NewImages aims to become one of the key international meeting points for professionals interested in immersive entertainment.
“This year’s...
Vicki Dobbs Beck, executive in charge of ILMxLAB, the immersive entertainment division of Lucasfilm, and René Pinnell, founder of the increasingly influential Vr funding platform Kaleidoscope, will be among the headline speakers at the second edition of the fast-growing NewImages Festival in Paris.
The festival opens today (June 19) and runs until June 22.
Born out of the Paris Virtual Film Festival in the Forum des Images cinema and cultural space, NewImages aims to become one of the key international meeting points for professionals interested in immersive entertainment.
“This year’s...
- 6/19/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
NewImages Festival is one of the world’s leading Vr events.
Vicki Dobbs Beck, executive in charge of ILMxLAB, the immersive entertainment division of Lucasfilm, and René Pinnell, founder of the increasingly influential Vr funding platform Kaleidoscope, will be among the headline speakers at the second edition of the fast-growing NewImages Festival in Paris.
The festival opens today (June 19) and runs until June 22.
Born out of the Paris Virtual Film Festival in the Forum des Images cinema and cultural space, NewImages aims to become one of the key international meeting points for professionals interested in immersive entertainment.
“This year’s...
Vicki Dobbs Beck, executive in charge of ILMxLAB, the immersive entertainment division of Lucasfilm, and René Pinnell, founder of the increasingly influential Vr funding platform Kaleidoscope, will be among the headline speakers at the second edition of the fast-growing NewImages Festival in Paris.
The festival opens today (June 19) and runs until June 22.
Born out of the Paris Virtual Film Festival in the Forum des Images cinema and cultural space, NewImages aims to become one of the key international meeting points for professionals interested in immersive entertainment.
“This year’s...
- 6/19/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
First episode of Lucasfilm’s Vr experience 'Vadar Immortal' to screen at NewImages Festival in Paris
NewImages Festival is one of the world’s leading Vr events.
Vicki Dobbs Beck, executive in charge of ILMxLAB, the immersive entertainment division of Lucasfilm, and René Pinnell, founder of the increasingly influential Vr funding platform Kaleidoscope, will be among the headline speakers at the second edition of the fast-growing NewImages Festival in Paris.
The festival opens today (June 19) and runs until June 22.
Born out of the Paris Virtual Film Festival in the Forum des Images cinema and cultural space, NewImages aims to become one of the key international meeting points for professionals interested in immersive entertainment.
“This year’s...
Vicki Dobbs Beck, executive in charge of ILMxLAB, the immersive entertainment division of Lucasfilm, and René Pinnell, founder of the increasingly influential Vr funding platform Kaleidoscope, will be among the headline speakers at the second edition of the fast-growing NewImages Festival in Paris.
The festival opens today (June 19) and runs until June 22.
Born out of the Paris Virtual Film Festival in the Forum des Images cinema and cultural space, NewImages aims to become one of the key international meeting points for professionals interested in immersive entertainment.
“This year’s...
- 6/19/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Atlas V, the thriving French Vr company with three films premiering in Annecy’s inaugural Vr competition lineup, has enlisted Tahar Rahim (“Looming Towers”) and Zita Hanrot (“Plan Coeur”) for Jorge Tereso and Fernando Maldonado’s animated “Gloomy Eyes” and Pierre Zandrowicz’s sci-fi experience “Mirror,” respectively.
“Mirror,” which is being presented at the Annecy Film Festival in the work-in-progress section, marks Zandrowicz’s follow up to “I, Philip.” “Mirror” is an English-language narrative Vr short in the veins of “Under The Skin,” “Annihilation” and “Solaris,” said Zandrowicz who wrote the script with Remi Giordano, his co-scribe on “I, Philip,” and Nicolas Peufaillit, the co-writer of Jacques Audiard’s “A Prophet.”
“Mirror” takes place thirty years from now and stars Hanrot as a young woman, Claris, whose trip into space unravels, leading her to have hallucinations bringing back some painful memories. “The psychological drama allows us to follow the characters...
