Exclusive: Here’s some buzzy casting. Greta Lee (Past Lives) and Kingsley Ben-Adir (Bob Marley: One Love) are in negotiations to star in director and producer Louis Leterrier’s (Now You See Me) upcoming sci-fi horror film 11817.
Both actors are on a roll. The former is coming off a string of hits including Oscar nominee Past Lives, Apple TV drama The Morning Show and Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, while Ben-Adir’s last two movies couldn’t have gone much better in the shape of box office hits Bob Marley: One Love and Barbie.
In 11817, inexplicable forces trap a family of four inside their house indefinitely. As both modern luxuries and life or death essentials begin to run out, the family must learn how to be resourceful to survive and outsmart who – or what – is keeping them trapped.
Additional casting is underway on the project, which is based on a script by Matthew Robinson.
Both actors are on a roll. The former is coming off a string of hits including Oscar nominee Past Lives, Apple TV drama The Morning Show and Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, while Ben-Adir’s last two movies couldn’t have gone much better in the shape of box office hits Bob Marley: One Love and Barbie.
In 11817, inexplicable forces trap a family of four inside their house indefinitely. As both modern luxuries and life or death essentials begin to run out, the family must learn how to be resourceful to survive and outsmart who – or what – is keeping them trapped.
Additional casting is underway on the project, which is based on a script by Matthew Robinson.
- 5/7/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Louis Leterrier has directed the action films The Transporter, Transporter 2, Unleashed, and Fast X, the action comedies The Brothers Grimsby and The Takedown, the mystery thriller Now You See Me, the fantasy adventure Clash of the Titans, and the comic book adaptation The Incredible Hulk (not to mention the TV shows The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and Lupin), and over the decades his films have racked up $2 billion at the box office. Now he’s set to direct and produce the film 11817, working from a screenplay by Matthew Robinson (The Invention of Lying), which will see him venturing into the sci-fi horror realm.
11817 will show us what happens when inexplicable forces trap a family of four inside their house indefinitely. As both modern luxuries and life or death essentials begin to run out, the family must learn how to be resourceful to survive and outsmart who – or what – is keeping them trapped…...
11817 will show us what happens when inexplicable forces trap a family of four inside their house indefinitely. As both modern luxuries and life or death essentials begin to run out, the family must learn how to be resourceful to survive and outsmart who – or what – is keeping them trapped…...
- 5/2/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Rocket Science Productions has set Louis Leterrier (“The Incredible Hulk,”) (“The Transporter”) to direct and produce the sci-fi horror film “11817.”
The film is written by Matthew Robinson Leterrier’s production companies Carrousel Studios, Rocket Science, Thank You Studios, Chernin Entertainment and 3 Arts Entertainment are all set to produce.
According to the official logline, “In ‘11817,’ inexplicable forces trap a family of four inside their house indefinitely. As both modern luxuries and life or death essentials begin to run out, the family must learn how to be resourceful to survive and outsmart who — or what — is keeping them trapped…”
“Directing projects where the audience gets behind the characters has always been my focus. However complex, flawed, heroic, we identify with them as we live through their journey,” said Leterrier. “It’s what excites me about 11817’s wholly original concept and the family at the heart of our story. This is an...
The film is written by Matthew Robinson Leterrier’s production companies Carrousel Studios, Rocket Science, Thank You Studios, Chernin Entertainment and 3 Arts Entertainment are all set to produce.
According to the official logline, “In ‘11817,’ inexplicable forces trap a family of four inside their house indefinitely. As both modern luxuries and life or death essentials begin to run out, the family must learn how to be resourceful to survive and outsmart who — or what — is keeping them trapped…”
“Directing projects where the audience gets behind the characters has always been my focus. However complex, flawed, heroic, we identify with them as we live through their journey,” said Leterrier. “It’s what excites me about 11817’s wholly original concept and the family at the heart of our story. This is an...
- 5/2/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety Film + TV
Rocket Science announced today that it will fully finance and launch international sales in Cannes on the sci-fi horror 11817 to be directed and produced by Louis Leterrier.
The French filmmaker’s Carrousel Studios, Rocket Science, Thank You Studios, Chernin Entertainment, and 3 Arts Entertainment are producing.
Matthew Robinson, whose credits include The Invention Of Lying, wrote the screenplay about a family of four trapped inside their house by inexplicable forces.
As modern luxuries and essential supplies start to run out, the family must adapt to survive and outsmart whoever or whatever is imprisoning them.
Casting is currently underway. CAA Media Finance represents North American rights.
The French filmmaker’s Carrousel Studios, Rocket Science, Thank You Studios, Chernin Entertainment, and 3 Arts Entertainment are producing.
Matthew Robinson, whose credits include The Invention Of Lying, wrote the screenplay about a family of four trapped inside their house by inexplicable forces.
As modern luxuries and essential supplies start to run out, the family must adapt to survive and outsmart whoever or whatever is imprisoning them.
Casting is currently underway. CAA Media Finance represents North American rights.
- 5/2/2024
- ScreenDaily
Louis Leterrier (Fast X) will direct and produce 11817, a sci-fi horror film scripted by Matthew Robinson (The Invention of Lying) that is being presented to buyers at Cannes by Rocket Science.
The film watches as inexplicable forces trap a family of four inside their house indefinitely. As both modern luxuries and life or death essentials begin to run out, the family must learn how to be resourceful to survive and outsmart who — or what — is keeping them trapped…
Casting is currently underway on the pic to be produced by Leterrier’s Carrousel Studios, Rocket Science, Thank You Studios, Chernin Entertainment (A North Road Company) and 3 Arts Entertainment. Producers include Leterrier, Thomas Benski and Omar Sy for Carrousel Studios, Lars Sylvest for Thank You Studios, Kori Adelson for Chernin Entertainment, Oly Obst of 3 Arts Entertainment, Thorsten Schumacher for Rocket Science, and Joe Neurauter. Cecile Gaget is exec producing for Carrousel Studios.
The film watches as inexplicable forces trap a family of four inside their house indefinitely. As both modern luxuries and life or death essentials begin to run out, the family must learn how to be resourceful to survive and outsmart who — or what — is keeping them trapped…
Casting is currently underway on the pic to be produced by Leterrier’s Carrousel Studios, Rocket Science, Thank You Studios, Chernin Entertainment (A North Road Company) and 3 Arts Entertainment. Producers include Leterrier, Thomas Benski and Omar Sy for Carrousel Studios, Lars Sylvest for Thank You Studios, Kori Adelson for Chernin Entertainment, Oly Obst of 3 Arts Entertainment, Thorsten Schumacher for Rocket Science, and Joe Neurauter. Cecile Gaget is exec producing for Carrousel Studios.
- 5/2/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Louis Leterrier the director of Fast X and several Transporter action movies has been tapped to direct and produce the sci-fi horror film 11817, based on a script by Matthew Robinson.
The genre pic produced by Leterrier’s Carrousel Studios, Rocket Science, Thank You Studios, Chernin Entertainment and 3 Arts Entertainment is now casting. Rocket Science will fully finance, handle foreign sales and introduce the film in Cannes, while CAA Media Finance will handle a North American sale.
Leterrier is known as a highly reliable director on big-budget, effects-heavy fare such as Clash of the Titans, the Jason Statham-starring Transporter movies and Universal’s The Incredible Hulk. His films have earned $2 billion in box office worldwide.
“Directing projects where the audience gets behind the characters has always been my focus. However complex, flawed, heroic, we identify with them as we live through their journey. It’s what excites me about...
The genre pic produced by Leterrier’s Carrousel Studios, Rocket Science, Thank You Studios, Chernin Entertainment and 3 Arts Entertainment is now casting. Rocket Science will fully finance, handle foreign sales and introduce the film in Cannes, while CAA Media Finance will handle a North American sale.
Leterrier is known as a highly reliable director on big-budget, effects-heavy fare such as Clash of the Titans, the Jason Statham-starring Transporter movies and Universal’s The Incredible Hulk. His films have earned $2 billion in box office worldwide.
“Directing projects where the audience gets behind the characters has always been my focus. However complex, flawed, heroic, we identify with them as we live through their journey. It’s what excites me about...
- 5/2/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Carrousel Studios, the newly launched production company of “Lupin” star Omar Sy, “Fast X” director Louis Leterrier and “Gangs of London” producer Thomas Benski, has appointed Cécile Gaget as CEO.
