Mipcom Shapes Up for October With 200 Exhibitors, New Co-Production Market

EXCLUSIVE: Marcel Walz, Joe Knetter and Sarah French have announced their new production company, Neon Noir. The trio’s first venture under the banner is a new horror film starring genre staple Cerina Vincent.

Carly Rae Jepsen has teamed up with French singer and musician Lewis OfMan on a new song called ‘Move Me’ – check it out below.The new track follows Jepsen’s recent single ‘Western Wind’ and comes after the singer wrapped up a UK and European tour.Speaking of the collaboration, she said: “In September of 2020 I heard about an artist named Lewis OfMan. A friend sent me a playlist and I kept pausing at the same track of Lewis’ thinking, “This is really good.” The world was upside down so there was extra time to really listen to music and then ask questions like, “Who made this and how can we be friends?”“Lewis has really been the silver lining of my last two years when touring wasn’t possible and travel was just a dream.

EXCLUSIVE: MRC Film has named its romance label, led by Elizabeth Cantillon, Bisous Pictures—also announcing the appointment of Sydney Fleischmann as VP, Development and Production.

A new wine bar with a ‘sun trap’ terrace has opened with views across the historic warehouses around Canal Street. Beeswing, which is perched above the new Nell’s bar off Minshull Street, will feature an impressive - and unusual - wine list too.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentCanal Plus’ longtime drama commissioner Fabrice de la Patellière has joined forces with Studiocanal to set up his production banner, 2e Bureau. De la Patellière, who stepped down from his position at Canal Plus in January, will be producing premium series and mini-series for French and international channels and platforms.

self-made women for the third year in a row, ranking 21st overall. She’s the only billionaire under 40 on the list.The next-youngest billionaire on the Forbes list is Kardashian, 41, who has a net worth of $1.8 billion.Rihanna’s net worth is now $1.4 billion, which is only partly from her successful music career.

Lori Harvey is enjoying the sights and eats in New Orleans! The model and beauty mogul took to Instagram to share photos of her trip to The Big Easy and her carousel of photos looks delicious. Harvey captioned her post on Sunday, «I love New Orleans food,» alongside the salivating emoji. In the first photo, she is taking a bite out of a praline from Loretta's, a local pastry shop in the area. In the rest of the images, you see Harvey eating baked oysters, a variety of seafood and playing tourist in the French Quarter. A post shared by Lori Harvey (@loriharvey)Lori was in the Birthplace of Jazz for the 2022 Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans. She was a speaker at the yearly convention held at the Caesars Superdome.  Last month, Michael B.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefFilm and immersive video projects from Taiwan and France will be put in the spotlight at the Venice Gap-Financing Market, a project support event that is part of the Venice Production Bridge and the Venice International Film Festival.The three-day market will present a huge 63 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding, setting up one-to-one meetings and giving them the opportunity to close their international financing.The selected projects include: 33 feature-length fiction film and documentary projects, 16 immersive projects; 11 Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality projects; and 3 Biennale College Cinema projects.The market will operate as an in-person event Sept. 2-4, 2022, while the festival runs Aug.

Naman Ramachandran A wealth of film and TV titles are available at launch on streamer Studiocanal Presents, which is now available as an Amazon Prime Video channel in the U.K.Some 300 films and series from Studiocanal’s catalogue are available at launch, including Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now: Final Cut” in 4K; Brian Helgeland’s “Legend”; Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Inside Llewyn Davis”; a digitally restored version of Carol Reed’s “The Third Man”; Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here,” zombie horror “Train to Busan” and Céline Sciamma’s “Girlhood.”Also available are Nicolas Roeg’s “The Man Who Fell To Earth” and Sidney Lumet’s “Murder on the Orient Express,” award-winners “Manchester by the Sea” and “Room,” seminal titles like Luis Buñuel’s “Belle de Jour” and Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless” and modern British classics “Submarine” and “Four Lions.” Other recent additions include Sharon Stone classic “Basic Instinct” and John Carpenter’s “Escape From New York.” Studiocanal Presents also offers TV series showcasing the best of Studiocanal and Canal+’s own TV productions, including “Hannibal,” “Spiral” and “All the Way Up,” which broke streaming records upon its launch on Canal+ in France.A variety of new titles will launch on the channel every month, many of which can’t be streamed anywhere else in the U.K. New titles arriving include “Possessions,” “Animal Kingdom” and “The Guard.” After a seven-day free trial the service costs £4.99 ($6) a month.