“Mirror,” which is being presented at the Annecy Film Festival in the work-in-progress section, marks Zandrowicz’s follow up to “I, Philip.” “Mirror” is an English-language narrative Vr short in the veins of “Under The Skin,” “Annihilation” and “Solaris,” said Zandrowicz who wrote the script with Remi Giordano, his co-scribe on “I, Philip,” and Nicolas Peufaillit, the co-writer of Jacques Audiard’s “A Prophet.”
“Mirror” takes place thirty years from now and stars Hanrot as a young woman, Claris, whose trip into space unravels, leading her to have hallucinations bringing back some painful memories. “The psychological drama allows us to follow the characters...
- 6/12/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Ali Wong, Jeffrey Wright, Noah Schnapp, and Yo-Yo Ma are featured in the Tribeca Film Festival’s 2019 lineup of immersive, interactive, and virtual reality titles.
Projects include a South Carolina school tragedy in “12 Seconds of Gunfire: The True Story of a School Shooting,” Arthur Ashe’s landmark tennis victory in “Ashe ’68,” an exploration of pollution and conservation in “A Drop in the Ocean,” and persecution of the Lgbtqia community in “Another Dream.”
Tribeca Immersive encompasses Virtual Arcade with 22 experiences and exhibits, and Tribeca Cinema360 with a dozen screenings in a virtual reality theater. The Tribeca Film Festival takes place from April 24 to May 5.
The festival will premiere the first “Doctor Who” experience in Vr with “Doctor Who: The Runaway,” voiced by the current and first female doctor, Jodie Whittaker, and present a collaboration with historian/podcaster Dan Carlin and Mwm Immersive that transports attendees to a World War I battlefield in “War Remains.
Projects include a South Carolina school tragedy in “12 Seconds of Gunfire: The True Story of a School Shooting,” Arthur Ashe’s landmark tennis victory in “Ashe ’68,” an exploration of pollution and conservation in “A Drop in the Ocean,” and persecution of the Lgbtqia community in “Another Dream.”
Tribeca Immersive encompasses Virtual Arcade with 22 experiences and exhibits, and Tribeca Cinema360 with a dozen screenings in a virtual reality theater. The Tribeca Film Festival takes place from April 24 to May 5.
The festival will premiere the first “Doctor Who” experience in Vr with “Doctor Who: The Runaway,” voiced by the current and first female doctor, Jodie Whittaker, and present a collaboration with historian/podcaster Dan Carlin and Mwm Immersive that transports attendees to a World War I battlefield in “War Remains.
- 3/6/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Baobab Studios’ Bonfire, Yo-Yo Ma project Into The Light among selections.
Tribeca Film Festival brass on Wednesday (6) unveiled the 2019 immersive programme of more than 30 Vr, Ar, and mixed reality films and experiences.
New work includes Baobab Studios’ Bonfire created by the Madagascar series and Antz director Eric Darnell and featuring Ali Wong; Wolves In The Walls: It’s All Over includes Jeffrey Wright and Noah Schnapp from Stranger Things; and Immersive experiences including Into The Light featuring musician Yo-Yo Ma, and Ayahuasca (pictured) created by Jan Kounen.
Tribeca Immersive includes two events, the Virtual Arcade featuring Storyscapes, and Tribeca Cinema...
Tribeca Film Festival brass on Wednesday (6) unveiled the 2019 immersive programme of more than 30 Vr, Ar, and mixed reality films and experiences.
New work includes Baobab Studios’ Bonfire created by the Madagascar series and Antz director Eric Darnell and featuring Ali Wong; Wolves In The Walls: It’s All Over includes Jeffrey Wright and Noah Schnapp from Stranger Things; and Immersive experiences including Into The Light featuring musician Yo-Yo Ma, and Ayahuasca (pictured) created by Jan Kounen.
Tribeca Immersive includes two events, the Virtual Arcade featuring Storyscapes, and Tribeca Cinema...
