Alexandre O. Philippe is no stranger to the film festival circuit.
20.05.2022 - 18:35 / variety.com
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentOscar-winning producer and activist Marion Cotillard is joining forces with filmmaker Cyril Dion and producer Magali Payen to launch Newtopia, a production company which will aim at delivering movies, series and shorts with socially relevant themes. The Paris-based company’s first slate of ambitious projects include Dion’s geopolitical thriller “Le grand vertige,” and “Francoise,” a prestige English-language mini-series about the flamboyant life of Françoise d’Eaubonne, a leading feminist writer and activist who created the concept of ecofeminism.
The banner’s roster also includes “Le géant Bakelite,” an underwater ecological short film by Julie Gautier. The company’s key executives are Payen, a well-connected social activist and former executive at Studiocanal, and Adrien Mazeau, who previously worked at Nord-Ouest, Studiocanal and Canal Plus.
The founders and editorial board of the company includes Camille Trumer, producer at La Company de la Seine who previously worked at Cinéart, Studiocanal France and Paramount Pictures France; Ombeline Le Lasseur and Vincent Ricordeau, founders and CEO of KissKissBankBank & Co; the Bright Bright Bright, a production company founded by Thomas Bénet, Patrick Fournier and Dion. KissKissBankBank, a large crowdfunding platform in France, is also one of the strategic partners along with Payen’s powerful advocacy banner Imagine 2050.
KissKissBankBank will build active communities to support the content produced by Newtopia from the development stage through the delivery. Dion has directed some of the most impactful documentaries promoting climate and social change, such as “Tomorrow” and “Animal” which world premiered at Cannes in the Cinema for
.Alexandre O. Philippe is no stranger to the film festival circuit.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaHappyNest has closed an equity investment into GoKidGo, an audio company geared towards making content for kids. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The pact gives HappyNest proprietary development rights to adapt short-form and long-form animated series from GoKidGo original characters, including a new original R.L.
Jonas Brothers are calling it a pop-up pawn shop. But for their most hardcore fans, it's called a jackpot.Nick, Kevin and Joe Jonas set up shop in Las Vegas, in more ways than one, for their long-anticipated five-night residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM.
Naman Ramachandran India’s Kamal Haasan is a true multi-hyphenate. Beginning as a child actor in 1960, he is one of the country’s most consummate actors with films like “Pathinaru Vayathinile” (1977) “Moondram Pirai” (1982) “Nayakan” (1987), “Thevar Magan” (1992) and “Vishwaroopam” (2013) behind him.He also produces via his Raajkamal Films International (RKFI), writes, directs, and runs the Makkal Needhi Maiam political party.The upcoming “Vikram,” directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj (“Master”) and costarring Fahadh Fasil (“Maalik”) Vijay Sethupathi (“Kadaisi Vivasayi”), will be Haasan’s first release since 2018’s “Vishwaroopam 2.” It is produced by RKFI.Haasan was at the Cannes Market to launch NFTs based on “Vikram” from Fantico, a digital licensed platform of Singapore’s Vistas Media Capital.
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorEuropean Film Promotion has been playing host at the Cannes Film Festival to 20 up-and-coming European producers, selected for its Producers on the Move program. Variety invited the producers to share details of their upcoming projects.Maarten Schmidt, Belgium Project: “Under the Surface” Director: Guido Verelst Anne, born premature, has Asperger’s and wants nothing more than to be able to live underwater as a mermaid.
JD Linville XYZ Films has acquired writer-director Michelle Garza Cervera’s hotly anticipated breakout feature “Huesera” for theatrical release in North America and has released the first teaser and poster for the film.“Huesera” is one of the first slate of titles under its new distribution arm and an early pick-up ahead of the Tribeca Film Festival, where the film will world premiere.The film follows Valeria, whose joy with becoming pregnant dissolves as she is cursed by a dark power. As danger surrounds her, she’s forced deeper into the occult, and a pact with a coven of witches may be her only hope.
