The wedding comedy stars Christian Clavier and Sylvie Testud.
Snd has found distribution matches across the globe for Julien Hervé’s wedding comedy Ooh La La!, signing deals in several territories as the title gets its market premiere at EFM.
The feature film arm of France’s M6 broadcasting group has sold the film to Sphere in Canada, to Weltkino for Germany and Austria, to Kinoswiat in Poland, Vertigo in Hungary, Blitz for the Balkans, All Media for Cis and SKeye for in-flight entertainment. The sales follow Snd’s previous deals to Belga in Benelux, Tri Pictures in Spain, Nos...
Snd has found distribution matches across the globe for Julien Hervé’s wedding comedy Ooh La La!, signing deals in several territories as the title gets its market premiere at EFM.
The feature film arm of France’s M6 broadcasting group has sold the film to Sphere in Canada, to Weltkino for Germany and Austria, to Kinoswiat in Poland, Vertigo in Hungary, Blitz for the Balkans, All Media for Cis and SKeye for in-flight entertainment. The sales follow Snd’s previous deals to Belga in Benelux, Tri Pictures in Spain, Nos...
- 2/18/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
French actor and director Guillaume Canet has revealed he is feeling the pressure ahead of the release next week of his ambitious 70M production Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom.
Canet directs and stars in the film as iconic plucky Gaul Asterix in an all-star ensemble cast also featuring Gilles Lellouche as Obelix, Vincent Cassel as Julius Caesar, Marion Cotillard as Cleopatra and Swedish soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimović as Caesar’s bodyguard Antivirus.
The production is Canet’s eighth feature after 2006 breakout Tell No One, 2010 hit Little White Lies, Brooklyn-set, English-language debut Blood Ties and the smaller more personal pandemic-shot film Lui.
Long-time collaborator Alain Attal at Trésor Films produces with Pathé and Yohan Baiada at Les Enfants Terribles.
Pathé will launch Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom on 1,200 screens on February 1. Local media is hailing the release as the biggest film event of early 2023.
Canet has said he...
Canet directs and stars in the film as iconic plucky Gaul Asterix in an all-star ensemble cast also featuring Gilles Lellouche as Obelix, Vincent Cassel as Julius Caesar, Marion Cotillard as Cleopatra and Swedish soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimović as Caesar’s bodyguard Antivirus.
The production is Canet’s eighth feature after 2006 breakout Tell No One, 2010 hit Little White Lies, Brooklyn-set, English-language debut Blood Ties and the smaller more personal pandemic-shot film Lui.
Long-time collaborator Alain Attal at Trésor Films produces with Pathé and Yohan Baiada at Les Enfants Terribles.
Pathé will launch Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom on 1,200 screens on February 1. Local media is hailing the release as the biggest film event of early 2023.
Canet has said he...
- 1/27/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
French sales company’s titles include ’The Book of Wonders’, ‘The Baby’ and ’The Braid’.
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French sales company Snd has revealed a first look image and fresh production details for Princes Of The Desert, Eric Barbier’s adventure film starring Alexandra Lamy, and has unveiled details of its extensive AFM slate.
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Mika is behind the soundtrack for Princes of the Desert which was previously titled Tehu. Lamy, whose credits include Rolling To You, replaces the previously announced Charlotte Gainsbourg in the film.
The film, produced by Snd alongside Vertigo Productions, follows a young Berber boy who...
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French sales company Snd has revealed a first look image and fresh production details for Princes Of The Desert, Eric Barbier’s adventure film starring Alexandra Lamy, and has unveiled details of its extensive AFM slate.
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Mika is behind the soundtrack for Princes of the Desert which was previously titled Tehu. Lamy, whose credits include Rolling To You, replaces the previously announced Charlotte Gainsbourg in the film.
The film, produced by Snd alongside Vertigo Productions, follows a young Berber boy who...
- 10/27/2022
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Snd has closed a flurry of sales across its slate, including the animated feature “The Jungle Bunch: World Tour,” the French comedy “Ooh La la,” and the international melodrama “The Braid.”
Produced by leading animation studio Tat Productions, “The Jungle Bunch: World Tour” is the sequel to the animated feature hit “The Jungle Bunch – The 3D Movie” which was one of the highest grossing French productions worldwide in 2017 and sold to over 70 territories. The spinoff movies expand on the popular animated series “The Jungle Bunch” which follows the adventures of a group of misfit animals on a mission to protect their kingdom.
In “The Jungle Bunch: World Tour,” a mysterious super-villain covers the jungle with a toxic pink foam that explodes on contact with water, prompting the heroic animals to set off on a race-against-time journey around the world to find an antidote before the start of the rainy season.
