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11.02.2022 - 22:18 / variety.com
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNewen, the Paris-headquartered production and distribution outfit owned by TF1 Group, has upped Karine Atlan to the position of executive VP of Newen Connect. Under her new role, Atlan will spearhead co-productions and international acquisitions for Newen Connect, the company’s distribution arm.
The executive was previously in charge of acquisitions and co-productions content and was focusing on French-speaking territories, Scandinavia and Southern Europe. Under her new role, Atlan will now expand her scope globally as Newen Connect is aiming to double the volume of series it handles, from 20 in 2020 to 40 this year.
Since joining the company, Atlan, who works alongside has been able to accelerate Newen Connect’s sourcing and development activities, and has forged relationship with in-house and third-party producers. Recent partnerships with third-party producers that Atlan has spearheaded include “Ammo,” which is currently shooting, as well as “Prométhée,” “Touchées” and “Polar Park.” The banner also recently partnered with Mopar Studios on the development of the political thrillers “9th Dynasty” and “The Walls Between Us.” Newen Studios has also been highly successful with “The Opera” and “HPI,” the action-packed cop show starring Audrey Fleurot (“Intouchables”).
Both shows have been international sales hits. Atlan said “HPI” has been sold to 70 territories and has been a ratings success in France and abroad, including in Italy, on RAI.
A second season is currently shooting, and a third season is in development. “The Opera,” a thriller set at the Garnier Opera house in Paris, has been sold to roughly 30 territories, notably Germany and the U.S.The company, which is headed
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Virgil Abloh’s brand Off-White held the first fashion show since he passed away in November 2021, and some of the most famous models walked the runway, including Cindy Crawford and her daughter Kaia Gerber. On Tuesday, Crawford shared a gallery of photos from her time in Paris, including behind the scene photos with Naomi Campbell, Serena Williams, Gigi Hadid, and Helena Christensen.
recently told he is not the so-called Tinder Swindler.
Manori Ravindran International EditorCanada’s Incendo and Los Angeles-based Nicely Entertainment have struck a development and production partnership beginning with the scripted limited series, “The Christmas Checklist.”The four-episode series will be available in the marketplace for the 2022 holiday season.Written by Lisa Hepner (“A Christmas Wish in Hudson,” “Christmas Lovers Anonymous”), “The Christmas Checklist” is a holiday-themed limited TV series targeted for release in December 2022. Incendo and Nicely Entertainment will develop and produce the series with Incendo responsible for distribution in English and French Canada, and Nicely Entertainment overseeing the U.S.
The Off-White fashion show during Paris Fashion Week was one of the most star-studded runway shows in a very long time!
Eva Herzigova left jaws dropped when she walked in the Missoni show at Milan Fashion Week. Eva, 48, wore a long-sleeved Lurex maxi dress, red boots, and a look of confidence during the Friday (Feb. 25) event. The appearance came less than a day after she closed out the Blumarine show, walking in the final look of Thursday’s spectacular: a seductive, black velvet gown that showed off her fit stomach and toned legs. For Eva and fashion fans, this was more than a supermodel strutting her stuff: it marked a return that many thought wouldn’t be possible due to Eva contracting COVID-19 in December 2020.
EXCLUSIVE: WME has inked Oscar winning writer-director Guy Nattiv and his producing partner Jaime Ray Newman.
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorBerlinale Competition title “Return to Dust,” written and directed by China’s Li Ruijun, has been sold to Modern Films for U.K. and Ireland, and BTeam Pictures for Spain.
Shaun White is chatting about his post-retirement life during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week.
Shaun White has got a lot of free time now.