A seasoned executive, the Paris-based Gaget previously worked at Wild Bunch as head of film, and also worked at Anton Capital and Gaumont where she spearheaded international sales and co-productions. While at Gaumont, she worked on many box office hits, notably “Intouchables” which traveled around the world and saw Sy delivering a breakthrough performance.
Carrousel is a European independent production company with offices in Paris, London, Los Angeles and Senegal. The banner will finance and produce film and TV projects, with an emphasis on elevated action, thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy and comedy. CAA Media Finance architected the financing for the venture.
In her new role, which will effective May 1, Gaget will utilize her sales and film finance expertise to ramp up...
A seasoned executive, the Paris-based Gaget previously worked at Wild Bunch as head of film, and also worked at Anton Capital and Gaumont where she spearheaded international sales and co-productions. While at Gaumont, she worked on many box office hits, notably “Intouchables” which traveled around the world and saw Sy delivering a breakthrough performance.
Carrousel is a European independent production company with offices in Paris, London, Los Angeles and Senegal. The banner will finance and produce film and TV projects, with an emphasis on elevated action, thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy and comedy. CAA Media Finance architected the financing for the venture.
In her new role, which will effective May 1, Gaget will utilize her sales and film finance expertise to ramp up...
- 4/26/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
French film executive Cécile Gaget is stepping down as CEO of Wild Bunch and joining Carrousel Studios, the new European production group launched last month by Lupin star Omar Sy, Fast X director Louis Leterrier and producer Thomas Benski. Gaget was appointed CEO of Carrousel and will take up the job on May 1.
Carrousel, launched with backing from CAA Media Finance, is being billed as an “artists first” European studio that will focus on elevated genre fare for film and TV, aiming to leverage European tax and production incentives, as well as tap into the continent’s deep well of talent, to produce content for the European and global market.
With Gaget, the company has scored one of Europe’s top film execs with a deep knowledge of both the financial and practical on-the-ground business of independent production and distribution. She’s held positions at several of the continent’s top studios and mini-majors,...
Carrousel, launched with backing from CAA Media Finance, is being billed as an “artists first” European studio that will focus on elevated genre fare for film and TV, aiming to leverage European tax and production incentives, as well as tap into the continent’s deep well of talent, to produce content for the European and global market.
With Gaget, the company has scored one of Europe’s top film execs with a deep knowledge of both the financial and practical on-the-ground business of independent production and distribution. She’s held positions at several of the continent’s top studios and mini-majors,...
- 4/26/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
French film industry veteran Cécile Gaget has been named CEO of Carrousel Studios, the joint venture production company launched in March by Lupin star Omar Sy, Fast X filmmaker Louis Letterier and Pulse Films CEO Thomas Benksi.
Gaget will be based in Paris and will officially take on her new role on May 1 “to create and produce high end and bold content for a global audience,” she said in a statement. Her duties include helping to bolster the company’s local and global production slate, foster partnerships and oversee development, production, financing and distribution strategies.
Carrousel Studios aims to be...
Gaget will be based in Paris and will officially take on her new role on May 1 “to create and produce high end and bold content for a global audience,” she said in a statement. Her duties include helping to bolster the company’s local and global production slate, foster partnerships and oversee development, production, financing and distribution strategies.
Carrousel Studios aims to be...
- 4/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
Newly-launched Carrousel Studios has appointed French film industry veteran Cécile Gaget as its CEO, with effect from May 1.
Billed as an artists-first European independent studio and media company, Carrousel Studios was launched in March by actor-producer Omar Sy, producer-director Louis Leterrier and entrepreneur/producer Thomas Benski.
Their aim is to develop and produce multi-generational, high quality and high-concept entertainment for the global audience.
In her new role, Gaget will utilize her sales and film finance expertise to help expand and grow upon the Carrousel’s founders’ capabilities.
Based out of Paris, her mission will be to ramp up a local and global production slate, forge strategic partnerships and more specifically oversee development, production, financing and distribution strategies.
“I am very grateful to Omar, Louis, and Thomas for their trust in my abilities to help build and lead this studio to its fullest potential. I’m thrilled to embark on this journey with Carrousel Studios,...
Billed as an artists-first European independent studio and media company, Carrousel Studios was launched in March by actor-producer Omar Sy, producer-director Louis Leterrier and entrepreneur/producer Thomas Benski.
Their aim is to develop and produce multi-generational, high quality and high-concept entertainment for the global audience.
In her new role, Gaget will utilize her sales and film finance expertise to help expand and grow upon the Carrousel’s founders’ capabilities.
Based out of Paris, her mission will be to ramp up a local and global production slate, forge strategic partnerships and more specifically oversee development, production, financing and distribution strategies.
“I am very grateful to Omar, Louis, and Thomas for their trust in my abilities to help build and lead this studio to its fullest potential. I’m thrilled to embark on this journey with Carrousel Studios,...
- 4/26/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Earlier this year, we heard that the apocalyptic thriller The End We Start From, an adaptation of author Megan Hunter’s 2017 debut novel (you can pick up a copy of Hunter’s novel at This Link), had secured North American distribution through Paramount’s Republic Pictures label. A release date for the film still hasn’t been announced, but today a full trailer has arrived online, and you can check it out in the embed above.
The End We Start From stars Jodie Comer of Killing Eve and Free Guy, Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), Mark Strong (1917), Joel Fry (Yesterday), Gina McKee (My Policeman), Nina Sosanya (His Dark Materials), and Katherine Waterston (Alien: Covenant).
The film was directed by Mahalia Belo (The Long Song), who was working from a screenplay by Alice Birch, a writer and story editor on the HBO series Succession. Birch also served...
The End We Start From stars Jodie Comer of Killing Eve and Free Guy, Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), Mark Strong (1917), Joel Fry (Yesterday), Gina McKee (My Policeman), Nina Sosanya (His Dark Materials), and Katherine Waterston (Alien: Covenant).
The film was directed by Mahalia Belo (The Long Song), who was working from a screenplay by Alice Birch, a writer and story editor on the HBO series Succession. Birch also served...
- 11/29/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Around eight months ago, we heard that the apocalyptic thriller The End We Start From, an adaptation of author Megan Hunter’s 2017 debut novel (you can pick up a copy of Hunter’s novel at This Link), and was filming in London. Now Deadline reports that Paramount’s Republic Pictures label has picked up the North American distribution rights to the film, which stars Jodie Comer of Killing Eve and Free Guy, Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), Mark Strong (1917), Joel Fry (Yesterday), Gina McKee (My Policeman), Nina Sosanya (His Dark Materials), and Katherine Waterston (Alien: Covenant).
There are a couple surprises for me in this announcement. First, I figured that a movie with a cast like that would have secured North American distribution long ago. Second, I didn’t know that Paramount is reviving the Republic Pictures name. Republic was founded in 1935 as its own studio...
There are a couple surprises for me in this announcement. First, I figured that a movie with a cast like that would have secured North American distribution long ago. Second, I didn’t know that Paramount is reviving the Republic Pictures name. Republic was founded in 1935 as its own studio...
- 5/23/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Mia Market panel featured Cameron Bailey, Cecile Gaget, Carole Baraton, Marc Smit, Andrea Occhipinti and Susan Wendt.
The internationalisation of arthouse cinema came into the spotlight during a panel debate with leading industry and festival executives at the Mia market in Rome this week.
“For many years we had been very predominantly North American and European, but even the Oscars have changed, it’s a very international landscape for arthouse cinema,” said Cameron Bailey, CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Bailey was joined on the panel by Cecile Gaget, head of film at Wild Bunch, Carole Baraton, founder...
The internationalisation of arthouse cinema came into the spotlight during a panel debate with leading industry and festival executives at the Mia market in Rome this week.
“For many years we had been very predominantly North American and European, but even the Oscars have changed, it’s a very international landscape for arthouse cinema,” said Cameron Bailey, CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Bailey was joined on the panel by Cecile Gaget, head of film at Wild Bunch, Carole Baraton, founder...
- 10/14/2022
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
Italy’s International Audiovisual Market Mia is expecting a return to full force this year ahead of its eighth edition in Rome from October 11 to 15.
Speaking at a preview press conference on Thursday, director Gaia Tridente said the meeting had registered a 12 rise in attendance this year with accreditations still open, although she did not give precise figures.
Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, Mia welcomed 2,500 attendees in 2019, while there were 2,000 registered attendees in 2021 when travel was still restricted.
This year marks the inaugural edition for Tridente who was previously head of scripted at Mia.
Based around Rome’s historic Barberini Palace and the nearby newly refurbished Barberini Cinema, the event spans a traditional market, co-production meetings and a conference.
Expected guests include Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti, Netflix Emea TV boss Larry Tanz, Lionsgate TV Group president Sandra Stern and Fremantle COO and continental Europe CEO Andrea Scrosati as well as...
Speaking at a preview press conference on Thursday, director Gaia Tridente said the meeting had registered a 12 rise in attendance this year with accreditations still open, although she did not give precise figures.
Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, Mia welcomed 2,500 attendees in 2019, while there were 2,000 registered attendees in 2021 when travel was still restricted.
This year marks the inaugural edition for Tridente who was previously head of scripted at Mia.
Based around Rome’s historic Barberini Palace and the nearby newly refurbished Barberini Cinema, the event spans a traditional market, co-production meetings and a conference.
Expected guests include Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti, Netflix Emea TV boss Larry Tanz, Lionsgate TV Group president Sandra Stern and Fremantle COO and continental Europe CEO Andrea Scrosati as well as...
- 10/6/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Speaking on the issue of navigating finance in 2022 and beyond at San Sebastian’s two-day Creative Investors Conference, Wild Bunch exec Cecile Gaget and 30West’s Trevor Groth took stock of the challenges ahead in a post-pandemic world.
Groth observed that film production budgets have been rising as streaming platforms have been paying relatively good wages, making it harder for independents to stay competitive. Gaget agreed: “It’s getting more expensive to hire writers and crew, and the pandemic certainly didn’t help.”
Groth acknowledged that selling to streamers can be a challenge. When 30West was negotiating on the sale of their phenomenal hit “Tiger King” to Netflix, they fought hard to hang on to its IP, but to no avail. “We leveraged this to get a higher sale price but we didn’t realize it was going to be such a big hit, so we lost out from not having a backend,...
Groth observed that film production budgets have been rising as streaming platforms have been paying relatively good wages, making it harder for independents to stay competitive. Gaget agreed: “It’s getting more expensive to hire writers and crew, and the pandemic certainly didn’t help.”
Groth acknowledged that selling to streamers can be a challenge. When 30West was negotiating on the sale of their phenomenal hit “Tiger King” to Netflix, they fought hard to hang on to its IP, but to no avail. “We leveraged this to get a higher sale price but we didn’t realize it was going to be such a big hit, so we lost out from not having a backend,...
- 9/21/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
They came, they saw 10 higher-end Spanish movie pitches and maybe they were conquered. Just turning up, however, was maybe the most important factor.
Never in the history of the San Sebastian Festival have so many high-powered U.S. execs descended on the Spanish resort as for the two days of the first Creative Investors Conference, taking place over Sept. 19-20 and co-organized by CAA Media Finance.
At the Conference, investors debated with a level of candour above run-of-the-mill seminars, the state and future of the movie business across a total eight panels, moderated with verve by consultant Wendy Mitchell.
Since these are many of the guys running or making the running in the international part of that business, it was well worth noting some of their takeaways:
Europe’s Big Hope: Platforms Really Embracing Cinema
In the U.S., the platforms already buy big when it comes to movies. Think Sundance.
Never in the history of the San Sebastian Festival have so many high-powered U.S. execs descended on the Spanish resort as for the two days of the first Creative Investors Conference, taking place over Sept. 19-20 and co-organized by CAA Media Finance.
At the Conference, investors debated with a level of candour above run-of-the-mill seminars, the state and future of the movie business across a total eight panels, moderated with verve by consultant Wendy Mitchell.
Since these are many of the guys running or making the running in the international part of that business, it was well worth noting some of their takeaways:
Europe’s Big Hope: Platforms Really Embracing Cinema
In the U.S., the platforms already buy big when it comes to movies. Think Sundance.
- 9/21/2022
- by John Hopewell and Pablo Sandoval
- Variety Film + TV
Events include the inaugural Creative Investors’ Conference, a panel on crisis in streaming and a focus on Serbia.
The 70th San Sebastian International Film Festival (September 16-24) will mark a return to full form for its industry programme, with a higher industry attendance expected than ever before and the inaugural edition of the much-anticipated Creative Investors’ conference.
Some 2,009 industry delegates will attend in-person, with 1,956 on site, and just 53 participating online as the festival continues to offer an online-only industry accreditation.
Last year, 1,625 delegates from industry attended, with 140 participating online – a time when strict Covid restrictions were in-place, including mandatory mask wearing,...
The 70th San Sebastian International Film Festival (September 16-24) will mark a return to full form for its industry programme, with a higher industry attendance expected than ever before and the inaugural edition of the much-anticipated Creative Investors’ conference.
Some 2,009 industry delegates will attend in-person, with 1,956 on site, and just 53 participating online as the festival continues to offer an online-only industry accreditation.
Last year, 1,625 delegates from industry attended, with 140 participating online – a time when strict Covid restrictions were in-place, including mandatory mask wearing,...
- 9/16/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Jodie Comer of Killing Eve and Free Guy stars in the apocalyptic thriller The End We Start From, an adaptation of author Megan Hunter’s 2017 debut novel (you can pick up a copy of Hunter’s novel at This Link), and now that filming is underway in London Deadline has announced that Comer is being joined in the cast by Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), Mark Strong (1917), Joel Fry (Yesterday), Gina McKee (My Policeman), and Nina Sosanya (His Dark Materials). The previously announced Katherine Waterston (Alien: Covenant) is also in the cast.
In addition to the casting news, Deadline got their hands on a first look image of Comer in the film, and you can check that out at the bottom of this article.
Mahalia Belo (The Long Song) is directing The End We Start From, working from a screenplay by Alice Birch, who is a...
In addition to the casting news, Deadline got their hands on a first look image of Comer in the film, and you can check that out at the bottom of this article.
Mahalia Belo (The Long Song) is directing The End We Start From, working from a screenplay by Alice Birch, who is a...
- 9/7/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
International sales and production veteran Cécile Gaget has been appointed as Head of Film at leading European indie studio Wild Bunch, as it expands under the leadership of CEO Ron Meyer and co-ceo Sophie Jordan.
Gaget, who takes up her role today (September 1), will lead the studio’s film group and report to Meyer and Jordan.
Her focus will be overseeing French acquisitions, distribution and local production as well as building an international production slate including English-speaking projects for Wild Bunch, which will act as producer and financier.
The appointment comes amid a period of great change for the company following the surprise arrival of veteran studio chief and CAA co-founder Meyer and former beIN Media Group executive Jordan as CEO and co-ceo last November.
“I am very excited to join Wild Bunch and work along with Sophie and Ron to be part of the company’s dynamic next chapter.
Gaget, who takes up her role today (September 1), will lead the studio’s film group and report to Meyer and Jordan.
Her focus will be overseeing French acquisitions, distribution and local production as well as building an international production slate including English-speaking projects for Wild Bunch, which will act as producer and financier.
The appointment comes amid a period of great change for the company following the surprise arrival of veteran studio chief and CAA co-founder Meyer and former beIN Media Group executive Jordan as CEO and co-ceo last November.
“I am very excited to join Wild Bunch and work along with Sophie and Ron to be part of the company’s dynamic next chapter.
- 9/1/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
French film executive previously spent a decade at Gaumont.
Cecile Gaget has been appointed head of film at European studio Wild Bunch, stepping down from her senior role at UK-based producer and financier Anton.
The French executive takes up the new role from today (September 1), joining from Anton where she was president of international production and distribution for nearly two years. She previously spent a decade on the executive team of French studio Gaumont as head of international production and distribution, setting up the company’s US film division during her tenure.
Based in Paris, Gaget will lead Wild Bunch...
Cecile Gaget has been appointed head of film at European studio Wild Bunch, stepping down from her senior role at UK-based producer and financier Anton.
The French executive takes up the new role from today (September 1), joining from Anton where she was president of international production and distribution for nearly two years. She previously spent a decade on the executive team of French studio Gaumont as head of international production and distribution, setting up the company’s US film division during her tenure.
Based in Paris, Gaget will lead Wild Bunch...