K.J. Yossman Guillermo del Toro and Kid Cudi are among the names that will appear at Netflix’s inaugural Annecy International Animation Film Festival showcase next month.The streamer is also bringing masterclasses and the world premiere of Chris Williams’ sea monster adventure “The Sea Beast,” starring Karl Urban and Dan Stevens, to the festival, which takes place in France.Netflix’s showcase will offer an exclusive first look at del Toro’s upcoming stop-motion adaptation of “Pinocchio,” with the filmmaker attending in person to discuss the project, as well as the first look at “Entergalactic,” the adult animated series from Kid Cudi (AKA Scott Mescudi) and Kenya Barris, which is based on Cudi’s album of the same name.
Anna Marie de la Fuente Panama’s award-winning Hypatia Films and Guatemala’s Jayro Bustamante, whose most recent film, “La Llorona,” made the Oscar international film shortlist, is partnering with Jonathan Keasey of Mind Riot Entertainment to make WWII drama “Down Wind.”The film marks a rare collaboration between two major Central American filmmakers and an American writer-producer. Bustamante will direct based on a screenplay by Keasey, who has also boarded as a producer.The drama’s lead production company, Hypatia Films, run by Pituka Ortega Heilbron and Marcela Heilbron, is an associate producer on Claire Denis’ Cannes competition contender “The Stars at Noon,” which was filmed in Panama and on which Hypatia provided production services.
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentLola Arabia and Dubai’s Charisma Group are readying Agustí Villaronga’s “Arabian Aroma” and Pau Miró’s “Lost Symphony,” the first two titles in a 12-pic production alliance unveiled during the Berlin. FestivalBoth movies are in pre-production, budgeted around $6 million and feature women “who passionately set themselves on a mission,” the partners announced.
Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. The actress, 46, put on a leggy display in a thigh-skimming pink minidress featuring silver embellishments as she posed up a storm for photographers.
There’s a lot happening at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival right now and so many big stars stepped out for photo calls during day five.
Arnaud Desplechin’s latest film superficially resembles some of his most beloved and best work, family dramas featuring very colorful, neurotic, sometimes impulsive characters by turn extremely sincere and sardonic, loquacious and secretive — films such as “My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argument” (1996) and “A Winter’s Tale” (2008). But unlike them, “Brother and Sister” is also a puzzle, even if the director does not make it easy for us to solve it.
Cannes Film Festival. The French actress, 46, turned heads in a striking head-to-toe Chanel look at the premiere of her new movie Brother And Sister (Frère et Soeur). Marion, who is an ambassador for the luxury French brand, beamed for the cameras in the sheer ensemble, posing up a storm before heading inside to the swanky screening.
Marion Cotillard shows off her long legs on the red carpet for the premiere of her new film, Brother and Sister, during the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on Friday (May 20) in Cannes, France.
Guy Lodge Film CriticWhatever other flaws “Brother and Sister” may have, you absolutely cannot accuse it of being slow to build. Within its first 10 minutes, two estranged siblings bawl each other out at a dead child’s wake, one declaring the other “an indecent monster”; a screechingly staged single-vehicle car crash imperils an elderly couple and paralyzes a teenage driver; then, a barrelling truck at the scene brings further tragedy.
all-winners season with some star-studded guest appearances!The new season kicks off on Friday, with a two-episode premiere on Paramount+, and only ET can debut the first look at the first celebrity guest judge of the season, Cameron Diaz, and a special guest appearance from Naomi Campbell.The two will be on-hand to deliver critiques to the star-studdedcompetitors, which include season 12 winner Jaida Essence Hall, season 5 winner Jinkx Monsoon, winner Monét X Change, season 3 winner Raja, winner Shea Couleé, series 1 winner The Vivienne, Trinity the Tuck, and season 11 winner Yvie Oddly.See the first pics below:Paramount+ announced as the franchise's first-ever all-winners cast last month — with past champions returning to compete for the title of «Queen of All Queens,» and a cash prize of $200,000! Plus, there will be new episodes of streaming exclusively on Paramount+ to bring you all the best behind-the-scenes drama! Watch the casting announcement in the video below: season 7 premieres Friday, May 20, on Paramount+.