Dramas based on well-known IP and starring A-list talent were front and centre at this year’s Series Mania.
Mediawan, for example, hosted a splashy showcase of its upcoming mini-series The Count of Monte-Cristo, produced by Italy’s Palomar with France’s Demd Productions, from Danish director Bille August, starring British actors Sam Claflin and Jeremy Irons.
During the festival, Paramount+ and France Télévisions also announced they had teamed up for an eight-episode adaptation of Zorro (working title) starring Jean Dujardin, the Oscar-winning actor of The Artist. France Televisions also announced a series commission for Lucky Luke, an adaptation of the cult Belgian comic book.
Mediawan, for example, hosted a splashy showcase of its upcoming mini-series The Count of Monte-Cristo, produced by Italy’s Palomar with France’s Demd Productions, from Danish director Bille August, starring British actors Sam Claflin and Jeremy Irons.
During the festival, Paramount+ and France Télévisions also announced they had teamed up for an eight-episode adaptation of Zorro (working title) starring Jean Dujardin, the Oscar-winning actor of The Artist. France Televisions also announced a series commission for Lucky Luke, an adaptation of the cult Belgian comic book.
- 3/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
Of the many politically-tinged projects premiering at this year’s Series Mania, French thriller “In the Shadows” could very well claim the best pedigree.
While showrunner Pierre Schoeller has spent a career tracing his country’s corridors of power through films like “Versailles” and “The Minister,” he found a most opportune creative partner working with politician Edouard Philippe to adapt the latter’s 2011 novel.
Perhaps the name rings a bell. When Philippe published his eponymous novel more than a decade ago, he was a small city mayor running for a seat in France’s National Assembly. By the time he signed on to co-write this small screen adaptation in 2020, Philippe was coming off three years as French Prime Minister – while planting the seeds for an anticipated presidential run of his own in 2027.
Only don’t expect “In the Shadows” to mirror Philippe’s own ascension – or that of any one political figure,...
While showrunner Pierre Schoeller has spent a career tracing his country’s corridors of power through films like “Versailles” and “The Minister,” he found a most opportune creative partner working with politician Edouard Philippe to adapt the latter’s 2011 novel.
Perhaps the name rings a bell. When Philippe published his eponymous novel more than a decade ago, he was a small city mayor running for a seat in France’s National Assembly. By the time he signed on to co-write this small screen adaptation in 2020, Philippe was coming off three years as French Prime Minister – while planting the seeds for an anticipated presidential run of his own in 2027.
Only don’t expect “In the Shadows” to mirror Philippe’s own ascension – or that of any one political figure,...
- 3/21/2024
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
French public broadcaster France Televisions has commissioned a raft of new scripted shows, including “Lucky Luke,” an adaptation of the cult graphic novel, and “Rallye 82,” a 1982-set female-led racing show.
“Lucky Luke” is an adventure comedy directed by Benjamin Rocher and penned by Mathieu Leblanc and Thomas Mansuy, based on the “Lucky Luke” comicbook. The eight-part half-hour series is produced by Geraldine Gendre and Lionel Uzan at Federation Studios, and co-produced by Rémi Préchac and Julien Vallespi at Un pour tous productions, and Alban Lenoir at Homerun. Lenoir, the French star of Netflix’s action thriller series “Lost Bullet,” will play Lucky Luke.
“Rallye 82,” directed by Julien Lacombe (“Missions”), takes place during the racing championship in 1982, where Michele Mouton, the only female pilot, beats the odds and wins the race. The script was penned by Lacombe and Haiga Jappain. Producers are Raphael Rocher and Eric Laroche at Empreinte Digitale.
The...
“Lucky Luke” is an adventure comedy directed by Benjamin Rocher and penned by Mathieu Leblanc and Thomas Mansuy, based on the “Lucky Luke” comicbook. The eight-part half-hour series is produced by Geraldine Gendre and Lionel Uzan at Federation Studios, and co-produced by Rémi Préchac and Julien Vallespi at Un pour tous productions, and Alban Lenoir at Homerun. Lenoir, the French star of Netflix’s action thriller series “Lost Bullet,” will play Lucky Luke.
“Rallye 82,” directed by Julien Lacombe (“Missions”), takes place during the racing championship in 1982, where Michele Mouton, the only female pilot, beats the odds and wins the race. The script was penned by Lacombe and Haiga Jappain. Producers are Raphael Rocher and Eric Laroche at Empreinte Digitale.