- 9/1/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
A few months ago, it was announced that Jodie Comer of Killing Eve and Free Guy will be starring in the apocalyptic thriller The End We Start From, an adaptation of author Megan Hunter’s 2017 debut novel. You can pick up a copy of Hunter’s novel at This Link. Now Deadline reports that Katherine Waterston of Alien: Covenant and the Fantastic Beasts franchise is joining Comer in the film. Waterston is taking on the role of a character called O.
The End We Start From is set to be directed by Mahalia Belo (The Long Song) from a screenplay by Alice Birch, who is a writer and story editor on the HBO series Succession. Birch is also showrunner on the upcoming Dead Ringers series based on the 1988 David Cronenberg film. Described as a “feminist survival story”, The End We Start From will tell the following story:
As London is submerged below floodwaters,...
The End We Start From is set to be directed by Mahalia Belo (The Long Song) from a screenplay by Alice Birch, who is a writer and story editor on the HBO series Succession. Birch is also showrunner on the upcoming Dead Ringers series based on the 1988 David Cronenberg film. Described as a “feminist survival story”, The End We Start From will tell the following story:
As London is submerged below floodwaters,...
- 8/26/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: That hot package Deadline first told you about at Cannes, the feature thriller The End We Start From from Benedict Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch, is adding Katherine Waterston. She will star opposite BAFTA and Emmy winner Jodie Comer in the London-set environmental crisis movie about a mother who with her newborn child tries to find a way home amid chaotic floods. Waterston we hear will play the character of ‘O’.
BAFTA winner Mahalia Belo (The Long Song) is helming off Alice Birch’s (Succession) screenplay based on the Megan Hunter novel. Producers are SunnyMarch’s Leah Clarke and Adam Ackland (The Mauritanian) and Hera Pictures’ Liza Marshall (Temple) alongside Sophie Hunter and Amy Jackson (The Nest). Executive producers are Cumberbatch, Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud, Comer, Raybaud and Cecile Gaget (Greenland), and BBC Film’s Eva Yates (After Love).
Anton and BBC Film are co-financing. Gaget launched global sales on the...
BAFTA winner Mahalia Belo (The Long Song) is helming off Alice Birch’s (Succession) screenplay based on the Megan Hunter novel. Producers are SunnyMarch’s Leah Clarke and Adam Ackland (The Mauritanian) and Hera Pictures’ Liza Marshall (Temple) alongside Sophie Hunter and Amy Jackson (The Nest). Executive producers are Cumberbatch, Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud, Comer, Raybaud and Cecile Gaget (Greenland), and BBC Film’s Eva Yates (After Love).
Anton and BBC Film are co-financing. Gaget launched global sales on the...
- 8/25/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Josh Charles (“The Good Wife”) and Anders Danielsen Lie (“Bergman Island”) are set to join Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway in “Mothers’ Instinct.”
The film, which is based on Barbara Abel’s novel “Derrière la Haine,” tells the story of Alice (Chastain) and Celine (Hathaway), two best friends and mothers living an outwardly idyllic life a stone’s throw from each other in 1960s America. But the manicured lawns and successful husbands fade into the background when a tragic accident unravels their bond and gives way to guilt, suspicion and paranoia.
Olivier Masset-Depasse made a French adaptation, “Duelles,” in 2018.
Benoit Delhomme (“The Theory of Everything”) is directing the English-language version while Sarah Conradt (“50 States of Fright”) is adapting the English-language script.
Shooting is underway in New York.
European production outfit Anton are repping sales for the project internationally. They also sold the film alongside CAA Media Finance domestically, with Neon acquiring U.
The film, which is based on Barbara Abel’s novel “Derrière la Haine,” tells the story of Alice (Chastain) and Celine (Hathaway), two best friends and mothers living an outwardly idyllic life a stone’s throw from each other in 1960s America. But the manicured lawns and successful husbands fade into the background when a tragic accident unravels their bond and gives way to guilt, suspicion and paranoia.
Olivier Masset-Depasse made a French adaptation, “Duelles,” in 2018.
Benoit Delhomme (“The Theory of Everything”) is directing the English-language version while Sarah Conradt (“50 States of Fright”) is adapting the English-language script.
Shooting is underway in New York.
European production outfit Anton are repping sales for the project internationally. They also sold the film alongside CAA Media Finance domestically, with Neon acquiring U.
- 6/14/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu has acquired U.S. rights to “Fireheart,” Anton’s ambitious animated family feature directed by Laurent Zeitoun (“Leap!”) and Theodore Ty (“Kung Fu Panda”) with a voice cast headlined by Olivia Cooke, William Shatner, Laurie Holden and Kenneth Branagh.
The deal was negotiated with Hulu by CAA Media Finance and Anton’s Cécile Gaget on behalf of the producers. “Fireheart” will debut on Hulu in the U.S. this month.
Zeitoun wrote the screenplay for “Fireheart” and produced the film alongside Yann Zenou, André Rouleau and Valėrie d’Auteuil. The team previously joined forces on another animated feature, “Leap!”
Set in New York in the roaring twenties, the film follows a fearless 16-year-old girl, Georgia Nolan (Cooke), who dreams of being the world’s first ever female firefighter. When a mysterious arsonist starts burning down Broadway, New York’s firemen begin vanishing. Georgia’s father, Shawn (Branagh), is called...
The deal was negotiated with Hulu by CAA Media Finance and Anton’s Cécile Gaget on behalf of the producers. “Fireheart” will debut on Hulu in the U.S. this month.
Zeitoun wrote the screenplay for “Fireheart” and produced the film alongside Yann Zenou, André Rouleau and Valėrie d’Auteuil. The team previously joined forces on another animated feature, “Leap!”
Set in New York in the roaring twenties, the film follows a fearless 16-year-old girl, Georgia Nolan (Cooke), who dreams of being the world’s first ever female firefighter. When a mysterious arsonist starts burning down Broadway, New York’s firemen begin vanishing. Georgia’s father, Shawn (Branagh), is called...
- 2/24/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Denis’s first film in Berlinale Competition is co-sold by Anton and Wild Bunch International (Wbi).
Anglo-French producing and financing outfit Anton and Paris-based sales powerhouse Wide Bunch International (Wbi) have posted a raft of deals on French director Claire Denis’s love triangle drama Fire (aka Both Sides Of The Blade), following its world premiere in competition at the Berlinale on Saturday (Feb 12).
The sales teams headed by Anton president of international production and distribution Cécile Gaget and Wbi head of sales Eva Diederix have co-sold the title into more than 30 key territories worldwide.
In Europe, it has been...
Anglo-French producing and financing outfit Anton and Paris-based sales powerhouse Wide Bunch International (Wbi) have posted a raft of deals on French director Claire Denis’s love triangle drama Fire (aka Both Sides Of The Blade), following its world premiere in competition at the Berlinale on Saturday (Feb 12).
The sales teams headed by Anton president of international production and distribution Cécile Gaget and Wbi head of sales Eva Diederix have co-sold the title into more than 30 key territories worldwide.
In Europe, it has been...
- 2/13/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Producer and financier Anton has hired Leslie Chen as senior VP, international distribution and sales and has elevated consultant Louis Balsan to executive VP, international distribution and acquisitions.
They will be part of Anton’s German office and will report into Paris-based Cécile Gaget, president of international production and distribution. Chen and Balsan will be at the upcoming 2022 Berlinale and European Film Market where Anton is launching international sales on horror thriller “All Fun And Games,” starring Asa Butterfield and Natalia Dyer, co-produced with Agbo. Anton is also co-selling Claire Denis’ “Both Sides Of The Blade” with Wildbunch, which is premiering in competition at the festival.
Chen was previously AGC Studios’ senior VP of Asian sales and distribution, overseeing big budget projects such Roland Emmerich’s “Moonfall” and Pierre Morel’s “Freelance” and has had prior stints in China with Im Global and Huayi Brothers Media Corporation.
Balsan has been...
They will be part of Anton’s German office and will report into Paris-based Cécile Gaget, president of international production and distribution. Chen and Balsan will be at the upcoming 2022 Berlinale and European Film Market where Anton is launching international sales on horror thriller “All Fun And Games,” starring Asa Butterfield and Natalia Dyer, co-produced with Agbo. Anton is also co-selling Claire Denis’ “Both Sides Of The Blade” with Wildbunch, which is premiering in competition at the festival.