- 3/6/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Reminiscent of Franju’s Judex, director Jan Kounen pits the brutal anti-hero Dobermann (Vincent Cassel) against the equally brutal detective Christini (Tchéky Karyo). Packed with enough eccentric characters for two Alejandro de la Iglesia films, Kounen’s movie did well enough that a sequel was announced but it has yet to materialize.
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- 10/1/2018
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Hotel Artemis is a stylish crime thriller with a grab bag of pulpy characters, cool quips, and teeth rattling action.
Whoa, after five years Jodie Foster comes out of her self-imposed acting semi-retirement to star in writer-director Drew Pearce’s debut passion project centring on a rogues’ gallery of wacky criminals hiding out in Hotel Artemis. It’s an old-school Hollywood boarding house, which doubles up as a members only and black market hospital. Foster brings her trademark steeliness underpinned by a haunting melancholy that has been her bread and butter since Taxi Driver (1976) to the almost nameless role of an agoraphobic nurse scraping by in the shadows of a riot-torn Los Angels in 2028. Yeah, it’s an interesting high-concept idea, but is it any good? Well, Pearce, who’s proven his action and cool quip mettle co-writing the Marmite of Marvel films Iron Man 3 (2013), delivers a stylish crime...
Whoa, after five years Jodie Foster comes out of her self-imposed acting semi-retirement to star in writer-director Drew Pearce’s debut passion project centring on a rogues’ gallery of wacky criminals hiding out in Hotel Artemis. It’s an old-school Hollywood boarding house, which doubles up as a members only and black market hospital. Foster brings her trademark steeliness underpinned by a haunting melancholy that has been her bread and butter since Taxi Driver (1976) to the almost nameless role of an agoraphobic nurse scraping by in the shadows of a riot-torn Los Angels in 2028. Yeah, it’s an interesting high-concept idea, but is it any good? Well, Pearce, who’s proven his action and cool quip mettle co-writing the Marmite of Marvel films Iron Man 3 (2013), delivers a stylish crime...
- 7/21/2018
- by Thomas Salmon
- The Cultural Post
The 46 projects include 25 feature and documentary works.
The Venice Gap-Financing Market has selected the projects for its 5th edition, to be held from August 31-September 2 during the Venice film festival.
Organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, the three-day event will present 46 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding.
The titles include 25 feature fiction and documentary projects; 15 virtual reality works; and six projects developed during the workshop of Biennale College Cinema.
Fiction projects include Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s To The Ends Of The Earth (working title), which shot in Uzbekistan in April and May,...
The Venice Gap-Financing Market has selected the projects for its 5th edition, to be held from August 31-September 2 during the Venice film festival.
Organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, the three-day event will present 46 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding.
The titles include 25 feature fiction and documentary projects; 15 virtual reality works; and six projects developed during the workshop of Biennale College Cinema.
Fiction projects include Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s To The Ends Of The Earth (working title), which shot in Uzbekistan in April and May,...
- 6/29/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The 46 projects include 25 feature and documentary works.
The Venice Gap-Financing Market has selected the projects for its 5th edition, to be held from August 31-September 2 during the Venice film festival.
Organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, the three-day even will present 46 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding.
The titles include 25 feature fiction and documentary projects; 15 virtual reality works; and six projects developed during the workshop of Biennale College Cinema.
Fiction projects include Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s To The Ends Of The Earth (working title), which shot in Uzbekistan in April and May,...
The Venice Gap-Financing Market has selected the projects for its 5th edition, to be held from August 31-September 2 during the Venice film festival.
Organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, the three-day even will present 46 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding.
The titles include 25 feature fiction and documentary projects; 15 virtual reality works; and six projects developed during the workshop of Biennale College Cinema.
Fiction projects include Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s To The Ends Of The Earth (working title), which shot in Uzbekistan in April and May,...
- 6/29/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Feature, documentary, Vr, TV projects set for Venice industry strand.