The...
- 3/21/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: More citizens will head to the polls this year for elections than any other in history, and the political fever has reached Series Mania.
This year’s event in Lille, France contains four political dramas in competition — not surprising given almost 50% of the world will vote for new leaders in more than 64 elections (including the European Union), according to Time magazine.
“It is all things political in 2024,” said Leona Connell, Chief Commercial Officer at Newen Connect, the sales arm of TF1 Group’ owned French sales house’s Newen Studios that will representing two of the highest profile political titles at Series Mania, In the Shadows and 8 Months.
In the Shadows (Dans L’Ombre) comes from Versailles and Rembrandt director Pierre Schoeller, who adapted a novel from former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and Gilles Boyer, a political insider who served as Philippe’s advisor.
The series stars Swann Arlaud as...
This year’s event in Lille, France contains four political dramas in competition — not surprising given almost 50% of the world will vote for new leaders in more than 64 elections (including the European Union), according to Time magazine.
“It is all things political in 2024,” said Leona Connell, Chief Commercial Officer at Newen Connect, the sales arm of TF1 Group’ owned French sales house’s Newen Studios that will representing two of the highest profile political titles at Series Mania, In the Shadows and 8 Months.
In the Shadows (Dans L’Ombre) comes from Versailles and Rembrandt director Pierre Schoeller, who adapted a novel from former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and Gilles Boyer, a political insider who served as Philippe’s advisor.
The series stars Swann Arlaud as...
- 3/17/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Lille, France –Bowing in 2010 as a boutique event at Paris’ Forum des Images – though launched with an absolute conviction in the cultural import of premium TV series, Series Mania will kick off its 15th edition on March 15 in Lille, Eastern France, reconfirming it status as the biggest dedicated TV festival in Europe.
It does so with a bang, with the European premiere of one of the biggest series of the year, Netflix’s “3 Body Problem,” which “cements ‘Game of Thrones’ creators as masters of adapting the
unadaptable,” Variety announced.
Delegate accreditation at Series Mania’s Forum, its three-day industry event running March 19-21, is on track to pass 4,000 participants, an all time record, and a huge step-up, say, from 2016, when attendance was limited to around 300 executives. That same edition sneak-peeked Netflix’s first French original, “Marseilles.” Since 2010, Series Mania has grown in synch with the world’s fast-ramping premium cable TV,...
It does so with a bang, with the European premiere of one of the biggest series of the year, Netflix’s “3 Body Problem,” which “cements ‘Game of Thrones’ creators as masters of adapting the
unadaptable,” Variety announced.
Delegate accreditation at Series Mania’s Forum, its three-day industry event running March 19-21, is on track to pass 4,000 participants, an all time record, and a huge step-up, say, from 2016, when attendance was limited to around 300 executives. That same edition sneak-peeked Netflix’s first French original, “Marseilles.” Since 2010, Series Mania has grown in synch with the world’s fast-ramping premium cable TV,...
- 3/15/2024
- by John Hopewell and Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Melvil Poupaud, an actor in Francois Ozon’s “By the Grace of God” and Maiwenn’s “Jeanne du Barry,” will receive the French Cinema Award from Unifrance, the French promotion organization.
The ceremony will be held on Jan. 18 at the Culture Ministry during the Rendez-Vous With French Cinema market. The French Cinema Award was created in 2016 to honor actors, filmmakers and producers who have contributed to making French cinema shine abroad. Past recipients include actor Juliette Binoche, director Olivier Assayas and producers Aton Soumache and Dimitri Rassam, among others.
Poupaud started his career as a child actor in the 1980 and has worked with auteurs such as Raoul Ruiz, Eric Rohmer, James Ivory and Ozon, with whom he has made four movies. His latest film directed by Ozon, “By the Grace of God,” won the Silver Bear in Berlin and earned him a Cesar nomination for best actor. He also worked with several well-established female directors,...
The ceremony will be held on Jan. 18 at the Culture Ministry during the Rendez-Vous With French Cinema market. The French Cinema Award was created in 2016 to honor actors, filmmakers and producers who have contributed to making French cinema shine abroad. Past recipients include actor Juliette Binoche, director Olivier Assayas and producers Aton Soumache and Dimitri Rassam, among others.
