‘Streets Of Rage 4’ developer Dotemu acquired by Focus Home

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentFrench actor-turned-director Stéphane Freiss started shooting in Italy Monday on “Face à Toi,” a drama toplining emerging French star Lou de Laâge and Italy’s Riccardo Scamarcio (“Three Floors”), set against the backdrop of the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot.De Laâge plays the 25-year-old Esther who has always lived in a very close-knit Jewish Orthodox community in the south of France and is looking to break out of religious constrictions.De Laâge,

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAsacha Media Group, the Paris-based company launched in April 2020 by veteran media entrepreneurs, has acquired the French scripted production group Kabo Family.

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As the cinematographer for Netflix’s Queer Eye, Garrett Rose knows he needs to use a light touch in his work. In an effort to highlight the story and the people being helped, keeping the visuals as close to reality is essential so it does not diminish the “emotional strength” of the episode.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetflix has acquired Tatiana Huezo’s “Prayers for the Stolen” (Noche de la Fuego), a critically acclaimed Mexican drama which world premiered at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section and won a special mention. The streamer has picked up the film for most European territories outside of France, Italy and the U.K.

Bienvenue.  Lionel Messi and his family are in France! The Argentinian football player arrived with his wife, Antonela Roccuzzo, and their three children, Thiago, Mateo, and Ciro, to start their new life in Paris.Messi will now become Paris Saint-Germain’s new player following his departure from Barcelona, the club he represented during his first 17-years of professional career.The family landed in the European city to witness excitement from the French fans.

Olympics, NBC Universal got the kind of picture that it pays for: Kevin Durant, draped in the American flag, exulting in the U.S.

Will Thorne Staff WriterAt this year’s edition of Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development, both the future of the selected nine projects, and the co-production market as a whole, will be on the table.The Locarno Film Festival program, which facilitates international co-production for projects from France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, skipped a year due to COVID-19, but is back stronger than ever.“We received more than 70 submissions from the four countries,” says program manager Francesca

EXCLUSIVE: Raza Jaffrey has just joined the cast of The Serpent Queen in the role of Francois Guise. He starts work immediately.