Produced by leading animation studio Tat Productions, “The Jungle Bunch: World Tour” is the sequel to the animated feature hit “The Jungle Bunch – The 3D Movie” which was one of the highest grossing French productions worldwide in 2017 and sold to over 70 territories. The spinoff movies expand on the popular animated series “The Jungle Bunch” which follows the adventures of a group of misfit animals on a mission to protect their kingdom.
In “The Jungle Bunch: World Tour,” a mysterious super-villain covers the jungle with a toxic pink foam that explodes on contact with water, prompting the heroic animals to set off on a race-against-time journey around the world to find an antidote before the start of the rainy season.
- 6/10/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Pathé has finalized cast for Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (previously known as Asterix & Obelix: Silk Road), the upcoming fifth live action film from the beloved children’s franchise.
Cameras are set to roll this spring, with cast including Guillaume Canet as Asterix, Gilles Lellouche as Obelix (it’s the first time in the five-film French-language franchise that Gerard Depardieu won’t portray Obelix), Vincent Cassel as Cesar, Marion Cotillard as Cleopatra and Jonathan Cohen as Finalthesis. Also starring are Ramzy Bedia, Julie Chen, Linh-Dan Pham, Pierre Richard, and in his feature debut, soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic as Oneofus.
Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé wrote the screenplay, and Guillaume Canet is also directing. Project is produced by Trésor Films, Pathé Films and Les Enfants Terribles. The score will come from French musician Matthieu Chedid. The initial plan was to shoot in China but production will take place in France and Morocco.
Cameras are set to roll this spring, with cast including Guillaume Canet as Asterix, Gilles Lellouche as Obelix (it’s the first time in the five-film French-language franchise that Gerard Depardieu won’t portray Obelix), Vincent Cassel as Cesar, Marion Cotillard as Cleopatra and Jonathan Cohen as Finalthesis. Also starring are Ramzy Bedia, Julie Chen, Linh-Dan Pham, Pierre Richard, and in his feature debut, soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic as Oneofus.
Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé wrote the screenplay, and Guillaume Canet is also directing. Project is produced by Trésor Films, Pathé Films and Les Enfants Terribles. The score will come from French musician Matthieu Chedid. The initial plan was to shoot in China but production will take place in France and Morocco.
- 4/8/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Sam Worthington will lead the cast of CounterPlay, which Blue Fox Entertainment is launching at Efm. Project comes from the newly established Mam Media in association with BlackOps Studios Asia. Shoot will take place in the Philippines. Worthington will play a retired hostage negotiator who comes out of retirement to take on one last job. Also starring will be Alex Diaz. Pedring Lopez is directing, his credits include action pic Maria which was bought by Netflix.
Emerging European powerhouse Leonine has bought rights for Germany and Austria on Asterix & Obelix: The Silk Road, the upcoming fifth live action film from the beloved children’s franchise. Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé wrote the screenplay, and Guillaume Canet is directing and also playing the role of Asterix. Gilles Lellouche is attached to star as his companion Obelix. Project is produced by Trésor Films, Pathé Films and Les Enfants Terribles. Leonine struck the...
Emerging European powerhouse Leonine has bought rights for Germany and Austria on Asterix & Obelix: The Silk Road, the upcoming fifth live action film from the beloved children’s franchise. Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé wrote the screenplay, and Guillaume Canet is directing and also playing the role of Asterix. Gilles Lellouche is attached to star as his companion Obelix. Project is produced by Trésor Films, Pathé Films and Les Enfants Terribles. Leonine struck the...
- 2/21/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
German media company Leonine has closed an all-rights licensing deal with Pathé Films on “Asterix & Obelix, The Silk Road” for Germany and Austria.
The feature film, based on the characters created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, marks the fifth live-action adventure of Asterix and Obelix, and will take the two Gallic heroes to China.
The screenplay was written by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé, together with Guillaume Canet, who will also direct the movie and play the role of Asterix. Gilles Lellouche is attached to star as his companion Obelix.
The film is produced by Trésor Films, Pathé Films and Les Enfants Terribles.
Leonine, formed from the merger of Tele München Group, Universum Film, i&u TV, Wiedemann & Berg Film and W&b TV, will release the film theatrically via its own distribution outfit in Germany.
The feature film, based on the characters created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, marks the fifth live-action adventure of Asterix and Obelix, and will take the two Gallic heroes to China.
The screenplay was written by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé, together with Guillaume Canet, who will also direct the movie and play the role of Asterix. Gilles Lellouche is attached to star as his companion Obelix.