Venice Film Festival industry strand Venice Production Bridge has confirmed the 47 projects that will take part in this year’s edition of the Gap-Financing Market (September 1-3).
Now in its fourth year, the market will welcome 25 feature film and documentary projects, 15 virtual reality, interactive, web and TV projects, as well as seven Vr projects from previous editions of the talent development lab Biennale College, which are in various stages of development and production.
The teams behind each project will take part in one-ot-one meetings with producers, financiers, distributors, sales agents and further industry attending the Production Bridge.
Full list of projects:
Fiction features (Europe)
All The Pretty Little Horses dir. Michalis Konstantatos (Greece, Germany, Netherlands), Horsefly Productions
Bodyguard Of Lies dir. Charles Matthau (Spain, United States), Babieka Films
Brighton 4 dir. Levan Koguashvili (Georgia, Bulgaria, Greece), Kino Iberica
Cook, Fuck, Kill dir. Mira Fornay (Czech...
Venice Film Festival industry strand Venice Production Bridge has confirmed the 47 projects that will take part in this year’s edition of the Gap-Financing Market (September 1-3).
Now in its fourth year, the market will welcome 25 feature film and documentary projects, 15 virtual reality, interactive, web and TV projects, as well as seven Vr projects from previous editions of the talent development lab Biennale College, which are in various stages of development and production.
The teams behind each project will take part in one-ot-one meetings with producers, financiers, distributors, sales agents and further industry attending the Production Bridge.
Full list of projects:
Fiction features (Europe)
All The Pretty Little Horses dir. Michalis Konstantatos (Greece, Germany, Netherlands), Horsefly Productions
Bodyguard Of Lies dir. Charles Matthau (Spain, United States), Babieka Films
Brighton 4 dir. Levan Koguashvili (Georgia, Bulgaria, Greece), Kino Iberica
Cook, Fuck, Kill dir. Mira Fornay (Czech...
- 7/14/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
The documentary festival is also launching a fifth competition strand at its 2017 edition.
Scandi documentary festival Cph:dox (Mar 16-26) has unveiled the films in its usual four competitions as well as introducing a new competition section.
World premieres announced across the competitions include Bridgend director Jeppe Rønde’s The John Dalli Mystery [pictured], a Kafkaesque story with Mikael Bertelsen and Mads Brügger; Do Donkeys Act?, a film about unruly donkeys narrated by Willem Dafoe; Accidental Anarchist, about the British former diplomat Carne Ross who has transformed into an anarchist; Sigrid Dyekjær’s A Modern Man, about violinist and model Charlie Siem; and Ben Rivers’ Urth, about the failed ecosystem Biosphere 2.0 in Arizona.
Read Screen’s festival preview here.
Other high profile documentaries to screen at the event include Matthew Heineman’s Cartel Land follow up City Of Ghosts.
New competition Next:wave is launched to highlight international emerging talents “who have the courage to take chances and stand out.”
The...
Scandi documentary festival Cph:dox (Mar 16-26) has unveiled the films in its usual four competitions as well as introducing a new competition section.
World premieres announced across the competitions include Bridgend director Jeppe Rønde’s The John Dalli Mystery [pictured], a Kafkaesque story with Mikael Bertelsen and Mads Brügger; Do Donkeys Act?, a film about unruly donkeys narrated by Willem Dafoe; Accidental Anarchist, about the British former diplomat Carne Ross who has transformed into an anarchist; Sigrid Dyekjær’s A Modern Man, about violinist and model Charlie Siem; and Ben Rivers’ Urth, about the failed ecosystem Biosphere 2.0 in Arizona.
Read Screen’s festival preview here.
Other high profile documentaries to screen at the event include Matthew Heineman’s Cartel Land follow up City Of Ghosts.
New competition Next:wave is launched to highlight international emerging talents “who have the courage to take chances and stand out.”
The...