Poupaud started his career as a child actor in the 1980 and has worked with auteurs such as Raoul Ruiz, Eric Rohmer, James Ivory and Ozon, with whom he has made four movies. His latest film directed by Ozon, “By the Grace of God,” won the Silver Bear in Berlin and earned him a Cesar nomination for best actor. He also worked with several well-established female directors,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Cj Enm Sells Remake Rights to hit Korean Drama ‘Train’ to Firebrand Studios
The U.K.’s Firebird Studios has acquired remake rights for hit Korean drama “Train” from entertainment giant Cj Enm.
“Train” follows a detective investigating his love’s death who discovers a parallel universe, where his late partner is very much alive. Moving back and forth between the two worlds, he tracks down the truth behind her death in one, while protecting her in the other.
“With two unforgettable central characters, ‘Train’ is a love story, a detective show, a journey across the multiverse,” said Firebird Pictures CEO Elizabeth Kilgariff. It’s “a story that defies expectations at every turn and one that we can’t wait to re-tell in a British setting.”
Newen Connect secures global distribution rights to France TV’s “In the Shadows”
French distributor Newen Connect has acquired international rights to France TV...
The U.K.’s Firebird Studios has acquired remake rights for hit Korean drama “Train” from entertainment giant Cj Enm.
“Train” follows a detective investigating his love’s death who discovers a parallel universe, where his late partner is very much alive. Moving back and forth between the two worlds, he tracks down the truth behind her death in one, while protecting her in the other.
“With two unforgettable central characters, ‘Train’ is a love story, a detective show, a journey across the multiverse,” said Firebird Pictures CEO Elizabeth Kilgariff. It’s “a story that defies expectations at every turn and one that we can’t wait to re-tell in a British setting.”
Newen Connect secures global distribution rights to France TV’s “In the Shadows”
French distributor Newen Connect has acquired international rights to France TV...
- 4/17/2023
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
France has set aside $5.6b to support cultural sector in wake of pandemic.
Veteran centre-right politician Roselyne Bachelot has been announced as France’s new minister of culture, becoming the fifth person to take-up the portfolio in five years.
She arrives in the post as the country’s culture sector faces its most challenging period since World War Two due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to a recent study by the French culture ministry, revenue for the entire sector has fallen by 25%, or $25bn (€22.3bn), in the wake of the pandemic and national lockdown.
Prior to the outbreak of the virus,...
Veteran centre-right politician Roselyne Bachelot has been announced as France’s new minister of culture, becoming the fifth person to take-up the portfolio in five years.
She arrives in the post as the country’s culture sector faces its most challenging period since World War Two due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to a recent study by the French culture ministry, revenue for the entire sector has fallen by 25%, or $25bn (€22.3bn), in the wake of the pandemic and national lockdown.
Prior to the outbreak of the virus,...
- 7/7/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦
- ScreenDaily
Is Olivier Courson, once a game-changing chairman-ceo of Studiocanal, about to make a big media comeback?
Arte France, bastion of quality European TV, announced June 2 that its president, Veronique Cayla would step down on July 5. Candidates to succeed her, the French press has suggested, include Courson.
Arte France presidency is currently one of the plum jobs in French film and TV. Established in 1992, Arte is a rare case of a bi-national public broadcaster based, moreover, out of the two biggest film-tv powerhouse markets in the E.U., France and Germany. Broadcasting free-to-air in both, paid for by tax payers, and with a cultural remit, it is not exposed to a plunging TV ad market, nor has to meet minimum audience targets, nor sustain a flagging share price. Arte’s France’s market share is small, which allows it to make bold, original programming for two of the most cultured middle-classes in Europe.
Arte France, bastion of quality European TV, announced June 2 that its president, Veronique Cayla would step down on July 5. Candidates to succeed her, the French press has suggested, include Courson.
Arte France presidency is currently one of the plum jobs in French film and TV. Established in 1992, Arte is a rare case of a bi-national public broadcaster based, moreover, out of the two biggest film-tv powerhouse markets in the E.U., France and Germany. Broadcasting free-to-air in both, paid for by tax payers, and with a cultural remit, it is not exposed to a plunging TV ad market, nor has to meet minimum audience targets, nor sustain a flagging share price. Arte’s France’s market share is small, which allows it to make bold, original programming for two of the most cultured middle-classes in Europe.
