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Apple TV+ has formalized a series order for The New Look, a World War II-set drama about fashion icons Christian Dior and Coco Chanel starring Emmy winner Ben Mendelsohn and Oscar winner Juliette Binoche. The project comes from Bloodline and Damages co-creator Todd A. Kessler and Apple Studios. It marks the first series from the newly formed television producing partnership of Kessler and veteran producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers, Salt).
Written, executive produced and directed by Kessler, The New Look is inspired by true events and named after the moniker by which Dior’s style went down in history. Filmed exclusively in Paris, the series depicts the meteoric rise of fashion designer Christian Dior (Mendelsohn) as he dethrones the Grande Dame Coco Chanel (Binoche) and helps return spirit and life to the world with his ground-breaking, iconic imprint of beauty and influence.
In addition to Dior (Mendelsohn), whose creations dominated world fashion in the decade following World War II, and Chanel (Binoche), the interwoven saga will include the stories of other Dior contemporaries and rivals: Balmain, Balenciaga, Givenchy, Pierre Cardin, Yves Saint Laurent and more.
Mark A. Baker (Bloodline, The Night Of) will also produce.
Mendelsohn has been attached to star in The New Look from early on, reuniting with Kessler following Mendelsohn’s Emmy-winning role in Netflix’s Bloodline, which Kessler co-created and executive produced. Apple TV+ went on to cast the co-lead, Chanel, before officially giving the series a go.
Also is known for his roles in Animal Kingdom, The Dark Knight Rises, The Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Captain Marvel, The King, and HBO’s The Outsider, Mendelsohn is in Joe Wright’s Cyrano and will next be
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Four of the KarJenner cousins attended a pal’s birthday party on Feb. 24, and Khloe Kardashian documented the fun they had on her Instagram Story. Khloe appeared to be chaperoning the kids at the event. Her daughter, True Thompson, 3, was the focus of her posts from the fun day, but she also shared videos of Kim Kardashian’s kids, Chicago West, 4, and Psalm West, 3, as well as Rob Kardashian’s daughter, Dream Kardashian, 5. The kids got their faces painted at the party, and showed off their wild looks in all the videos.
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Guy Lodge Film Critic“Fire” begins in water: a wide, rippling expanse of Mediterranean blue under a cloudless sky, displaced and disrupted by two whirling human bodies. Sara (Juliette Binoche) and Jean (Vincent Lindon) tussle in the otherwise empty ocean as though they’ve just discovered weightlessness, while Eric Gautier’s camera lingers on skin touching skin under the shimmer.
The latest movie from French filmmaker Claire Denis, Fire (or Both Sides Of The Blade), premieres tonight at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentApple TV Plus has landed “The New Look,” Todd A. Kessler’s (”Bloodline”) period drama series about the meteoric rise of French fashion designer Christian Dior, starring Ben Mendelsohn (“Bloodline”) and Juliette Binoche (“The English Patient”).A World War II-era thriller, “The New Look” opens in Nazi-occupied Paris, when Coco Chanel’s (Binoche) reign as the world’s famous fashion designer ends and Christian Dior (Mendelsohn) rises thanks to his ground-breaking creations.“The New Look” centers on the pivotal moment in the 20th century when fashion icons such as Christian Dior allowed Paris to lead the world back to life after the war.
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