French Industry Cautiously Optimistic as Local Titles Buoy Box Office

It’s settled: Angelina Jolie, 46, gets to sell her share in Château Miraval, the French winery that she owns with ex-husband Brad Pitt, 57. The former couple had been battling over the $164 million vineyard, which they are equal shareholders in, while also embroiled in a child custody battle. But in new court docs obtained by TMZ on September 23, a judge signed off on Brad and Angelina’s agreement to allow the Maleficent actress to sell her share of the Southern France estate to a third party.

Liza Foreman French director Claire Simon is putting the spotlight for her next documentary on the steps of life from birth to death for the bodies of women.Simon, who was at the San Sebastian Film Festival with her latest film “I Want to Talk About Duras,” starts shooting this week at the Paris public hospital, Hopital Tenon, in the city’s 20th Arrondissement.With “This Body of Women” (the literal English translation of the title) she plans to trace all of the female health cycles from birth

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are in a legal battle over their French vineyard, in the latest development in their five-year divorce battle. Pitt filed legal papers in a court in Luxembourg accusing Jolie of “systematic obstruction” of his management of Château de Miraval in Provence and of selling her part of a stake in the vineyard without offering him the chance to buy it first.

Recently, it was revealed that Wes Anderson’s upcoming film, “The French Dispatch,” would not only feature a soundtrack with Alexandre Desplat’s beautiful score, but it would also be accompanied by an entire companion album with French classics covered by singer-songwriter Jarvis Cocker. And one of those songs is “Aline,” which now has a brand-new music video directed by none other than Anderson himself.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's divorce was finalized in 2019, but the former pair are still at odds over a lavish estate they co-own in France, according to a court filing obtained by Fox News. The complaint, which was filed on Tuesday in Luxembourg, accuses the "Maleficent" star, 46, of attempting to offload her 50% share in the 1,000-acre, $164 million Chateau Miraval in Correns, France without allegedly allowing Pitt, 57, the first option to buy her out.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s divorce just got messier. The two are now battling it out over Château Miraval, the $164 million vineyard that they both own in France.

Brad Pitt has reportedly brought a new lawsuit against estranged wife Angelina Jolie concerning the couple’s French vineyard. According to DailyMail.

Quantic Dream, the studio behind Detroit: Become Human and Heavy Rain, has successfully sued Le Monde for libel, after the French newspaper published stories alleging a harmful work culture.Quantic Dream had sued both Le Monde and Mediapart, an online investigative journal, for stories published in 2018 that it said damaged the studio’s reputation.

Ben Croll Accounting for 40% of all selected projects, French productions will dominate this year’s Toulouse-set Cartoon Forum for reasons that far exceed home field advantage.

Gojira have become the latest band to have some fossils named after them.The French metal band have had a trio of “brittle star fossils” named in their honour by scientists at Luxembourg’s Natur Musee and America’s Florida Museum (via Kerrang!).The brittle stars, which are a similar shape to starfish, were discovered in France, Luxembourg and Austria on what was once the Jurassic Tethys Ocean bed.The scientists named the three fossils Ophiogojira labadiei, Ophiogojira andreui and

Warner Bros/Legendary’s Dune is off to an epic start at the box office in France. The Denis Villeneuve-directed adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic world-building 1965 novel grossed $1.55M in its first day on Wednesday (including Tuesday night previews). This is the market’s fourth best launch day of all time for the month of September.

La Dépêche reports.According to police, the man — the mayor of a small village in the administrative division of Aveyron — was attacked around midnight on Friday, Sept. 10, after getting out of his car.Two people kicked and punched him, police said, before stripping the mayor of his clothes.

Jarvis Cocker has collaborated with director Wes Anderson for a new companion album of French music to tie in with the latter’s new film The French Dispatch.Anderson’s latest movie is set for release on October 22, with the film’s accompanying soundtrack – which includes Alexandre Desplat’s original score – set to arrive on the same day.The French Dispatch soundtrack LP also includes Cocker’s cover of the French pop hit ‘Aline’, which was originally written and recorded by the singer Christophe

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentA new film-TV territory is emerging in Europe: Euroregion NAEN, taking in Nouvelle Aquitaine in France and the Basque Country and Navarre in Spain.It will make a high-profile industry bow on Sept. 14 at this year’s Conecta Fiction, Europe’s biggest dedicated TV co-production forum with Latin America.Euroregions have been around for decades.

Robin French, a talent agent who worked with legends including Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor and later headed production at Paramount Pictures in the late 1970s, has died. His family said he had been in declining health for the past few months and died September 6 in Palm Desert, CA.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentLeading French podcast production company Paradiso Media has completed a Series A round of financing to pursue its international development, build its workforce and continue producing more film and TV adaptations. Although Paradiso Media did not disclose the amount raised, a source close to the company said a total of €5 million ($5.9 million) was raised.

Audrey Diwan’s 1960s abortion drama “L’Evenement” (“Happening”) won the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, while the runner up honor went to Paolo Sorrentino’s semi-autobiographical “The Hand of God.”