Chen was previously AGC Studios’ senior VP of Asian sales and distribution, overseeing big budget projects such Roland Emmerich’s “Moonfall” and Pierre Morel’s “Freelance” and has had prior stints in China with Im Global and Huayi Brothers Media Corporation.
Balsan has been...
- 2/2/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Producer and financier Anton (Greenland) has expanded its global sales and distribution team with a new hire and a promotion.
The company has added Leslie Chen as Senior Vice President International Distribution and Sales, as well as elevating Louis Balsan to the full-time role of Executive Vice President International Distribution and Acquisitions.
Both executives will be part of Anton’s German office reporting directly to Paris-based Cécile Gaget, President of International Production and Distribution, and will be part of the team for the 2022 virtual European Film Market.
Prior to Anton, Chen was AGC Studios’ Senior Vice President of Asian Sales & Distribution, working on projects including Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall and Pierre Morel’s Freelance. She was previously at Im Global and Huayi Brothers.
Balsan has been consulting with Anton for a year. He was previously at Europacorp, Funny Balloons and Films Boutique.
The company has added Leslie Chen as Senior Vice President International Distribution and Sales, as well as elevating Louis Balsan to the full-time role of Executive Vice President International Distribution and Acquisitions.
Both executives will be part of Anton’s German office reporting directly to Paris-based Cécile Gaget, President of International Production and Distribution, and will be part of the team for the 2022 virtual European Film Market.
Prior to Anton, Chen was AGC Studios’ Senior Vice President of Asian Sales & Distribution, working on projects including Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall and Pierre Morel’s Freelance. She was previously at Im Global and Huayi Brothers.
Balsan has been consulting with Anton for a year. He was previously at Europacorp, Funny Balloons and Films Boutique.
- 2/2/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Leslie Chen joins from AGC Studios, while Louis Balsan takes on a permanent position.
Anglo-French producing and financing outfit Anton has expanded its executive team with new hire Leslie Chen appointed senior vice president of international distribution and sales.
In addition, Louis Balsan has been elevated to executive vice president of international distribution and acquisitions. Both will be part of Anton’s German office reporting directly to Paris-based Cécile Gaget, president of international production and distribution.
Chen joins from AGC Studios, where she was senior vice president of Asian sales and distribution, overseeing projects including Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall and Pierre Morel’s Freelance.
Anglo-French producing and financing outfit Anton has expanded its executive team with new hire Leslie Chen appointed senior vice president of international distribution and sales.
In addition, Louis Balsan has been elevated to executive vice president of international distribution and acquisitions. Both will be part of Anton’s German office reporting directly to Paris-based Cécile Gaget, president of international production and distribution.
Chen joins from AGC Studios, where she was senior vice president of Asian sales and distribution, overseeing projects including Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall and Pierre Morel’s Freelance.
- 2/2/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
If 2020 has proven anything, it’s that nothing is certain — and that’s never been truer in the film business. Variety spoke with five industry leaders at AFM — Megan Colligan, Cécile Gaget, Mark Gill, Franklin Leonard and Celine Rattray — to get their predictions and hopes for how things will unfold in the first quarter of 2021 and 2022.
Megan Colligan
The former worldwide president of marketing and distribution at Paramount Pictures is president of Imax Entertainment and executive VP of Imax Corp.
“Many studios are developing streaming platforms [to reduce] a reliance on classic windowing strategies. That’s really disruptive in terms of how they think about the post-theatrical ancillary marketplace. I think the first quarter of 2021 will bring some experimentation, as we will still likely be emerging from the pandemic. That will allow for creativity and not having to commit to one model or another. [But] we’re going to need to be supportive...
Megan Colligan
The former worldwide president of marketing and distribution at Paramount Pictures is president of Imax Entertainment and executive VP of Imax Corp.
“Many studios are developing streaming platforms [to reduce] a reliance on classic windowing strategies. That’s really disruptive in terms of how they think about the post-theatrical ancillary marketplace. I think the first quarter of 2021 will bring some experimentation, as we will still likely be emerging from the pandemic. That will allow for creativity and not having to commit to one model or another. [But] we’re going to need to be supportive...
- 11/10/2020
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety Film + TV
French film and TV major Gaumont has promoted Alexis Cassanet to Executive Vice President, International Sales and Distribution.
The move is made ahead of the upcoming departure of longtime film sales chief Cécile Gaget who will exit the firm on September 30.
Cassanet joined Gaumont in 2016 after a seven-year run at Snd where he spear-headed sales of movies including Yves Saint Laurent, La Famille Bélier and The Love Punch. He started at Gaumont as Co-Head of International Sales alongside Adeline Falampin, reporting to Gaget, VP, International Production and Distribution.
Sidonie Dumas, Gaumont CEO, said: “Cécile Gaget’s contributions during her 13-year tenure at Gaumont have proven invaluable and as she embarks upon this next chapter of her professional career, we wish her the very best.”
In his new role Cassanet, who will report directly to Ariane Toscan du Plantier, President Cinema Distribution France & International, will have oversight of the entire international...
The move is made ahead of the upcoming departure of longtime film sales chief Cécile Gaget who will exit the firm on September 30.
Cassanet joined Gaumont in 2016 after a seven-year run at Snd where he spear-headed sales of movies including Yves Saint Laurent, La Famille Bélier and The Love Punch. He started at Gaumont as Co-Head of International Sales alongside Adeline Falampin, reporting to Gaget, VP, International Production and Distribution.
Sidonie Dumas, Gaumont CEO, said: “Cécile Gaget’s contributions during her 13-year tenure at Gaumont have proven invaluable and as she embarks upon this next chapter of her professional career, we wish her the very best.”
In his new role Cassanet, who will report directly to Ariane Toscan du Plantier, President Cinema Distribution France & International, will have oversight of the entire international...
- 7/20/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
In-house promotion sees Alexis Cassanet replace outgoing sales chief Cécile Gaget.
French film company Gaumont has appointed Alexis Cassanet as its new head of international sales and distribution, ahead of the official departure of its current sales chief Cécile Gaget on September 30.
Cassanet was recruited to the Gaumont sales team in 2016 in the role of co-head of international sales alongside Adeline Falampin, who joined at the same time. Both executives reported to Gaget, VP, international production and distribution.
Prior to joining Gaumont, Cassanet did a seven-year stint in the sales team of Snd, the film sales arm of French commercial broadcaster M6,...
French film company Gaumont has appointed Alexis Cassanet as its new head of international sales and distribution, ahead of the official departure of its current sales chief Cécile Gaget on September 30.
Cassanet was recruited to the Gaumont sales team in 2016 in the role of co-head of international sales alongside Adeline Falampin, who joined at the same time. Both executives reported to Gaget, VP, international production and distribution.
Prior to joining Gaumont, Cassanet did a seven-year stint in the sales team of Snd, the film sales arm of French commercial broadcaster M6,...
- 7/20/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦
- ScreenDaily
Period comedy-drama is a big screen adaptation of long-running hit play about writing of Cyrano de Bergerac.
Gaumont has announced a raft of deals on Alexis Michalik’s period comedy-drama Edmond, reimagining the colourful world and events surrounding the writing of the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand in 1897.
The film has sold to Austria (Prokino/Filmladen), Belgium and the Netherlands (Athena), Germany (Prokino), Denmark, Finland and Norway (Studio S Entertainment/Another World), Sweden (Studio S Entertainment/Njuta), Greece (Odeon), Italy (Officine Ubu), Portugal (Cinemundo), Spain (A Contracorriente), Switzerland (Impuls), the Balkans (Dexin Film) and Romania (Independenta).
It has...
Gaumont has announced a raft of deals on Alexis Michalik’s period comedy-drama Edmond, reimagining the colourful world and events surrounding the writing of the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand in 1897.
The film has sold to Austria (Prokino/Filmladen), Belgium and the Netherlands (Athena), Germany (Prokino), Denmark, Finland and Norway (Studio S Entertainment/Another World), Sweden (Studio S Entertainment/Njuta), Greece (Odeon), Italy (Officine Ubu), Portugal (Cinemundo), Spain (A Contracorriente), Switzerland (Impuls), the Balkans (Dexin Film) and Romania (Independenta).
It has...
- 1/17/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Company releases first image of Adeline D’Hermy in lead role of fragile actress.
Gaumont is kicking off sales on actor and director Guillaume Gallienne’s new film Bright Weakness (Maryline) about the journey of a talented actress haunted by a difficult childhood.