The film is produced by Trésor Films, Pathé Films and Les Enfants Terribles.
Leonine, formed from the merger of Tele München Group, Universum Film, i&u TV, Wiedemann & Berg Film and W&b TV, will release the film theatrically via its own distribution outfit in Germany.
- 2/21/2020
- by Leo Barraclough and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Leonine, the new producer/distributor formed via multiple acquisitions by private equity giant Kkr in Germany, has acquired all rights to Asterix & Obelix: The Silk Road for Germany and Austria.
The licensing deal with Pathé Films was unveiled Friday during the European Film Market in Berlin.
The film marks the fifth live-action adventure based on the comic book characters created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo and takes the heroes to China. The characters have also been featured in animated movies.
The screenplay was written by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé (Looking for Teddy) together with Guillaume Canet, who will ...
The licensing deal with Pathé Films was unveiled Friday during the European Film Market in Berlin.
The film marks the fifth live-action adventure based on the comic book characters created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo and takes the heroes to China. The characters have also been featured in animated movies.
The screenplay was written by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé (Looking for Teddy) together with Guillaume Canet, who will ...
- 2/21/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Leonine, the new producer/distributor formed via multiple acquisitions by private equity giant Kkr in Germany, has acquired all rights to Asterix & Obelix, The Silk Road for Germany and Austria.
The all-rights licensing deal with Pathé Films was unveiled Friday during the European Film Market in Berlin.
The film marks the fifth live-action adventure based on the comic book characters created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo and takes the heroes to China. The characters have also been featured in animated movies.
The screenplay was written by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé (Looking for Teddy) together with Guillaume Canet, who ...
The all-rights licensing deal with Pathé Films was unveiled Friday during the European Film Market in Berlin.
The film marks the fifth live-action adventure based on the comic book characters created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo and takes the heroes to China. The characters have also been featured in animated movies.
The screenplay was written by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé (Looking for Teddy) together with Guillaume Canet, who ...
- 2/21/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Les Enfants Terribles, Pathé, Trésors Films plan June 15 start; China shoot in September.
The producers of Guillaume Canet’s upcoming China-set feature Asterix & Obelix, The Silk Road have denied rumours in the French media that the shoot has been cancelled due to fears over the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic.
The live-action feature, inspired by the world of Réné Goscinny and Albert Uderzo’s iconic comic strip characters, sees the Gallic heroes head to China for the first time in a story based on an original script by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé.
Canet directs and co-stars as Asterix opposite Gilles Lellouche as Obelix.
The producers of Guillaume Canet’s upcoming China-set feature Asterix & Obelix, The Silk Road have denied rumours in the French media that the shoot has been cancelled due to fears over the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic.
The live-action feature, inspired by the world of Réné Goscinny and Albert Uderzo’s iconic comic strip characters, sees the Gallic heroes head to China for the first time in a story based on an original script by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé.
Canet directs and co-stars as Asterix opposite Gilles Lellouche as Obelix.
- 2/18/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
After delivering two of the highest-grossing French films of last year, Alain Attal’s Paris-based production company Tresor Films is kicking off 2020 with its most ambitious project yet, Guillaume Canet’s “Asterix & Obelix: The Silk Road.”
Co-produced and financed by Jerome Seydoux’s Pathé, “Asterix & Obelix” is budgeted at $72.4 million, an exceptionally high budget by French standards. Attal, who is also producing the film with the banner Les Enfants Terribles, said the price tag was on a par with previous instalments of “Asterix,” and reflected the scope of the film and commercial potential of the comicbook franchise.
“It’s a costume film set 2,000 years ago, so we’ll be building a village, filming gigantic battles and that will require plenty of extras, and we’ll also need a lot of visual effects and of course a high-profile cast with some cameos,” said Attal. The most successful opus, “Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra,...
Co-produced and financed by Jerome Seydoux’s Pathé, “Asterix & Obelix” is budgeted at $72.4 million, an exceptionally high budget by French standards. Attal, who is also producing the film with the banner Les Enfants Terribles, said the price tag was on a par with previous instalments of “Asterix,” and reflected the scope of the film and commercial potential of the comicbook franchise.
“It’s a costume film set 2,000 years ago, so we’ll be building a village, filming gigantic battles and that will require plenty of extras, and we’ll also need a lot of visual effects and of course a high-profile cast with some cameos,” said Attal. The most successful opus, “Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra,...
- 1/18/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
French filmmaker and actor Guillaume Canet has been hired to direct a new live action entry in the Asterix & Obelix franchise.
Canet will also star alongside Gilles Lellouche.