- 6/19/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The country’s 2,045 cinemas have been shut since March 14.
Cinemas in France will be allowed to reopen from June 22 under French government plans to progressively lift a national lockdown put in place mid-March to slow the spread of Covid-19.
France began a first phase of easing restrictions on May 11. The second phase of lifting in the lockdown is due to begin June 2.
French prime minister Edouard Philippe outlined details of the health situation in France and how the second phase would be implemented in a televised address on Thursday afternoon (May 28).
The National Federation of French Cinemas (Fncf) has indicated...
Cinemas in France will be allowed to reopen from June 22 under French government plans to progressively lift a national lockdown put in place mid-March to slow the spread of Covid-19.
France began a first phase of easing restrictions on May 11. The second phase of lifting in the lockdown is due to begin June 2.
French prime minister Edouard Philippe outlined details of the health situation in France and how the second phase would be implemented in a televised address on Thursday afternoon (May 28).
The National Federation of French Cinemas (Fncf) has indicated...
- 5/28/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The country’s 2,045 cinemas have been shut since March 14.
Cinemas in France will be allowed to reopen from June 22 under French government plans to progressively lift a national lockdown put in place mid-March to slow the spread of Covid-19.
France began a first phase of easing restrictions on May 11. The second phase of lifting in the lockdown is due to begin June 2.
French prime minister Edouard Philippe outlined details of the health situation in France and how the second phase would be implemented in a televised address on Thursday afternoon (May 28).
The National Federation of French Cinemas (Fncf) has indicated...
Cinemas in France will be allowed to reopen from June 22 under French government plans to progressively lift a national lockdown put in place mid-March to slow the spread of Covid-19.
France began a first phase of easing restrictions on May 11. The second phase of lifting in the lockdown is due to begin June 2.
French prime minister Edouard Philippe outlined details of the health situation in France and how the second phase would be implemented in a televised address on Thursday afternoon (May 28).
The National Federation of French Cinemas (Fncf) has indicated...
- 5/28/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Cinemas question whether there will be films to screen once they reopen.
France’s exhibitors could learn this week whether the French government will allow the reopening of cinemas as part of the second phase of its easing of lockdown measures implemented in mid-March to slow the spread of Covid-19.
Prime minister Edouard Philippe is due to announce details of this second phase, scheduled to begin on June 2, on Thursday (May 28) following a cabinet meeting, according to local media reports.
Exhibitors and distributors are hoping Philippe will give the greenlight for the country’s 2,045 cinemas to start up their activities.
France’s exhibitors could learn this week whether the French government will allow the reopening of cinemas as part of the second phase of its easing of lockdown measures implemented in mid-March to slow the spread of Covid-19.
Prime minister Edouard Philippe is due to announce details of this second phase, scheduled to begin on June 2, on Thursday (May 28) following a cabinet meeting, according to local media reports.
Exhibitors and distributors are hoping Philippe will give the greenlight for the country’s 2,045 cinemas to start up their activities.
- 5/27/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Fund is part of larger government plan to support culture sector as lockdown eases.
French president Emmanuel Macron has announced the creation of a temporary compensation fund aimed at TV and cinema shoots which were delayed or cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting French national lockdown which began on March 17.
Macron revealed the initiative in a wide-ranging televised address on Wednesday (May 6), detailing what his government is doing to support France’s cultural sector.
He said the initiative was being developed by France’s ministry of culture and the National Cinema Centre (Cnc).
Alongside central state funds,...
French president Emmanuel Macron has announced the creation of a temporary compensation fund aimed at TV and cinema shoots which were delayed or cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting French national lockdown which began on March 17.
Macron revealed the initiative in a wide-ranging televised address on Wednesday (May 6), detailing what his government is doing to support France’s cultural sector.
He said the initiative was being developed by France’s ministry of culture and the National Cinema Centre (Cnc).
Alongside central state funds,...
- 5/6/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
French government presented strategy to lift Covid-19 strategy to parliament on Tuesday.
French cinemas, along with large museums, theatres and concert halls, will remain closed until at least June 2, under a government plan to progressively lift a national lockdown put in place in March to slow the spread of Covid-19.
France’s prime minister Edouard Philippe made the announcement in a televised presentation to the French parliament on Tuesday of his government’s strategy to progressively ease restrictions in the country.