Based on a true story, it stars Adeline D’Hermy as a beautiful but complex and fragile woman with an extraordinary presence on the big screen who loses herself in the process of becoming an actress.
Vanessa Paradis and Xavier Beauvois are also in the cast.
It is Gallienne’s second feature after his debut film Me, Myself And Mum, which was a critical hit at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2014 and went on to gross $21m in France.
Gaumont is also rolling out Belle And Sebastien, Friends For Life – the third and final instalment in the family entertainment franchise following the adventures of a young boy called Sebastien and his mountain dog Belle...
Gaumont is kicking off sales on actor and director Guillaume Gallienne’s new film Bright Weakness (Maryline) about the journey of a talented actress haunted by a difficult childhood.
Based on a true story, it stars Adeline D’Hermy as a beautiful but complex and fragile woman with an extraordinary presence on the big screen who loses herself in the process of becoming an actress.
Vanessa Paradis and Xavier Beauvois are also in the cast.
It is Gallienne’s second feature after his debut film Me, Myself And Mum, which was a critical hit at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2014 and went on to gross $21m in France.
Gaumont is also rolling out Belle And Sebastien, Friends For Life – the third and final instalment in the family entertainment franchise following the adventures of a young boy called Sebastien and his mountain dog Belle...
- 2/9/2017
- ScreenDaily
Former Working Title executive Johanna Byer to oversee. English-language slate includes Train To Busan, Barbarella remakes.
Johanna Byer (pictured below) has been brought in as vice-president of creative affairs to run the unit in Los Angeles as the French giant introduced the latest plank in its Us expansion strategy.
The division kicks off with a development slate comprising: Train To Busan, which is based on the South Korean hit and will be fast-tracked; Point Blank, the thriller that Gaumont recently bought back from Working Title; comedy Dead Tired; and Barbarella, which was originally conceived as a TV remake and has been reconfigured as a feature project.
Byer will work closely with Paris-based head of international production Cecile Gaget and Adam Fishbach, who was recently promoted to senior vice-president of creative affairs to head creative affairs at Gaumont Television Us.
Together the team will exploit Gaumont’s 1,100-title film library to develop and produce English-language films for an...
Johanna Byer (pictured below) has been brought in as vice-president of creative affairs to run the unit in Los Angeles as the French giant introduced the latest plank in its Us expansion strategy.
The division kicks off with a development slate comprising: Train To Busan, which is based on the South Korean hit and will be fast-tracked; Point Blank, the thriller that Gaumont recently bought back from Working Title; comedy Dead Tired; and Barbarella, which was originally conceived as a TV remake and has been reconfigured as a feature project.
Byer will work closely with Paris-based head of international production Cecile Gaget and Adam Fishbach, who was recently promoted to senior vice-president of creative affairs to head creative affairs at Gaumont Television Us.
Together the team will exploit Gaumont’s 1,100-title film library to develop and produce English-language films for an...
- 2/1/2017
- ScreenDaily
Top French film sales executives Baraton and Yohann Comte pool skills and contacts to create new company ahead of Efm.
Wild Bunch’s former head of international sales Carole Baraton has joined forced with ex-Gaumont sales executive Yohann Comte to create a new Paris-based international sales and co-production company.
Other Charades partners include Pierre Mazars, who was previously vice-president of international sales at Studiocanal, and Constantin Briest, an entrepreneur and founder of Paris-based co-production and co-distribution company Asuna.
The team will make their market debut at the Efm where they will present the company and also scout for projects with the aim of building a first line-up for Cannes.
The company has the capacity to invest minimum guarantees in select projects.
“Charades will focus on films that are by turn inspirational, entertaining, rousing, disturbing, terrifying and tear-jerking, but always audience-driven. It will service a cross-generational, cross-cultural and cross-border audience,” the partners...
Wild Bunch’s former head of international sales Carole Baraton has joined forced with ex-Gaumont sales executive Yohann Comte to create a new Paris-based international sales and co-production company.
Other Charades partners include Pierre Mazars, who was previously vice-president of international sales at Studiocanal, and Constantin Briest, an entrepreneur and founder of Paris-based co-production and co-distribution company Asuna.
The team will make their market debut at the Efm where they will present the company and also scout for projects with the aim of building a first line-up for Cannes.
The company has the capacity to invest minimum guarantees in select projects.
“Charades will focus on films that are by turn inspirational, entertaining, rousing, disturbing, terrifying and tear-jerking, but always audience-driven. It will service a cross-generational, cross-cultural and cross-border audience,” the partners...
- 1/26/2017
- ScreenDaily
Top French film sales executives Baraton and Yohann Comte pool skills and contacts to create new company.
Wild Bunch’s former head of international sales Carole Baraton has joined forced with ex-Gaumont sales executive Yohann Comte to create a new Paris-based international sales and co-production company.
Other Charades partners include Pierre Mazars, who was previously vice-president of international sales at Studiocanal, and Constantin Briest, an entrepreneur and founder of Paris-based co-production and co-distribution company Asuna.
The new team will make their market debut at the Efm where they will present the company and also scout for projects with the aim of building a first line-up for Cannes.
The company has the capacity to invest minimum guarantees in select projects.
“Charades will focus on films that are by turn inspirational, entertaining, rousing, disturbing, terrifying and tear-jerking, but always audience-driven. It will service a cross-generational, cross-cultural and cross-border audience,” the partners said in a joint statement.
They said the...
Wild Bunch’s former head of international sales Carole Baraton has joined forced with ex-Gaumont sales executive Yohann Comte to create a new Paris-based international sales and co-production company.
Other Charades partners include Pierre Mazars, who was previously vice-president of international sales at Studiocanal, and Constantin Briest, an entrepreneur and founder of Paris-based co-production and co-distribution company Asuna.
The new team will make their market debut at the Efm where they will present the company and also scout for projects with the aim of building a first line-up for Cannes.
The company has the capacity to invest minimum guarantees in select projects.
“Charades will focus on films that are by turn inspirational, entertaining, rousing, disturbing, terrifying and tear-jerking, but always audience-driven. It will service a cross-generational, cross-cultural and cross-border audience,” the partners said in a joint statement.
They said the...
- 1/26/2017
- ScreenDaily
Gaumont has picked up U.S. remake rights of Train to Busan, one of the biggest South Korean box-office hits of all time, the French studio announced Wednesday.
Danny Lee and Vincent Kim at Contents Panda, in charge of international sales and distribution of Train to Busan, negotiated the deal with Cecile Gaget, Gaumont's head of international production and distribution. Gaumont was among a number of studios that The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reported to be pursuing the deal.
The zombie actioner produced by RedPeter Film and released by Next Entertainment World grossed over...
Danny Lee and Vincent Kim at Contents Panda, in charge of international sales and distribution of Train to Busan, negotiated the deal with Cecile Gaget, Gaumont's head of international production and distribution. Gaumont was among a number of studios that The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reported to be pursuing the deal.
The zombie actioner produced by RedPeter Film and released by Next Entertainment World grossed over...
- 12/7/2016
- by Lee Hyo-won
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The French giant is lining up its English-language debut after securing remake rights to Yeon Sang-ho’s smash zombie thriller.
Train To Busan was produced by RedPeter Film and opened though New this year, when it generated 11,565,459 admissions and the equivalent of $83.5m at the local box office according to the Korean Film Council to become the biggest local hit of the year. It currently ranks as South Korea’s ninth biggest hit.
The film premiered in Cannes Midnight last May and stars Gong Yoo as a career-minded man who reluctantly takes his daughter to see his ex-wife when a zombie virus breaks out on board. Kim Su-an also stars.
Gaumont will package and produce the English-language remake after head of international production and distribution Cecile Gaget brokered the deal with Danny Lee and Vincent Kim at Contents Panda.
“We ‘ve been chasing this remake since the Cannes Film Festival where the whole team loved it so much...
Train To Busan was produced by RedPeter Film and opened though New this year, when it generated 11,565,459 admissions and the equivalent of $83.5m at the local box office according to the Korean Film Council to become the biggest local hit of the year. It currently ranks as South Korea’s ninth biggest hit.
The film premiered in Cannes Midnight last May and stars Gong Yoo as a career-minded man who reluctantly takes his daughter to see his ex-wife when a zombie virus breaks out on board. Kim Su-an also stars.