The Silk Road is based on an original story written by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé and will see the titular duo head to China.
The project is a co-production between Pathé Films, Les Enfants Terribles and Les Productions des Trésor. Shoot is set for 2020.
Pathé International is handling world sales and will be taking the film to the Afm.
The Silk Road is the latest property based on the much-loved French comics from writer René Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo. The series has spawned numerous animated features, including 2018’s The Secret Of The Magic Potion, which grossed $46m globally, and live action features including 2002’s Asterix And Obelix Meet Cleopatra, which took $128m globally.
This morning, director Canet unveiled himself and...
Canet will also star alongside Gilles Lellouche.
The Silk Road is based on an original story written by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé and will see the titular duo head to China.
The project is a co-production between Pathé Films, Les Enfants Terribles and Les Productions des Trésor. Shoot is set for 2020.
Pathé International is handling world sales and will be taking the film to the Afm.
The Silk Road is the latest property based on the much-loved French comics from writer René Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo. The series has spawned numerous animated features, including 2018’s The Secret Of The Magic Potion, which grossed $46m globally, and live action features including 2002’s Asterix And Obelix Meet Cleopatra, which took $128m globally.
This morning, director Canet unveiled himself and...
- 10/28/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Guillaume Canet, one of France’s most successful actors and filmmakers, is set to star in and direct “Asterix & Obelix, the Silk Road,” a live-action film that will mark the next installment of the blockbuster French comic book franchise.
Pathé is co-producing the film, budgeted at $60 million, with Les Enfants Terribles and Tresor Films. Pathé will also distribute the film in France and will represent it in international markets.
Now in development, “Asterix & Obelix, the Silk Road” is an original story penned by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé, based on the comicbook collection created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo and published by Les Editions Albert-René.
Canet, who also collaborated on the script, will star as Asterix alongside Gilles Lellouche (“Little White Lies”) who will play Obelix. Set to start shooting in the Spring, “Asterix & Obelix, the Silk Road” will follow the protagonists on a journey to China.
“Asterix and...
Pathé is co-producing the film, budgeted at $60 million, with Les Enfants Terribles and Tresor Films. Pathé will also distribute the film in France and will represent it in international markets.
Now in development, “Asterix & Obelix, the Silk Road” is an original story penned by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé, based on the comicbook collection created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo and published by Les Editions Albert-René.
Canet, who also collaborated on the script, will star as Asterix alongside Gilles Lellouche (“Little White Lies”) who will play Obelix. Set to start shooting in the Spring, “Asterix & Obelix, the Silk Road” will follow the protagonists on a journey to China.
“Asterix and...
- 10/28/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The China-set feature is based on an original script.
French actor and director Guillaume Canet is set to shoot a live action feature inspired by the world of Réné Goscinny and Albert Uderzo’s iconic comic strip characters Asterix and Obelix.
Guillaume Canet is set to play the role of the plucky Gaul hero alongside Gilles Lellouche as his rotund companion Obelix.
Asterix & Obelix, The Silk Road will see the Asterix and Obelix head to China for the first time in a story based on an original script by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé.
Canet revealed the casting via a...
French actor and director Guillaume Canet is set to shoot a live action feature inspired by the world of Réné Goscinny and Albert Uderzo’s iconic comic strip characters Asterix and Obelix.
Guillaume Canet is set to play the role of the plucky Gaul hero alongside Gilles Lellouche as his rotund companion Obelix.
Asterix & Obelix, The Silk Road will see the Asterix and Obelix head to China for the first time in a story based on an original script by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé.
Canet revealed the casting via a...
- 10/28/2019
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The China-set feature is based on an original script.
French actor and director Guillaume Canet is set to shoot a live action feature inspired by the world of Réné Goscinny and Albert Uderzo’s iconic comic strip characters Asterix and Obelix.
Gilles Lellouche is set to play the role of the plucky Gaul hero alongside Guillaume Depardieu, who reprises his role as his rotund companion Obelix.
Asterix & Obelix, The Silk Road will see the Asterix and Obelix head to China for the first time in a story based on an original script by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé.
Canet revealed...
French actor and director Guillaume Canet is set to shoot a live action feature inspired by the world of Réné Goscinny and Albert Uderzo’s iconic comic strip characters Asterix and Obelix.
Gilles Lellouche is set to play the role of the plucky Gaul hero alongside Guillaume Depardieu, who reprises his role as his rotund companion Obelix.
Asterix & Obelix, The Silk Road will see the Asterix and Obelix head to China for the first time in a story based on an original script by Philippe Mechelen and Julien Hervé.
Canet revealed...
- 10/28/2019
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
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