In a decision that could have implications for the Cannes Film Festival, Philippe said large cultural and sporting events...
French cinemas, along with large museums, theatres and concert halls, will remain closed until at least June 2, under a government plan to progressively lift a national lockdown put in place in March to slow the spread of Covid-19.
France’s prime minister Edouard Philippe made the announcement in a televised presentation to the French parliament on Tuesday of his government’s strategy to progressively ease restrictions in the country.
In a decision that could have implications for the Cannes Film Festival, Philippe said large cultural and sporting events...
- 4/28/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Madrid — Having placed Hari Sama’s “This is Not Berlin” at 2019’s Sundance Festival, Mexico’s Catatonia Cine has scored at France’s Toulouse Latin America Film Festival, taking two of the biggest prizes in this year’s online Films in Progress section.
An industry fixture, Toulouse’s Film in Progress grants post-production and distribution awards to up to six pix-in-post from Latin America. A notable number segue from Toulouse to selection at Cannes.
The latest production from Catatonia Cine, ruToulousen by Sama, Veronica Valadez and Laura Berrón, “50,” the feature film debut of former commercials director Jorge Cuchi, turns, like “This is Not Berlin,” on the world of adolescence, here two 16-year-olds, Félix and Elisa. They meet playing the Blue Whale Game, fall in love and decide to take on together the game’s final challenge: Suicide.
Written and directed by Cuchi, “50” won the most probably biggest prize on offer...
An industry fixture, Toulouse’s Film in Progress grants post-production and distribution awards to up to six pix-in-post from Latin America. A notable number segue from Toulouse to selection at Cannes.
The latest production from Catatonia Cine, ruToulousen by Sama, Veronica Valadez and Laura Berrón, “50,” the feature film debut of former commercials director Jorge Cuchi, turns, like “This is Not Berlin,” on the world of adolescence, here two 16-year-olds, Félix and Elisa. They meet playing the Blue Whale Game, fall in love and decide to take on together the game’s final challenge: Suicide.
Written and directed by Cuchi, “50” won the most probably biggest prize on offer...
- 4/4/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The coronavirus outbreak is set to trigger a brutal reality check for the French film industry. With theaters shut down, film and TV shoots halted and movie releases canceled, the country’s rigid window release schedule, lack of proper piracy law and struggling independent distributors are facing epic challenges.
For a number of days now, France has been in lockdown with schools, restaurants, shops and movie theaters shut down, along with the Eiffel Tower, Versaille Palace and the Louvre Museum. Many people in the French industry didn’t anticipate the drastic new measures unveiled Saturday by the prime minister Edouard Philippe, especially exhibitors who had been told two days earlier that they would be allowed to remain open with a cap of 100 admissions per auditorium.
“We didn’t have great expectations since we hardly had any new movies to show, but we still managed to sell more than 30,000 tickets on Saturday,...
For a number of days now, France has been in lockdown with schools, restaurants, shops and movie theaters shut down, along with the Eiffel Tower, Versaille Palace and the Louvre Museum. Many people in the French industry didn’t anticipate the drastic new measures unveiled Saturday by the prime minister Edouard Philippe, especially exhibitors who had been told two days earlier that they would be allowed to remain open with a cap of 100 admissions per auditorium.
“We didn’t have great expectations since we hardly had any new movies to show, but we still managed to sell more than 30,000 tickets on Saturday,...
- 3/16/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
All movie theaters in France will be closed from midnight tonight, we have learned. This is a new directive from the French government which yesterday had limited gatherings to no more than 100 people in public places.
This evening’s measures were announced by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe as France passes to Stage 3 — the highest alert as far as we have been told locally — of the coronavirus crisis. This also includes the closure of cafés, restaurants and bars.
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After China, where the virus began, Europe has now been declared the epicenter of the Covid-19 propagation. Italy has been in lockdown while Spain declared a state of emergency on Friday, shutting cinemas and limiting movement going forward from Monday.
This evening’s measures were announced by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe as France passes to Stage 3 — the highest alert as far as we have been told locally — of the coronavirus crisis. This also includes the closure of cafés, restaurants and bars.
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After China, where the virus began, Europe has now been declared the epicenter of the Covid-19 propagation. Italy has been in lockdown while Spain declared a state of emergency on Friday, shutting cinemas and limiting movement going forward from Monday.
