French Industry Relieved By Cesar Board Resignation: ‘We Want More Democracy’

With French events organizer Reed Midem pulling the plug on MipTV for the first time since its formation in 1964, the realities of keeping businesses ticking in the face of a potential global pandemic are quickly emerging for the TV industry’s buyers and sellers, with a range of contingency plans furiously in the works.

In an effort to contain France’s coronavirus outbreak, the country’s health minister extended on Thursday the ban for gatherings of more than 5,000 people in confined spaces to May 31, raising concerns about the next edition of the Cannes Film Festival.

Bernard Pivot is the renowned journalist and TV personality whose talk shows were a fixture of French television for several decades. He talked to The Hollywood Reporter two days after JamesLipton, a fixture on American television for as many decades, died at the age of 93 of bladder cancer.

Jane Birkin has spent years honoring the musical legacy of her late romantic partner, Serge Gainsbourg. But she says the first time she met him she was completely turned off.

By Nancy Tartaglione, Patrick Hipes

The board overseeing the Cesar Academy, which distributes France’s equivalent of the Oscars, has revealed that it will resign following the Cesar Awards ceremony on Feb. 28. As a result, Alain Terzian, a French producer who presides both the Cesar Academy and the Association for the Promotion of Cinema, is also expected to resign. Other members who will resign include Danièle Thompson, Philippe Labor, Margaret Menegov and the former Cannes president Gilles Jacob.

Just yesterday, we brought you the very first poster for Wes Anderson’s upcoming film The French Dispatch, and today we have the brand new debut trailer for the film courtesy of Searchlight Pictures.

The first trailer for The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun arrived Wednesday — and it is unmistakably a Wes Anderson film.A little longer than two minutes, the trailer shows a glimpse of life in and around a newspaper in a French city.Bill Murray is the editor in chief.

There’s no shortage of star power in the first trailer for Wes Anderson’s highly anticipated new film,. The director’s 10th feature-length film stars Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, French actress Lyna Khoudri, comedian Stephen Park, and various stars, including Jeffrey Wright, Léa Seydoux and Mathieu Amalric.

The first trailer has been released for Wes Anderson’s new movie The French Dispatch. The film arrives in theaters on July 24. Watch the tailer below. Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Benicio del Toro, Owen Wilson, Elisabeth Moss, Adrien Brody, Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Henry Winkler, Bob Balaban, Christoph Waltz, Anjelica Huston, Lyna Khoudri, Stephen Park, and many others star in the film. The score is composed by Alexandre Desplat.

By Nancy Tartaglione

Searchlight Pictures dropped the first trailer for Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” on Wednesday.

Searchlight Pictures has debuted the very first poster for Wes Anderson’s next film, The French Dispatch. The film is set for cinemas later this year and boasts quite the cast.

By Nancy Tartaglione

Faced with mounting pressures within the French film industry and threats of a boycott, the board of the Cesar Academy (France’s equivalent to the Oscars), has vowed to reform its functioning and its corporate leadership with the help of a mediator.