UFO Distribution Takes France on Alberto Vázquez’s ‘Unicorn Wars’

Nearly 34 years after Goldie Hawn, 75, and longtime love Kurt Russell, 70, starred in 1987’s Overboard together, they were pictured enjoying a PDA-filled trip on another boat. And they look just as in love now as they did back when they played two people who fell in love after a yacht-based amnesia incident. SEE THE PHOTOS HERE!

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorLeading arthouse sales company The Match Factory has pre-sold Austrian director and screenwriter Sebastian Meise’s second feature “Great Freedom,” which plays in Un Certain Regard at Cannes on Thursday, to Paname Distribution in France.

Netflix has taken worldwide rights outside of France on Cédric Jimenez’s The Stronghold (Bac Nord) ahead of its Cannes World Premiere August 18 out of competition.

Normal People‘s Daisy Edgar-Jones steps out in style for the Chanel Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2021/2022 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday (July 6) in Paris, France.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDekanalog, a new theatrical and digital distribution company, has acquired all U.S. rights to Chloé Mazlo’s feature debut “Skies of Lebanon” with Alba Rohrwacher (“Happy as Lazarro”).

Will Thorne Staff WriterSaban Films has made another major step in its global distribution push.Ahead of the Cannes film festival, the North American-based company has unveiled new distribution deals with partners across 11 territories, with a view to acquiring product in the Cannes market.The fresh set of pacts in question are with Splendid in Austria and Germany, ACE Entertainment in France, Mis.Label in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, Key2Media in Spain, and Defiant Screen

Leigh Griffiths insists he WAS fit enough to play last season, as he took a veiled dig at Neil Lennon. The 30-year-old was left out of a pre-season trip to France and blasted by his manager for reporting back overweight after lockdown.

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Naomi Osaka, 23, has pulled out of the 2021 Wimbledon tournament, just weeks after withdrawing from the French Open. “Naomi won’t be playing Wimbledon this year,” her agent said in a June 17 statement. “She is taking some personal time with friends and family. She will be ready for the Olympics and is excited to play in front of her home fans.” The Tokyo Olympics are slated to begin on July 23.

Over 15M viewers watched reigning World Cup champions France edge out Germany on France’s M6 Tuesday night in the first major head-to-head of Euro 2020 which runs through July 11 and is being played in various locations throughout Europe and the UK. That was good for a 57.5 share from 9PM local and included a peak of 17.4M viewers (by way of comparison, 12.6M watched France’s entry to the World Cup in 2018, giving TF1 a 69 share on a Saturday afternoon).

Naman Ramachandran Ava Cahen will become the artistic director of Critics’ Week at Cannes from Aug. 1, taking over from Charles Tesson.Cahen founded the magazine CLAP in 2014 and FrenchMania in 2017 along with the Woody Club she created in 2016.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAnnouncing its second major rights pick-up in a matter of days, Superights, part of France’s Superprod Group, has secured global distribution rights to Tencent Video’s slapstick series “The Adventure of Little Penguin.”Nathalie Pinguet, Superights’ deputy general manager, will introduce the 52-episode animated show to buyers at Annecy’s four-day MIFA market, which kicked off Tuesday June 15 in the fairy-tale looking French Alpine town.

Kanye West has been making the headlines for his alleged romance with model Irina Shayk. The rapper after filing for divorce from Kim Kardashian earlier this year has sparked romance rumours with Shayk after their recent getaway in France.