- 2/22/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Sneak Peek the first trailer revealing footage from the French 'omnibus' comedy feature "The Players", starring Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lellouche, who also wrote and directed two of the segments:
Other directors include Emmanuelle Bercot, Fred Cavayé, Alexandre Courtès, Jean Dujardin, Michel Hazanavicius, Jan Kounen, Eric Lartigau and Gilles Lellouche.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Players"...
Other directors include Emmanuelle Bercot, Fred Cavayé, Alexandre Courtès, Jean Dujardin, Michel Hazanavicius, Jan Kounen, Eric Lartigau and Gilles Lellouche.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Players"...
- 3/28/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
What’s your favourite action movie? Die Hard? Predator? The Hunt for Red October? John McTiernan, their director, is unarguably a true master of Western action cinema, and this writer is a huge fan of his work. Sure, there’s been a few missteps, your Last Action Heroes and your Rollerballs, but he’s an incredibly talented filmmaker beloved the world over.
And like many people, you may be wondering what happened to John? Why hasn’t he made a movie in so long?
Well, it’s because he’s been imprisoned for the last six months after a lengthy legal battle which prevented him from working- it’s a labyrinthine set of events to explain, and was perhaps best done so by Buzzfeed’s Michael Hastings. Hastings was the first major journalist in America to investigate the affair, before his untimely and tragic death earlier this year.
Gail Sistrunk Mctiernan is John’s wife,...
And like many people, you may be wondering what happened to John? Why hasn’t he made a movie in so long?
Well, it’s because he’s been imprisoned for the last six months after a lengthy legal battle which prevented him from working- it’s a labyrinthine set of events to explain, and was perhaps best done so by Buzzfeed’s Michael Hastings. Hastings was the first major journalist in America to investigate the affair, before his untimely and tragic death earlier this year.
Gail Sistrunk Mctiernan is John’s wife,...
- 10/22/2013
- by Oscar Harding
- Obsessed with Film
Nothing Human Loves Forever: Cassavetes’ Feature Debut Gloriously Vintage
Xan Cassavetes joins the family directorial legacy with her feature debut, Kiss of the Damned, a deliciously vintage throwback to the erotic horror output of the Hammer studio heyday. Previously, this Cassavetes was responsible for a 2004 documentary Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession, and her fiction debut seems considerably removed both from her own work and that of the familial output. A visual feast with a killer sound design, she manages to invoke Stephanie Rothman and Jean Rollin, where naughty immortal creatures from the dark side explore a bloodlust as inextinguishable as their sexual desires.
Djuna (Josephine de La Baume), a beautiful, lovelorn vampire residing in a remote mansion in the Connecticut countryside spends her nights hunting animals in the surrounding woods and watching vintage cinema. The residence belongs to Xenia (Anna Mougalalis), an actress and older, wiser vampire, but the estate...
Xan Cassavetes joins the family directorial legacy with her feature debut, Kiss of the Damned, a deliciously vintage throwback to the erotic horror output of the Hammer studio heyday. Previously, this Cassavetes was responsible for a 2004 documentary Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession, and her fiction debut seems considerably removed both from her own work and that of the familial output. A visual feast with a killer sound design, she manages to invoke Stephanie Rothman and Jean Rollin, where naughty immortal creatures from the dark side explore a bloodlust as inextinguishable as their sexual desires.
Djuna (Josephine de La Baume), a beautiful, lovelorn vampire residing in a remote mansion in the Connecticut countryside spends her nights hunting animals in the surrounding woods and watching vintage cinema. The residence belongs to Xenia (Anna Mougalalis), an actress and older, wiser vampire, but the estate...
- 5/1/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Investigative Film Week | Horror On The Sea | Totally Serialized | Amblin Marathon
Investigative Film Week, London
Investigative journalism is an endangered craft, and there are many who would like it to stay that way, but this event shows why it's needed and what it can do. There are seven diverse documentaries, six of them UK premieres, each followed by a discussion with the film-maker. There are fresh angles on Arab democracy in Bahrain, The Forbidden Country, cyber-surveillance is studied in Tracked, and environmental pollution is to the fore in Bloodcoal and Law Of The Jungle.
