Pathé Steps Into Upscale Drama With Napoleon, Black Musketeer Series (EXCLUSIVE)

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMuriel Sauzay, Pathe Intl.’s former head, and Agnès Mentré, Wild Bunch’s former acquisition topper, have launched Maremako, a Paris-based banner banner with a special interest in adaptations and remakes.The company’s first slate includes an English-language remake of “Stalk” with Endeavor Content, in association with Drake’s DreamCrew and Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Prods.; and “French Love,” a anthology series with Noemie Saglio (Netflix’s “The Hook Up

The Cannes Film Festival is in full swing in France this week after opening ceremonies, and the first wave of screenings made a bit of a splash yesterday. Today, there is some news about Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz, who is premiering his latest pic at the festival, “Mariner of the Mountain,” in the Special Screenings section.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentPathé, a driving force behind France’s biggest movies slated for 2022 including “Asterix & Obelix, the Middle Kingdom” and “The Three Musketeers,” is developing an untitled two-part film about Charles de Gaulle, the legendary French army officer who led the French resistance against Nazi Germany during World War II and eventually became president of France.The film will be directed by Antonin Baudry, who made his feature debut with “The Wolf’s Call,”

Jennifer Lawrence makes a chic arrival for her first official appearance in years!

Mediawan & Leonine Studios, the joint venture between France’s Mediawan and Germany’s Leonine, has acquired 51% of UK drama producer Drama Republic.

Series Mania has announced its line-up ahead of the television festival taking place in Lille, France, on August 26-September 2.

Even if you’re not well-versed in international cinema, there are names that stand out that surely will attract film fans. One of those names is Léa Seydoux, the acclaimed French actress that has been a dominant force in film over the past two decades.

posted currently costs $32,800. In addition, the school will be renamed to the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University.Yale’s graduate drama program — whose alumni include stars like Meryl Streep, Angela Bassett, Frances McDormand, Sigourney Weaver and Lupita Nyong’o — enrolls about 200 graduate students in acting, directing, playwriting and design at the masters, doctorate and certificate program levels.

French broadcasters TF1 and M6 have each set new three-year ratings highs in the market over the past two weeks of Euro 2020 play as locals were glued to matches involving World Cup champions — and presumed Euro favorites — France. While figures are likely to soften now that Les Bleus have been knocked out of the tournament, TF1 again on Monday night scored the biggest audience for any program on a single network since 2018’s World Cup final.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentPalomar, the leading Italian production outfit that’s part of Mediawan Group, has optioned the adaptation rights to “Fresh Water for Flowers,” the best-selling novel by French author Valérie Perrin. Palomar will be making an internationally-driven TV series based on the book.

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EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max’s Julia Child drama Julia has found its publisher.

Starz has cast Ray Panthaki in its upcoming Catherine De Medici drama series The Serpent Queen. He will act alongside Samantha Morton, who stars as the monarch.

Apple TV+ has greenlit Liaison, an English and French-language thriller series starring Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) and Eva Green (The Luminaries).

Naman Ramachandran César award winner Vincent Cassel (“Black Swan,” “Westworld”) and BAFTA award winner Eva Green (“Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children”) headline “Liaison,” the first French and English-language Apple original for streamer Apple TV Plus.The series is billed as “a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future,” combining action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot where “espionage and political

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentParis-based company Indie Sales has boarded Blandine Lenoir’s “Angry Annie,” a female-driven movie headlined by “Call My Agent!” star Laure Calamy, Zita Hanrot (Netflix’s “The Hook Up Plan”) and India Hair (“Mandibules”). Inspired by true events, the film takes place in France in 1974 and tells the story of Annie, a working mother of two teenagers who accidentally becomes pregnant at a time when abortion was illegal in the country.

Pete Doherty nibbled on a block of cheese as he enjoyed a low-key stroll near his French home in Etretat, Normandy. Cutting a far cry from his days as a wild child rocker, the 42 year old looked content enjoying a quieter pace of life during the walk with his husky.