Francois Ozon Set to Direct Fassbinder Adaptation ‘Petra Von Kant’ With Isabelle Adjani

EXCLUSIVE: Tammy Townsend (K.C. Undercover) has been tapped as a new series regular on the upcoming sixth season of Ava DuVernay’s drama Queen Sugar, which is currently in production in New Orleans.

Unforgotten star Peter Egan has tragically revealed the passing of his beloved wife and actress Myra Frances at the age of 78.The actor took to Twitter and Facebook to share a heartbreaking video with his fans as he announced the sad news.The 74 year old captioned the video: "This is the saddest post I will ever have to make. My wonderful wife Myra, my friend & soulmate lost her battle with cancer at 1.30am on Tuesday.

Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece that was kept hidden by a French family for more than 100 years now has a new home. The pricey painting, titled “A Street Scene in Montmartre,” sold Thursday during an auction livestreamed from Paris. It trafficked exorbitantly high phone and online bids from art enthusiasts in the French capital, as well as in New York and Hong Kong.Although Van Gogh’s freshly exhumed tour de force went for a little over $15 million, it initially fetched a staggering $16.47 million

Netflix is planning an English-language take on the French featureLes Invisibles with Cannes regular Nadine Labaki set to direct. The Invisibleswill take place at a day shelter where, according to the project's synopsis, "homeless people congregate for food, warmth, and connection.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentFrench multi-hyphenate Amanda Sthers (“Holy Lands”) has recruited the U.K.’s Kelly Reilly, Italy’s Pierfrancesco Favino and France’s Jean Reno for English-language romantic drama “Promises,” set in Italy and London, which started shooting in Rome on Monday.Based on Sthers’ novel by the same title, “Promises” turns on an unfulfilled love affair between Alexander, played by Favino — who won best actor at Venice last year for his role in Italian drama

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the haircut to have for the entirety of last year and looks set to maintain its dominance for 2021, too. While there are already various iterations of the classic style (the , for one), fresh takes are now surfacing just in time for spring.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentPopular actor-turned-filmmaker Aissa Maiga and co-director Isabelle Simeoni discussed with Variety about their searing documentary feature examining the lack of representation of Black actors in films and series across France, Brazil and the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: 300: Rise Of An Empire and The Departed producer Gianni Nunnari of Hollywood Gang Productions and producer Andre L III of MiLu Entertainment have acquired rights to Cuban author and journalist Armando Lucas Correa’s well-received novel The German Girl, which they are developing as an international TV series.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilm Movement has acquired U.S. rights to Quentin Reynaud’s “Final Set,” a French movie starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Alex Lutz and Ana Girardot, from Studiocanal.“Final Set,” which unfolds in the world of professional tennis, is produced by Leonard Glowinski for his company, 22H22 (“A Hologram for the King”).The film revolves around Thomas (Lutz), who was once a young professional tennis prodigy who never had the career in the game he had hoped for.