Will Packer Productions Hires Gaumont Executive Johanna Byer

Ben Croll The immersive VR piece “Bodyless,” director Hsin-Chien Huang’s dreamlike exploration of his own childhood growing up under Taiwanese martial law, took home top honors at Paris’ NewImages Festival on Friday evening.

Not since Jeff Goldblum stocked his penis in a jar or Bryan Cranston tore apart his meth lab has a fly played such a pivotal role on screen as in Mandibles (Mandibules), the latest comic whatchamacallit from French one-man-band Quentin Dupieux.

Ben Croll French outfit Atlas V, the production company behind the critically acclaimed “Gloomy Eyes” and one of the industry leaders in narrative VR, has just launched production on its newest animated project, a 20-minute standalone film called “The Little Mouse.”Sharing details of the project with Variety, Atlas V co-founder Antoine Cayrol called the film “a narrative driven fairy tale” that acts as the origin story for the Gallic equivalent of the tooth fairy (known in French-speaking

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Yale Productions, Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman’s New York-Based production company which has credits including the upcoming action thriller Red 48 with John Malkovich and Tyrese Gibson, has named Zola Glassman as Director of Development.Joining from 30WEST, Glassman will oversee the development slate and also seek new creative and financial opportunities for the indie banner.

is the Best Reality Competition Program! RuPaul was nominated for Best Reality Host alongside Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness for Queer Eye, Nicole Byer for Nailed It!, Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Daymond John, Robert Herjavec and Kevin O’Leary for Shark Tank, Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio for Top Chef, and Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman for Making It.

Dame Joan Collins and her husband Percy Gibson have spoken exclusively to HELLO! about being together 24/7 during lockdown – and how they couldn't be happier in each other's company. "We've become closer than ever," says Joan, speaking from the couple's spectacular villa in St Tropez, France.MORE: Joan Collins shares emotional story of being a child evacuee"Being in lockdown has made me realise how strong our relationship really is.

Ann-Marie Corvin A quarter of this year’s Cartoon Forum pitches are derived from existing IP and “The Upside Down River” – a high concept mini-series – is a fine example.Based on the book “La rivière à l’envers” by award-winning French children’s author Jean-Claude Mourlevat, the 10-part fantasy adventure comes from the 10-year-old Paris-based producer-distributor Dandelooo, whose animation credits include the International Emmy-winning “The Treehouse Stories” and France 3 special

Julie Delpy’s upcoming dramedy series “On the Verge,” a co-production between Canal Plus and Netflix.Canal Plus will air the series in France, with Netflix distributing it in the rest of world. “On The Verge” was co-developed by Canal Plus’s Original Creation label.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentIn its first announcement following cancellation of its inaugural edition due to coronavirus, Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival has recruited a high-profile jury that will award two production grants for Arab cinema projects each worth $500,000.The jurors who will pick winners among 12 projects taking part in the inaugural Red Sea Lodge Residency are: Egyptian auteur Yousry Nasrallah (“After the Battle”); France-based producer Nadia

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerWill Packer Productions has hired Johanna Byer as Executive Vice President of Motion Pictures.

Will Packer Productions has tapped Johanna Byer to be the executive vice president of motion pictures, reporting directly to the banner's president, James Lopez. In her new role, Byer, who joins Will Packer Productions from France's Gaumont, will develop and produce the company’s feature film projects, working closely with filmmakers, directors and other talent.

straight to your inboxManchester City have reportedly joined the race to sign Kylian Mbappe, and will use the money they were going to use to try and sign Lionel Messi.World Cup-winner Mbappe has apparently told PSG he wants to leave next summer, putting the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool and Real Madrid on alert of signing one of the world's best strikers, who cost the French champions £130m in 2018.And according to the Sun, City would also be keen to sign the 21-year-old Frenchman, who

The divorce of their parents was not easy for Princess Diana and her brother, Charles Spencer, when they were children. Spencer, 56, recently spoke to The Sunday Times about his time growing up with his late sister, who would go on to marry Prince Charles and have two sones with him, William and Harry, before their own divorce.

Princess Diana’s mom, Frances Shand Kydd, was notoriously “not cut out for maternity”, having left her children at a young age.