Disney+’s ‘Nautilus’ Rounds Off Cast; Cameras Roll In Australia
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentFremantle and Italy’s Cinecittà have entered a five-year pact involving the continuous rental of six sound stages at the iconic studios, which are currently undergoing a major revamp.The deal “confirms Fremantle’s strategic decision to make some of its top international productions in Italy: a decision that finds the perfect and natural partner in Cinecittà,” Fremantle said in a statement.A radical revamp of Cinecittà, which has been underway since May 2021, has been gaining traction with a rise in occupancy of its sound stages and backlot, realistic prospects for profitability, and new state-of-the-art filming facilities.The Cinecittà revamp is being conceived and carried forth by Nicola Maccanico, a former Warner Bros. and Sky Italia senior exec who has a mandate from Italy’s culture minister Dario Franceschini to turn the Rome studios into continental Europe’s top filming facilities thanks to a €300 million ($339) million) investment from the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery fund.
BODEGA have shared nine versions of their new single ‘Statuette On The Console’, each in a different language.Clocking in at just over two minutes, the ultra-catchy bubblegum-punk cut arrives in English, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Ukrainian.“‘Statuette on the Console’ is a celebration of shedding other people’s ideology. When writing the song I was trying to understand myself by exploring my values, but I could only come up against what I was not,” the band’s Nikki Belfiglio says.“The ability to believe and the comfort of ideology or isms is not one I have within me although as the song says, I myself live by my own inherited platitudes.”In addition to singing lead vocals on ‘Statuette’, Belfiglio also directed a video for the English version.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian multi-hyphenate Nicolò Bassetti is an urban planner and director, whose doc “Into My Name,” screening in Berlin’s Panorama Documentary section, provides an eye-opening look at the universal challenges of gender transition.The doc features Nico, Leo, Andrea, and Raff, whose ages span from their mid-20s to mid-30s, and come from different parts of Italy. They start their gender transition at different times in their lives within a tight-knit group of friends in the central Italian city of Bologna.“Into My Name,” which is being supported by Elliot Page, stems from Bassetti’s personal experience with the gender transition of his child, Matteo.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentNanni Moretti is set to start shooting unconventional comedy “Il Sol Dell’Avvenire” in March. Pic will star French actor-director Mathieu Amalric and feature a cast comprising Polish multi-hyphenate Jerzy Stuhr. Stuhr appeared in Moretti’s “We Have a Pope” and “The Caiman,” and appears in “Il Sol Dell’Avvenire” — which translates as “The Sun of the Future” — alongside Moretti regulars including Margherita Buy (“Three Floors”), Silvio Orlando (“The Caiman”) and Moretti himself.Details of Moretti’s new film, revealed by the director in an interview with local trade publication Italian Cinema, have been confirmed by Fandango, which is producing in tandem with Moretti’s own Sacher shingle and RAI Cinema.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentTel-Aviv-based Cinephil, the sales company behind triple-Oscar nominated “Flee,” has snapped up world rights, excluding U.S., to Italian director Nicolò Bassetti’s transgender-themed doc “Into My Name,” which is executive-produced by Elliot Page.UTA Independent Film Group will be handling North American rights. The buzzy doc, which world-premieres at the Berlin Film Festival in the Panorama Documentary section, stems from Bassetti’s personal experience with the gender transition of his child, Matteo.“Into My Name” provides an intimate look at the universal challenges of gender transition by observing a tight-knit group of trans friends in the central Italian city of Bologna. Cinephil managing director Olivier Tournaud in a statement said that he was “immediately taken” by Bassetti’s “sensitive and relatable exploration of the many facets of gender and even more so the love letter from a father to his son.”“Into My Name is timely and spotlights voices that need to be heard; this is exactly the kind of film Cinephil is proud to represent,” Tournaud noted.Bassetti underlined that for him the doc “is a deeply personal project, both as a parent of a transgender son and as a director who has always explored individual paths that show our shared humanity.” “I trust that together with a strong partner such as Cinephil, we can add to the awareness and understanding of trans issues with international audiences,” the director said.The doc’s characters, Nico, Leo, Andrea and Raff — whose ages span from their mid-20s to mid-30s — come from different parts of Italy, and started their gender transition from a female to a male identity at different times in their lives.