Tag: Intouchables
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Netflix’s ‘Lupin’ Suffers Estimated $333,000 Theft After Robbers Threw Mortar Fireworks on Set
This certainly is a case for fictional detective Arsène Lupin.Netflix’s “Lupin” set was the target of a robbery February 25, during which an estimated €300,000 worth of equipment was stolen. Production in the Paris outskirt of Nanterre was halted until February 28.“Lupin” star Omar Sy was allegedly on set when “approximately 20 people who had…
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Front Row signs screenwriter, director for Arabic-language ‘Intouchables’ remake
It is the second Arab language remake of a European hit for Dubai-based after the upcoming Perfect Strangers.Dubai-based pan-Arab distributor Front Row Film Entertainment has signed screenwriter Amr El Daly and ad director Jad Aouad for its upcoming Arab language, Egypt-set remake of French hit Intouchables.It marks Front Row’s second Arab-language adaptation of a popular…
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Anton Taps Gaumont’s Cecile Gaget as President of International Production, Distribution
London-based financier and producer Anton has tapped Cecile Gaget, a well-respected French film executive, as president of international production and distribution.Gaget, who will start at Anton on Oct. 1, has been a key executive at Gaumont for over a decade and has been a driving force behind the French studio’s international distribution and acquisitions.Gaget successfully…