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Exclusive: France’s Studio TF1 has hired Julia Stuart, the former director of original Film at Sky, on a consultancy basis, and appointed Warner Bros. France exec Cristina Batlle as the head of its budding theatrical distribution operation.

The hires follow the rebranding in January of Newen Studios to Studio TF1, followed by an internal restructuring in March, and an announcement that the Paris-based pan-European production and distribution group would be expanding its cinema activities in France and getting behind more ambitious international co-productions.

The strategy is being spearheaded by Pierre Branco, who joined Studio TF1 (then Newen Studios) as CEO in March 2024, after 17 years at Warner Bros. France, where he rose to the position of General Manager France, Benelux and Africa.

Originally acquired by commercial TV giant the TF1 Group in 2015, the rebranded Studio TF1 group encompasses 50 production and distributions labels in 12 territories in Europe and predominantly focuses on audiovisual content.

The acclaimed French action thriller movie series, Lost Bullet, has released its third and supposedly final entry, Last Bullet, which lives up to the standard of entertaining action spectacle set by its predecessors. While the ingenuity in hard-hitting combat choreography, practical stunts, and streamlined, fast-paced storytelling have been key highlights of the franchise, characterization plays a key role in holding it all together. There is no crazy complexity involved in the character arcs; the intrigue arises from the personalities and decision-making capabilities of the key players, all of whom belong to either side of the law. Most importantly, the trilogy charts the growth of the characters so well that the conclusion of the journey feels satisfying.

Lino, played by Alban Lenoir

French Actor/Stuntman Alban Lenoir started his career as a theater actor before veering to work in several acclaimed action movies like Taken, Aka, and Point Blank to follow...

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Bollywood actress and fitness buff Shilpa Shetty is lined up to host a new wellness-themed chat show, produced by Mirchi, an Entertainment Network India Limited company, and presented by Pintola Peanut Butter with Sofit. Focusing on physical and mental wellness, “Shape of You” will invite a wide range of India’s most popular celebrities to share their best tips for caring for their physical and mental wellbeing. Confirmed guests include actor John Abraham (“Dhoom”), Sri Lankan actor Jacqueline Fernandez (“Aladin”), designer-actor Masaba Gupta (“Masaba Masaba”), rapper Badshah, actor Shehnaz Gill (“Honsla Rakh”) and more. The show will stream on Mirchi’s YouTube channel starting in March.

“My journey with fitness and wellness started over 15 years ago, and my involvement in this journey grew post giving birth to my first child,” said Shetty. “Over time I have realized the importance of health and fitness in my life, and I want...

Arnaud Ducret, Géraldine Pailhas, Stéphane de Groodt and Alison Wheeler star in the cast of this Les Films du Cap and Mm Films production, sold by Other Angle. Filming came to an end on 23 December for Tendre et saignant, Christopher Thompson’s second feature film as a director following his initial Bus Palladium (which earned two César nominations in the categories of Male Newcomer and Musical Score in 2011). Standing tall in lead roles are Arnaud Ducret and Géraldine Pailhas, among others, as well as the series Marseille), who are flanked by Belgium’s Stéphane de...

Rolling off the success of “Serial (Bad) Weddings 2,” Romain Rojtman is reteaming with Ugc and Orange Studio on the the third opus of France’s comedy B.O. hit franchise.

“Serial (Bad) Weddings 2” was released on Jan. 30 and grossed over 45 million euros from 7 million admissions in France, breaking a four-year record for a local language film. The movie is currently having a theatrical roll-out in several countries, including Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada.

The franchise centers on the Verneuil family, an upper-class Catholic couple (Christian Clavier and Chantal Lauby) from a French province and their three daughters who have married men of different faiths. Rojtman, who is producing “Serial (Bad) Weddings” for Les Films du 24 and Ugc Images, said the project’s plot will have a greater international appeal than the second opus, notably through the characters of the in-laws.

“Serial (Bad) Weddings 3” will bring back the Verneuil clan...

Coming to theaters in France this spring is the big-screen adaptation of the popular high school-set comic book Les Profs, with singer/actress Stefi Celma starring as Fench teacher Amina. Celma was last seen in the films Pas Tres Normales Activites  and Case Depart. From what I'm able to understand, Les Profs, a comedy from Ugc Distribution, is a film about an under-performing school that gets one last chance to turn things around.  The cast of zany teachers is pulled directly from the pages of the Pica & Mauricet comic book. Directed by and co-starring Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Les Profs also stars Avec Isabelle Nanty, Kev Adams, Christian Clavier. Unless Les Profs gets...