‘The Serpent Queen’: Beth Goddard Set As Series Regular, Alex Heath To Recur In Starz’s Period Drama

Jamie Lang French sales agent Wild Bunch TV has acquired “The Rope,” a new fantasy drama series produced by Les Films de l’Instant and co-produced by Arte France and Versus Production which is premiering at this year’s Series Mania festival in Lille.In the fantasy thriller, co-written and directed by Dominique Rocher (“The Night Eats the World,” “A Breath Away”), a small group of scientists working at a remote Norwegian base discover a seemingly endless piece of rope just outside their

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentKristen Stewart’s Princess Diana drama “Spencer” has been acquired by Amazon Prime Video for distribution in France, Variety has learned.The highly anticipated movie, directed by “Jackie” filmmaker Pablo Larrain, will have its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival next week.STXInternational represents the rights for France, alongside the U.K., Italy and Benelux.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer“Chevalier,” a new period drama from Searchlight Pictures, has cast up-and-coming actor Alex Fitzalan in a supporting role.He joins the previously announced Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving and Minnie Driver in the drama, which follows the remarkable life of Chevalier de Saint-Georges (also known as The Black Mozart).Fitzalan will play the role of Philippe in the film, which tells the story of the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation

Naomi Osaka, 23, broke down in tears on Monday (Aug. 16) while speaking to reporters at her first press conference since withdrawing from the 2021 French Open.

JUST IN: Naomi Osaka learns Coco Gauff draw after Cincinnati prize money pledge to Haiti reliefStuart Duguid, Osaka's agent, criticised the reporter for their comments. "The bully at the Cincinnati Enquirer is the epitome of why player/media relations are so fraught right now.

Alicia Silverstone spent some days in Provence, France, vacationing with her family and Christian Siriano.

Alicia Keys recently shared a series of stunning photos of her trip to France. In her last post, she’s seen paddleboarding through a beautiful cave, looking very fit and sporting a high waist bikini.Alicia Keys is expanding her skincare line just in time for summer!Alicia Keys is treated like a queen in Mexico on her 40th birthdayAlicia Keys just celebrated her 11th anniversary with her husband, Bryzz Beats. The couple took a vacation to celebrate the occasion.

EXCLUSIVE: After a worldwide talent search, Sennia Nanua has been cast as a lead opposite Samantha Morton in Starz’s The Serpent Queen, an eight-part period drama about Catherine de Medici, from writer and executive producer Justin Haythe (Revolutionary Road), Francis Lawrence & Erwin Stoff. Production is underway in France.

Alicia Keys, 40, is a woman of many talents and it shows. On August 4, the 15-time Grammy winner shared a series of snaps of her paddleboarding in a bikini through majestic sea caves in France. 

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

Naman Ramachandran Series Mania, the annual series jamboree at Lille, France, has revealed 21 high-end series from 19 countries that will be part of its Forum Exclusives strand.Seven of these titles are world premieres, a new record since the creation of the Forum in 2013, Laurence Herszberg, founder and general director of Series Mania (Aug. 26 – Sept.

Alex Rodriguez will not succumb to peer pressure! The former baseball player, 46, shared footage from his birthday trip to France on Friday, July 30 as he prepared to confront his fear of cliff jumping into the ocean. In the clip, the athlete revealed that it has been five days of heading cliffside only to not make the plunge, but today, he said, would be the day! Except not really.