Wendy Williams is speaking out about her plans for the future, and she’s very clear about at least one thing: she is “100 percent retired” from being a regular daytime TV host.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorOscar-winning costume designer Jacqueline Durran is behind the “Barbie” costumes that are going viral on the internet. Variety has confirmed Gerwig has teamed up with her “Little Women” costume designer to bring Barbie and her neon world to life.Photos of Margot Robbie, who is playing Barbie, and Ryan Gosling, playing Ken, have been circulating on social media for several weeks. In one viral photo, the duo are seen rocking hot pink neon spandex outfits while rollerblading along Venice Beach. The Oscar nominees were accessorized with bright yellow rollerblades along with matching kneepads.“Barbie” remains high on the list of most anticipated projects for 2023.

Channel 4 Hires Charlie Perkins As Head Of Comedy

Naman Ramachandran International collaborations, new voices and renewal were the overarching themes of the 33rd edition of documentary market Sunny Side of the Doc, which concluded on Thursday.Industry professionals heard from major international players including PBS, NHK, France Televisions, Docu Box Nairobi, Sodec, Arte, RTBF, RAI, Telefilm Canada and Canal+ Group, among many others, who provided an insight into the current state of the industry, on-going projects and potential growth strategies for the future.“There is a very strong willingness to co-produce internationally. There are more and more projects that couldn’t happen because of COVID and now that they are ready, it’s really promising in terms of editorial offer,” Caroline Behar, director of international co-productions and acquisitions at France Televisions, told Variety.

Léa Seydoux is set to play Lady Margot in Dune: Part Two, the next instalment of the fantasy blockbuster. Deadline reported that the French actress is still in negotiations to join the cast which includes Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin and Zendaya. In May it was confirmed that Christopher Walken and Austin Butler would star in the second film.

EXCLUSIVE: Striking while the iron’s hot following her critically acclaimed performances at the recent Cannes Film Festival, Denis Villeneuve has tapped Léa Seydoux play Lady Margot in Warner Bros. and Legendary’s Dune: Part Two. Seydoux is currently in negotiations and will join the all-star ensemble that includes Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya and Josh Brolin, who are expected to reprise their roles, as well Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken and Austin Butler, who were also recently announced. Villeneuve is back to write, direct and produce. Spaihts will return to co-write with Villeneuve.

Demi Moore is taking her romantic relationship to the next level, introducing her boyfriend Daniel Humm to her fans and followers on social media! The 59-year-old Hollywood star shared some special moments on Instagram with the 46-year-old Swiss chef and author.The actress posted the first photos with her new boyfriend, holding hands, sharing a sweet kiss and enjoying their time together at the 2022 French Open Finals.It was confirmed that the couple started dating in March, and have been going on many adventures together, including their attendance at Paris Fashion Week for Chloé‘s Fall/Winter 2022 runway show, accompanied by Maria Sharapova and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.The world-renowned chef posted an Instagram Story with the actress on Wednesday, and previously posted a photo with Demi back in April.Humm is known for being the Chef and Owner of ‘Make It Nice,’ a New York-based hospitality group behind Eleven Madison Park and Eleven Madison Home.

Naman Ramachandran The ongoing situation in Ukraine, international co-productions and an examination of post-COVID audience tastes are on the agenda at the 33rd Sunny Side of the Doc.The international marketplace for documentary and narrative experiences held annually at La Rochelle, France, is back as an in-person event this year following two pandemic-caused online editions. With Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine showing no signs of abating, Lejla Dedic, producer-selector at Al Jazeera Balkans and Philippe Muller, commissioning editor at Arte will discuss how they support Ukrainian films in a panel discussion.