Gaumont will package and produce the English-language remake after head of international production and distribution Cecile Gaget brokered the deal with Danny Lee and Vincent Kim at Contents Panda.
“We ‘ve been chasing this remake since the Cannes Film Festival where the whole team loved it so much...
- 12/7/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Weinstein Company has acquired Us rights to the upcoming animated film Ballerina.
In–demand Elle Fanning, who stars in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Competition entry The Neon Demon, features in the voice cast alongside Maggie Ziegler and Carly Rae Japsen.
Eric Summer and Eric Warin direct Ballerina, which Screen understands is a working title. The story takes place in 1884 as an ambitious orphan arrives in Paris and trains at the Opera Ballet School under someone else’s identity.
She learns from a tough mentor that talent alone is not enough and she must work hard to succeed. Finally she meets her soul mate, an inventor, and together they inspire each other to achieve their dream.
Carole Noble and Laurent Zeitoun wrote the screenplay, and the producers are Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, and Laurent Zeitoun of Quad Productions, Main Journey and Andre Rouleau and Valerie D’Auteuil of Caramel Film.
Klaus Badelt composes...
In–demand Elle Fanning, who stars in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Competition entry The Neon Demon, features in the voice cast alongside Maggie Ziegler and Carly Rae Japsen.
Eric Summer and Eric Warin direct Ballerina, which Screen understands is a working title. The story takes place in 1884 as an ambitious orphan arrives in Paris and trains at the Opera Ballet School under someone else’s identity.
She learns from a tough mentor that talent alone is not enough and she must work hard to succeed. Finally she meets her soul mate, an inventor, and together they inspire each other to achieve their dream.
Carole Noble and Laurent Zeitoun wrote the screenplay, and the producers are Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, and Laurent Zeitoun of Quad Productions, Main Journey and Andre Rouleau and Valerie D’Auteuil of Caramel Film.
Klaus Badelt composes...
- 5/12/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Weinstein Company has acquired Us rights from Gaumont to the upcoming animated film.
In–demand Elle Fanning, who stars in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Competition entry The Neon Demon, features in the voice cast alongside Maggie Ziegler and Carly Rae Japsen.
Eric Summer and Eric Warin direct Ballerina, which Screen understands is a working title. The story takes place in 1884 as an ambitious orphan arrives in Paris and trains at the Opera Ballet School under someone else’s identity.
She learns from a tough mentor that talent alone is not enough and she must work hard to succeed. Finally she meets her soul mate, an inventor, and together they inspire each other to achieve their dream.
Carole Noble and Laurent Zeitoun wrote the screenplay, and the producers are Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, and Laurent Zeitoun of Quad Productions, Main Journey and Andre Rouleau and Valerie D’Auteuil of Caramel Film.
Klaus Badelt composes...
In–demand Elle Fanning, who stars in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Competition entry The Neon Demon, features in the voice cast alongside Maggie Ziegler and Carly Rae Japsen.
Eric Summer and Eric Warin direct Ballerina, which Screen understands is a working title. The story takes place in 1884 as an ambitious orphan arrives in Paris and trains at the Opera Ballet School under someone else’s identity.
She learns from a tough mentor that talent alone is not enough and she must work hard to succeed. Finally she meets her soul mate, an inventor, and together they inspire each other to achieve their dream.
Carole Noble and Laurent Zeitoun wrote the screenplay, and the producers are Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, and Laurent Zeitoun of Quad Productions, Main Journey and Andre Rouleau and Valerie D’Auteuil of Caramel Film.
Klaus Badelt composes...
- 5/12/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Nicolas Atlan and Terry Kalagian have joined the French major.
French major Gaumont has expanded its Us operation with the appointment of two new executives for a new animation division in La.
Nicolas Atlan, who formerly worked at Splash Entertainment, has been hired for the newly created La-based role of president of animation.
He will be joined by La-based Terry Kalagian – previously a VP in business development at Rainmaker Entertainment – in the position of creative VP of animation.
Both new hires will report to Gaumont CEO Sidonie Dumas and vice CEO Christophe Riandee.
Atlan will work between Paris and La, collaborating with Gaumont sales chief Cecile Gaget, president of Gaumont Television Us Gene Stein and president of international distribution Erik Pack.
“Having worked in the both Paris and Los Angeles, Nicolas has an excellent track record in the world of animation. While at Splash Entertainment, he produced and sold Kulipari: An Army Of Frogs to Netflix and the...
French major Gaumont has expanded its Us operation with the appointment of two new executives for a new animation division in La.
Nicolas Atlan, who formerly worked at Splash Entertainment, has been hired for the newly created La-based role of president of animation.
He will be joined by La-based Terry Kalagian – previously a VP in business development at Rainmaker Entertainment – in the position of creative VP of animation.
Both new hires will report to Gaumont CEO Sidonie Dumas and vice CEO Christophe Riandee.
Atlan will work between Paris and La, collaborating with Gaumont sales chief Cecile Gaget, president of Gaumont Television Us Gene Stein and president of international distribution Erik Pack.
“Having worked in the both Paris and Los Angeles, Nicolas has an excellent track record in the world of animation. While at Splash Entertainment, he produced and sold Kulipari: An Army Of Frogs to Netflix and the...
- 3/24/2016
- ScreenDaily
With a view to ramping up its animation activities, French major Gaumont is expanding the division into the U.S. The company has made key hires of Nicolas Atlan as President of Animation and Terry Kalagian as Vice President, Creative for Animation. Both will be based in La, although Atlan will his divide time in Paris, working closely with Gaumont President of Sales, Cécile Gaget; Gene Stein, President, Gaumont Television U.S.; and Erik Pack, President of International…...
- 3/24/2016
- Deadline TV
Beauty, obsession, and the sinister side of Los Angeles look to inhabit Nicolas Winding Refn's latest film, The Neon Demon, which has been picked up by Amazon Studios, is set for a theatrical release in the summer of 2016, and is teased in a new photo.
Press Release (via Collider): Amazon Studios has acquired Nicolas Winding Refn’s anticipated The Neon Demon and will release it theatrically Stateside next summer.
“The Neon Demon” is being jointly handled by Gaumont and Wild Bunch, who previously joined forces on Refn’s last film “Only God Forgives,” which competed at Cannes Film Festival in 2013. Gaumont and Wild Bunch co-financed and will co-distribute “The Neon Demon.”
“The Neon Demon” centers on an aspiring model who moves to Los Angeles where her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will go to any lengths to get what she has.
Press Release (via Collider): Amazon Studios has acquired Nicolas Winding Refn’s anticipated The Neon Demon and will release it theatrically Stateside next summer.
“The Neon Demon” is being jointly handled by Gaumont and Wild Bunch, who previously joined forces on Refn’s last film “Only God Forgives,” which competed at Cannes Film Festival in 2013. Gaumont and Wild Bunch co-financed and will co-distribute “The Neon Demon.”
“The Neon Demon” centers on an aspiring model who moves to Los Angeles where her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will go to any lengths to get what she has.
- 11/9/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Read More: Exclusive: Nicolas Winding Refn Discusses Movie Poster Evolution and Premieres Nsfw Vintage Ads Nicolas Winding Refn's highly anticipated "The Neon Demon" has finally found a distribution home at Amazon Studios. The company has acquired rights to the drama and plans to release it theatrically in summer 2016. "The Neon Demon" stars Elle Fanning as an aspiring model whose youth and beauty is threatened after she moves to Los Angeles and falls into the gaze of a group of beauty-obsessed women who will go to any lengths to get what she has. Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks and Jena Malone also star. "One morning I woke and realized I was both surrounded and dominated by women," Refn told Variety of the project. "Strangely, a sudden urge was planted in me to make a horror film about vicious beauty." The deal was negotiated by Gaumont ‘s Cecile Gaget and Wild Bunch...
- 11/9/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Gaumont and Wild Bunch pact with online giant.
Amazon Studios has acquired Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon and will release it theatrically Stateside next summer.
The Neon Demon stars Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks and Jena Malone.
Gaumont and Wild Bunch co-financed and are co-handling international sales on the film, about an aspiring model who moves to Los Angeles where her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will go to any lengths to get what she has.
The deal was negotiated by Gaumont ‘s Cecile Gaget and Wild Bunch’s Vincent Maraval and Carole Baraton on behalf of Refn.
