Tag: Versailles
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‘Versailles’ Star Alexander Vlahos to Lead Indie Climate Crisis Drama ‘Hearts of Salt,’ Set in Sicily and Tunisia
Welsh actor Alexander Vlahos, known for his roles in TV series such as “Merlin,” “Outlander” and “Versailles,” is set to play a British ornithologist who, during a field trip to Sicily, gets involved in more than mere birdwatching.Shooting is underway in Sicily on the indie drama “Hearts of Salt,” the first feature by London-based line…
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Inspired by ‘Star Trek,’ Leni Lauritsch’s Space Thriller ‘Rubikon’ Grapples With Questions of Ethics and Morality
In Leni Lauritsch’s gritty sci-fi thriller “Rubikon,” the final frontier could well be humankind’s last refuge.The film, which stars Julia Franz Richter, Georg Blagden (“Versailles”) and Mark Ivanir, screens in the Zurich Film Festival’s Focus Competition.Set in a dark future in which a polluted and barely sustainable Earth is plagued by corporate armies battling for…
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France’s Newen Acquires Canadian Outfit Reel One (Exclusive)
Newen, the Paris-based media company owned by TF1 Group, has acquired a majority stake in Reel One, a leading production and licensing company specializing in TV films for the North American and global markets.Based in Montreal with offices in London, Los Angeles and Vancouver, Reel One develops, finances, produces and sells TV films and series.…
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Vincent Lindon, Tahir Rahim Titles on Les Films Velvet’s Slate (Exclusive)
French star Vincent Lindon, who toplines Stephane Brizé’s Cannes competition entry “At War,” is set to star in Thierry de Peretti’s “L’Infiltré” (“The Infiltrated”), a thriller based on the true story of Hubert Avoine, a former con who became a French informant in 2007 and infiltrated Mexican drug cartels.The film was written by de Peretti,…
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Series Mania Q&A: French Director Nicolas Saada Discusses ‘Thanksgiving’
While at Series Mania Festival to present his mini-series “Thanksgiving” in competition, Nicolas Saada sat with Variety to discuss the spy drama which centers on the marriage between a Frenchman and American woman who are keeping secrets from each other.Written by Saada and Anne-Louise Trividic, “Thanksgiving” was produced by Claude Chelli at Capa Drama, the…
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Georges Blagden on ‘Versailles’ Season 3, Louis Xiv’s ‘Extraordinary’ Madame de Maintenon
If anybody wants to explain the extensive, intricate and French governmental aid system for cinema and TV, they could do worse than watch “Versailles,” an English-language Canal Plus Creation Originale and one of the French pay TV operators’s most ambitious series ever, whose third and final season opens Canneseries April 4, before premiering on Canal…