- 3/14/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
The Cannes Film Festival has released a statement following the new measures taken by the French government to restrict gatherings of more than 100 people.
Although the ban has not been dated and it is not yet known if it will expire ahead of the festival, Cannes organizers said they were still hopeful. “The latest restriction comes from a plan (by the government) that we hope will start to bear results in April, and by then we will know if the events scheduled for May, at Cannes and elsewhere, will be maintained,” said a festival spokesperson.
“We are working hand in hand with the mayor of Cannes and the National Film Board (Cnc) to make the festival happen and, if it does, in the best possible conditions,” added the spokesperson.
Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux said in an interview with French newspaper Le Monde on Thursday that he and his...
Although the ban has not been dated and it is not yet known if it will expire ahead of the festival, Cannes organizers said they were still hopeful. “The latest restriction comes from a plan (by the government) that we hope will start to bear results in April, and by then we will know if the events scheduled for May, at Cannes and elsewhere, will be maintained,” said a festival spokesperson.
“We are working hand in hand with the mayor of Cannes and the National Film Board (Cnc) to make the festival happen and, if it does, in the best possible conditions,” added the spokesperson.
Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux said in an interview with French newspaper Le Monde on Thursday that he and his...
- 3/13/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Spain has joined France, Italy and Poland among European countries to shut down all national cinemas, and most public places, in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez on Saturday suspended all retail commercial activity in country for 15 days, with exceptions made only for those considered basic necessities, such as grocery stories and pharmacies. The announcement came just hours after French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe made a similar move, closing all "non-essential" public places, including cinemas, bars, restaurants, cafes and nightclubs. The French measures take effect as of midnight local time on Saturday, March 14....
Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez on Saturday suspended all retail commercial activity in country for 15 days, with exceptions made only for those considered basic necessities, such as grocery stories and pharmacies. The announcement came just hours after French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe made a similar move, closing all "non-essential" public places, including cinemas, bars, restaurants, cafes and nightclubs. The French measures take effect as of midnight local time on Saturday, March 14....
- 3/13/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Spain has joined France, Italy and Poland among European countries to shut down all national cinemas, and most public places, in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez on Saturday suspended all retail commercial activity in country for 15 days, with exceptions made only for those considered basic necessities, such as grocery stories and pharmacies. The announcement came just hours after French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe made a similar move, closing all "non-essential" public places, including cinemas, bars, restaurants, cafes and nightclubs. The French measures take effect as of midnight local time on Saturday, March 14....
Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez on Saturday suspended all retail commercial activity in country for 15 days, with exceptions made only for those considered basic necessities, such as grocery stories and pharmacies. The announcement came just hours after French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe made a similar move, closing all "non-essential" public places, including cinemas, bars, restaurants, cafes and nightclubs. The French measures take effect as of midnight local time on Saturday, March 14....
- 3/13/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Unlike in Italy and Belgium, French theaters will remain open in spite of a ban on gatherings for more than 100 people, according to a spokesperson for the Fncf, France’s national exhibitors org.
The prime minister Edouard Philippe has banned gatherings for more than 100 people to contain the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. Under the new restrictions, movie theaters will be allowed to remain open atonthe condition that welcome a maximum of 100 people in each auditorium. Same rule will play to other cultural venues such as theaters.
Although the movie theaters will remain open, exhibitors are pessimistic about the box office prospects, considering that nearly all releases have been delayed by U.S. studios, including Universal, Disney, Warner Bros. as well as independent French distributors, such as Gaumont, Studiocanal, Bac and Le Pacte. Memento Films Distribution is one of the only local outfits to have maintained its film release...
The prime minister Edouard Philippe has banned gatherings for more than 100 people to contain the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. Under the new restrictions, movie theaters will be allowed to remain open atonthe condition that welcome a maximum of 100 people in each auditorium. Same rule will play to other cultural venues such as theaters.
Although the movie theaters will remain open, exhibitors are pessimistic about the box office prospects, considering that nearly all releases have been delayed by U.S. studios, including Universal, Disney, Warner Bros. as well as independent French distributors, such as Gaumont, Studiocanal, Bac and Le Pacte. Memento Films Distribution is one of the only local outfits to have maintained its film release...
- 3/13/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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