The Foreign Press Association, WC2, & City University, EC1, Tue to 19 Jan
Horror On The Sea, Southend-on-Sea
An isolated hotel in an out-of-season, end-of-the-road estuary town feels like just the right setting for a January horror festival, even if the lack of big names and new releases here suggests it's only for the hardcore (and the hard-up:...
Investigative Film Week, London
Investigative journalism is an endangered craft, and there are many who would like it to stay that way, but this event shows why it's needed and what it can do. There are seven diverse documentaries, six of them UK premieres, each followed by a discussion with the film-maker. There are fresh angles on Arab democracy in Bahrain, The Forbidden Country, cyber-surveillance is studied in Tracked, and environmental pollution is to the fore in Bloodcoal and Law Of The Jungle.
The Foreign Press Association, WC2, & City University, EC1, Tue to 19 Jan
Horror On The Sea, Southend-on-Sea
An isolated hotel in an out-of-season, end-of-the-road estuary town feels like just the right setting for a January horror festival, even if the lack of big names and new releases here suggests it's only for the hardcore (and the hard-up:...
- 1/12/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Director Jan Kounen has been a favorite here at Twitch pretty much since the site's inception. Coming from an art school background and beginning with animated short films, Kounen has since carved a completely personal and unique career path, and proved himself impossible to pigeonhole. He established a cult following with his first feature, the hyper-stylized, ultra-violent gangster film Dobermann, but rather than following that up with more of the same, he has since made documentaries about Shaminism and Eastern spiritual figures, created a singular, mystic reworking of the Western with Blueberry (Aka Renegade), taken on the modern advertising world in 99 Francs and (deep breath) and chronicled an infamous love affair with the chamber-drama Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky.It's no surprise then that L'Etrange...
- 9/12/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Why Watch? Who knew you could create the effect of witch-people flying on broomsticks by having your actors leap into the air thousands of times stop-motion style? Director Jan Kounen did, and it’s not the only crazed visual in this strange little artifact. Kevin Carr caught it at a science fiction movie marathon, and it’s safe to say his mind was hopefully addled enough by then to appreciate it. It’s trippy and wonderful – perhaps the most unusual chase scene in short film history. What will it cost you? Only 4 minutes. Skip work. Watch more short films.
- 8/23/2012
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
A spotlight on Ben Wheatley and nights given over to Jan Kounen and Kenneth Anger to curate are among the highlights of the 2012 Etrange Festival in France. One of the oldest and largest genre festivals in the world Etrange boasts - as always - a stellar lineup. Check the announcement below. L'ÉTRANGE Festival Announces Its 2012 Line-UP18th Edition / 6 - 16 September 2016 Paris, France - August 07, 2012L'Étrange Festival - a unique event bringing filmgoers a fascinating roster of provocative and eye-opening films - is thrilled to announce the line-up for its 18th edition, September 6 - 16, 2012 in Paris, France.The 2012 line-up continues the tradition of highlighting emerging talent, paying homage to independent-minded filmmakers and featuring a truly diverse...
- 8/16/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Famous French director/visualist, Marc Caro (Dante 01, Bunker of the Last Gunshots, City of Lost Children), is producing an ambitious animated 3D feature adaptation of Alain Damasio's popular book, "La Horde du Contrevent," which is about a world savaged by great gusts of wind and a group of survivors struggling to reach a safe haven.
Though still in the early development stage, there appears to be a package put together which includes director Jan Kounen whose recent Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky starred Anna Mouglalis and the great Mads Mikkelsen (Valhalla Rising, Pusher) and a whole bevy of producers and media partners from publishing to gaming.
Continue reading...
Though still in the early development stage, there appears to be a package put together which includes director Jan Kounen whose recent Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky starred Anna Mouglalis and the great Mads Mikkelsen (Valhalla Rising, Pusher) and a whole bevy of producers and media partners from publishing to gaming.