“One morning I woke and realized I was both surrounded and dominated by women,” said Refn. “Strangely, a sudden urge was planted in me to make a horror film about vicious beauty.”
Refn’s partner, Lene Borglum (Only God Forgives) produced under their Danish banner Space Rocket.
Amazon Studios was launched...
Amazon Studios has acquired Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon and will release it theatrically Stateside next summer.
The Neon Demon stars Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks and Jena Malone.
Gaumont and Wild Bunch co-financed and are co-handling international sales on the film, about an aspiring model who moves to Los Angeles where her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will go to any lengths to get what she has.
The deal was negotiated by Gaumont ‘s Cecile Gaget and Wild Bunch’s Vincent Maraval and Carole Baraton on behalf of Refn.
“One morning I woke and realized I was both surrounded and dominated by women,” said Refn. “Strangely, a sudden urge was planted in me to make a horror film about vicious beauty.”
Refn’s partner, Lene Borglum (Only God Forgives) produced under their Danish banner Space Rocket.
Amazon Studios was launched...
- 11/8/2015
- ScreenDaily
Amid Canal Plus shake-up, parent company Vivendi ups stake in video games companies Ubisoft and Gameloft.
New Canal Plus CEO Maxime Saada has put out a call to the French cinema world to produce more action and adventure pictures and crime thrillers to fill the gap left by the Us Studios’ focus on superheroes and teenage audiences.
Speaking at a debate on the future of French cinema at the 25th edition of the Rencontres Cinématographiques de Dijon, running Oct 22-24, Saada said he was worried by the lack of mainstream films for older audiences in the pipeline.
“Through the agreements we have with most the Us studios, we get to see their line-ups into 2018 and 2019. It’s all heavily-skewed towards superheroes and adolescent audiences and this isn’t going to change anytime soon,” said Saada.
He said there was real demand for French genre pictures aimed an older audience.
“Our subscribers aren’t teenagers, well some of...
New Canal Plus CEO Maxime Saada has put out a call to the French cinema world to produce more action and adventure pictures and crime thrillers to fill the gap left by the Us Studios’ focus on superheroes and teenage audiences.
Speaking at a debate on the future of French cinema at the 25th edition of the Rencontres Cinématographiques de Dijon, running Oct 22-24, Saada said he was worried by the lack of mainstream films for older audiences in the pipeline.
“Through the agreements we have with most the Us studios, we get to see their line-ups into 2018 and 2019. It’s all heavily-skewed towards superheroes and adolescent audiences and this isn’t going to change anytime soon,” said Saada.
He said there was real demand for French genre pictures aimed an older audience.
“Our subscribers aren’t teenagers, well some of...
- 10/26/2015
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Co-stars Jean Reno and Christian Clavier to hit Cannes today (May 15).
Gaumont’s The Visitors: Bastille Day, a reboot of the popular French 1990s film franchise starring Jean Reno and Christian Clavier, has been racking up buyers since its launch at the Efm.
The film, which is in post-production, has sold to Benelux (Paradiso Filmed Entertainment), Spain (A Contracorriente Films), Switzerland (Jmh Distributions), Cis (Luxor Entertainment), Greece (Odeon), Turkey (Ozen Film), China (H.G.C. Entertainment), Middle East (Four Star), Portugal (Outsider Films) and Gaumont has done a pan-European deal with Monolith/Freeman.
The cast of the film, led by Reno and Clavier as comic time travellers Godefroy the Hardy and Jacquasse the Crass, will hit the Croisette today (May 15) to meet buyers.
“The franchise is back…fresh, modern and blending all generations of actors for a large audience,” said Gaumont sales chief Cécile Gaget.
Directed by franchise creator Jean-Marie Poire, The Visitors:...
Gaumont’s The Visitors: Bastille Day, a reboot of the popular French 1990s film franchise starring Jean Reno and Christian Clavier, has been racking up buyers since its launch at the Efm.
The film, which is in post-production, has sold to Benelux (Paradiso Filmed Entertainment), Spain (A Contracorriente Films), Switzerland (Jmh Distributions), Cis (Luxor Entertainment), Greece (Odeon), Turkey (Ozen Film), China (H.G.C. Entertainment), Middle East (Four Star), Portugal (Outsider Films) and Gaumont has done a pan-European deal with Monolith/Freeman.
The cast of the film, led by Reno and Clavier as comic time travellers Godefroy the Hardy and Jacquasse the Crass, will hit the Croisette today (May 15) to meet buyers.
“The franchise is back…fresh, modern and blending all generations of actors for a large audience,” said Gaumont sales chief Cécile Gaget.
Directed by franchise creator Jean-Marie Poire, The Visitors:...
- 5/15/2015
- ScreenDaily
After premiering last week at the Toronto Film Festival, Broad Green Pictures has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the French film Samba.
The picture comes from Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, who made the 2012 hit The Intouchables, which broke box-office records in France and has since become the highest grossing French-language film in the U.S. in the last decade. The project reunites the directors with Omar Sy, who starred in The Intouchables and plays a Senegalese immigrant ordered to leave France after 10 years of working day and night. Nakache and Toledano adapted the film from Delphine Coulin...
The picture comes from Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, who made the 2012 hit The Intouchables, which broke box-office records in France and has since become the highest grossing French-language film in the U.S. in the last decade. The project reunites the directors with Omar Sy, who starred in The Intouchables and plays a Senegalese immigrant ordered to leave France after 10 years of working day and night. Nakache and Toledano adapted the film from Delphine Coulin...
- 9/18/2014
- by Jake Perlman
- EW - Inside Movies
Broad Green Pictures announced today that they have acquired the Us distribution rights to Samba, Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano’s follow-up to their 2012 smash-hit The Intouchables.
Bgp plans to release the film in the second half of 2015 in theaters across the United States and build upon the box-office success of its predecessor.
Samba had it’s world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film stars a French powerhouse trio with Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Tahar Rahim in the latest offering from Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano whose The Intouchables broke box office records in France and was the top grossing French-language film in the U.S. in the last decade.
The Intouchables
The duo directed and adapted the film from Delphine Coulin’s book “Samba pour la France.” Gaumont produced Samba with Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun and Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky from Quad Productions.
Samba (Omar Sy) has...
Bgp plans to release the film in the second half of 2015 in theaters across the United States and build upon the box-office success of its predecessor.
Samba had it’s world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film stars a French powerhouse trio with Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Tahar Rahim in the latest offering from Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano whose The Intouchables broke box office records in France and was the top grossing French-language film in the U.S. in the last decade.
The Intouchables
The duo directed and adapted the film from Delphine Coulin’s book “Samba pour la France.” Gaumont produced Samba with Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun and Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky from Quad Productions.
Samba (Omar Sy) has...
- 9/18/2014
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: French sales company to unveil teaser and first images of coming-of-age-horror tale.
Gaumont has picked up sales on Danish filmmaker Jonas Arnby’s When Animals Dream about a young girl who is hunted down by the inhabitants of her remote fishing village when it emerges she is a werewolf.
“Think Let The Right One In and Carrie,” says Gaumont sales chief Cécile Gaget. Dubbed a coming-of-age horror film, When Animals Dream is commercials and shorts director Arnby’s feature-length debut.
Newcomer Sonia Suhl stars as the tragic protagonist Marie, who wreaks a bloody revenge on her persecutors, with support from Lars Mikkelsen and Sonja Richter as her parents and Jakob Oftebro as her love interest.
Gaumont will unveil a teaser and photos for the production which started shooting in the remote Danish region of North Jutland in early September. The picture is due for delivery in time for Cannes next year.
The company...
Gaumont has picked up sales on Danish filmmaker Jonas Arnby’s When Animals Dream about a young girl who is hunted down by the inhabitants of her remote fishing village when it emerges she is a werewolf.
“Think Let The Right One In and Carrie,” says Gaumont sales chief Cécile Gaget. Dubbed a coming-of-age horror film, When Animals Dream is commercials and shorts director Arnby’s feature-length debut.
Newcomer Sonia Suhl stars as the tragic protagonist Marie, who wreaks a bloody revenge on her persecutors, with support from Lars Mikkelsen and Sonja Richter as her parents and Jakob Oftebro as her love interest.
Gaumont will unveil a teaser and photos for the production which started shooting in the remote Danish region of North Jutland in early September. The picture is due for delivery in time for Cannes next year.
The company...
- 11/6/2013
- ScreenDaily
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