Continue reading...
- 3/8/2012
- QuietEarth.us
Two Teasers Arrive for French Anthology Film Featuring ‘Players’ From ‘The Artist’ and ‘Point Blank’
Jean Dujardin and Michel Hazanavicius have accumulated heaps of awards buzz this year for The Artist, and whatever they do next is bound to receive a good modicum of attention. However, they’re both taking a mutual directing detour with The Players, an anthology film from their native land of France.
Two teasers have arrived for the project, which is said to focus on “the glories and pitiful disasters of male infidelity in all its desperate, absurd and wildly funny variety.” Fred Cavayé and Gilles Lellouche, respective director and star of this year’s Point Blank, are also lending segments, as are Emmanuelle Bercot, Alexandre Courtes, Jan Kounen, and Eric Lartigau. Among several others, Dujardin, Guillaume Canet, Mathilda May, and Sandrine Kiberlain will be in front of the camera. These teasers sadly derived of the necessary subtitles, but you can pretty much figure out — and then laugh — at what’s going on here.
Two teasers have arrived for the project, which is said to focus on “the glories and pitiful disasters of male infidelity in all its desperate, absurd and wildly funny variety.” Fred Cavayé and Gilles Lellouche, respective director and star of this year’s Point Blank, are also lending segments, as are Emmanuelle Bercot, Alexandre Courtes, Jan Kounen, and Eric Lartigau. Among several others, Dujardin, Guillaume Canet, Mathilda May, and Sandrine Kiberlain will be in front of the camera. These teasers sadly derived of the necessary subtitles, but you can pretty much figure out — and then laugh — at what’s going on here.
- 12/21/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Mads Mikkelsen will receive the European Film Academy's European Achievement in World Cinema 2011 Honorary Award "in recognition of a unique contribution to the world of film." Previous recipients include Milos Forman, Roman Polanski, Antonio Banderas, Lars von Trier, Isabelle Huppert, Maurice Jarre, Liv Ullmann, Roberto Benigni, Gabriel Yared, and Victoria Abril. Among the Danish-born Mikkelsen's credits are Nicolas Winding Refn’s crime dramas Pusher (1996) and With Blood on My Hands: Pusher II (2004); Anders Thomas Jensen's The Green Butchers (2003) and Adam's Apples (2005); Susanne Bier's Open Hearts (2002) and the Oscar-nominated After the Wedding (2006); and Ole Christian Madsen's Flame and Citron (2008). Outside of Denmark, Mikkelsen was the creepy villain with the bleeding eye in Martin Campbell's Casino Royale (2006); Igor Stravinsky in Jan Kounen's Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009); a corporate go-getter with a past in Peter Lindmark's Swedish drama Exit (2009); One Eye in Winding Refn's English-language Valhalla Rising...
- 10/25/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The European Film Academy will honor Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen with their European Achievement in World Cinema Award at the December 3 event in Berlin. High cheek-boned Mikkelsen--from his performance as villain Le Chiffre in Casino Royale to his starring roles in Susanne Bier's Open Hearts and After the Wedding, plus Nicolas Winding Refn's Valhalla Rising, Ole Christina Madsen's Flame & Citron and Jan Kounen's Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky--is an immensely watchable actor, and one of our favorites (some trailers below). On receiving the award, Mikkelsen sent the following statement: “There is very little to say when you are honoured with an award of this calibre other than that I am deeply grateful. Seeing the list of former recipients, all giants, and realising that people outside my family keep an eye on my work, makes me accept this award with great humbleness and a big smile.”...
- 10/25/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Jan Kounen ("Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky," "Dobermann") is attached to direct the €18 million animated sci-fi 3D feature "Windwalkers: Chronicle of the 34th Horde" for Forge Animation says Variety.
Adapted from Alain Damasio's bestseller "La Horde du Contrevent", the English-language feature is set in a world buffeted by terrifying winds and follows an elite team's attempt to reach the land of Upper Reaches, where they believe the winds are generated.
Marc Caro ("Delicatessen," "The City of Lost Children") is serving as vfx and art supervisor while producters are currently in talks with another screenwriter.
Adapted from Alain Damasio's bestseller "La Horde du Contrevent", the English-language feature is set in a world buffeted by terrifying winds and follows an elite team's attempt to reach the land of Upper Reaches, where they believe the winds are generated.
Marc Caro ("Delicatessen," "The City of Lost Children") is serving as vfx and art supervisor while producters are currently in talks with another screenwriter.
- 6/8/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
And 3D continues to make its way through the arthouse crowd.
With names like Wim Wenders taking on the much-talked about format, yet another well-respected arthouse director has decided to throw his hat at the screen in glorious 3D. According to Variety, director Jan Kounen (Coco Chanel And Igor Stravinsky) is set to adapt Alain Damasio’s novel La Horde du Contrevent, for a new film entitled Windwalkers – Chronicle Of The 34th Horde.
Read more on Jan Kounen to helm Windwalkers...
With names like Wim Wenders taking on the much-talked about format, yet another well-respected arthouse director has decided to throw his hat at the screen in glorious 3D. According to Variety, director Jan Kounen (Coco Chanel And Igor Stravinsky) is set to adapt Alain Damasio’s novel La Horde du Contrevent, for a new film entitled Windwalkers – Chronicle Of The 34th Horde.
Read more on Jan Kounen to helm Windwalkers...
- 6/7/2011
- by Joshua Brunsting
- GordonandtheWhale
Even though most audiences may be fatiguing on the format, that hasn’t stopped producers from announcing new projects in glorious 3D. So prepare for “Windwalkers--Chronicle of the 34th Horde” which will be directed by Jan Kounen (“Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky”). The animated movie will be adapted from Alain Damasio's novel "La Horde du Contrevent,” but will be filmed in English. Set in a futuristic world where unyielding winds threaten humanity, a special team is put together to venture to the Upper Reaches where it is thought the winds originate. We presume something more interesting is then found. Snarkiness aside,…...
- 6/7/2011
- The Playlist
Funs of the Sci-fi, this epic animated fantasy will blow your minds! It is a stunning adventure flick mixing 3D realism and 2D graphics, a hybrid of hard science fiction and heroic fantasy. What else to say besides Windwalkers — Chronicle of the 34th Horde is just what the doctor orders!
Jan Kounen (Dobermann) develops $26 mil adventure feature from Alain Damasio’s sci-fi novel La Horde du Contrevent that won Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire back in 2006.
Magali Helle wrote the initial script and the producers are now in negotiations with another screenwriter. Kounen has kept busy and helmed a teaser for the film as well. And, wow! Marc Caro (Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children) came on board to art direct the visual effects for the entire film.
Damasio has designed a world in which the wind is ever-present. The narration is not told from a single point of view...
Jan Kounen (Dobermann) develops $26 mil adventure feature from Alain Damasio’s sci-fi novel La Horde du Contrevent that won Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire back in 2006.
Magali Helle wrote the initial script and the producers are now in negotiations with another screenwriter. Kounen has kept busy and helmed a teaser for the film as well. And, wow! Marc Caro (Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children) came on board to art direct the visual effects for the entire film.
Damasio has designed a world in which the wind is ever-present. The narration is not told from a single point of view...
- 6/7/2011
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Some very intriguing news here via excellent French animation blog Catsuka, who caught word of an upcoming animated feature to be directed by Jan Kounen. Titled Windwalkers the film is set in a world constantly buffeted by powerful winds, following a small band specially trained to find their source. If the official website is any indication the feature will be produced in English.Imagine a world buffeted by winds whose force surpass our understanding. Imagine a group of men born to chase those winds until their final breath. Within the deafening noise of the wind, on the Lower Slopes, an elite group of twenty-three children were raised for the sole purpose of facing the ever blowing gusts, climbing up windwards for the rest of their...
- 6/3/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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