Two Norwegian series,A Better Man and Nepobaby,won the top prizes at this year’s Canneseries, which wrapped its eighth edition on Tuesday (April 29).
A Better Man, about a misogynistic internet troll who must hide in women’s clothing after hackers expose his identity, was named best series from the eight global titles in contention, with star Anders Baasmo also winning the best performance prize.It also won the student award for best series.
Beta Film is handling international distribution.
Nepobaby, about an average girl who finds out she is the heiress to one of Norway’s wealthiest shipping dynasty families,...
A Better Man, about a misogynistic internet troll who must hide in women’s clothing after hackers expose his identity, was named best series from the eight global titles in contention, with star Anders Baasmo also winning the best performance prize.It also won the student award for best series.
Beta Film is handling international distribution.
Nepobaby, about an average girl who finds out she is the heiress to one of Norway’s wealthiest shipping dynasty families,...
- 4/30/2025
- ScreenDaily
Norwegian series’A Better Man and Nepobaby won the top prizes at this year’s Canneseries, which wrapped its eighth edition on Tuesday (April 29).
A Better Man, about a misogynistic internet troll who must hide in womens’ clothing after hackers expose his identity, was named best series from the eight global titles in contention, with star Anders Baasmo also winning the best performance prize. It also won the student award for best series. Beta Film is handling international distribution.
Nepobaby, about an average girl who finds out she is the heiress to one of Norway’s wealthiest shipping dynasty families,...
A Better Man, about a misogynistic internet troll who must hide in womens’ clothing after hackers expose his identity, was named best series from the eight global titles in contention, with star Anders Baasmo also winning the best performance prize. It also won the student award for best series. Beta Film is handling international distribution.
Nepobaby, about an average girl who finds out she is the heiress to one of Norway’s wealthiest shipping dynasty families,...
- 4/30/2025
- ScreenDaily
Global entertainment studio Mff & Co has unveiled two major projects at this year’s Series Mania Festival, further expanding its slate of ambitious, socially conscious storytelling. The studio announced the development of “Pegasus,” based on the best-selling nonfiction book by Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud, and “Lusus,” a psychological horror series inspired by a critically acclaimed BBC drama podcast.
The announcement marks a significant step in Mff & Co’s mission to create compelling content with a global impact. Co-founder and chief creative officer Estela Renner emphasized the studio’s commitment to meaningful storytelling, stating, “At Mff & Co, we’re driven by the power of great storytelling, stories that entertain boldly and resonate deeply, inspiring audiences everywhere. Our diverse slate of projects is intentionally built to connect locally while delivering universal appeal, sparking conversations that move culture forward and foster social innovation.”
Created by Amit Cohen and Ron Leshem, “Pegasus...
The announcement marks a significant step in Mff & Co’s mission to create compelling content with a global impact. Co-founder and chief creative officer Estela Renner emphasized the studio’s commitment to meaningful storytelling, stating, “At Mff & Co, we’re driven by the power of great storytelling, stories that entertain boldly and resonate deeply, inspiring audiences everywhere. Our diverse slate of projects is intentionally built to connect locally while delivering universal appeal, sparking conversations that move culture forward and foster social innovation.”
Created by Amit Cohen and Ron Leshem, “Pegasus...
- 3/27/2025
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
In one of the biggest co-production deals unveiled at Content London, Mediawan’s label Atlantique Productions has joined forces with Participant to make an ambitious limited espionage thriller series based on the Pegasus spyware scandal.
Amit Cohen and Ron Leshem are on board as creators and showrunners for the mini-series which will adapted from the bestseller “Pegasus: How a Spy in Our Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy.” The book charts the sprawling international investigation conducted in 2020 and 2021 which revealed how governments used Pegasus spyware technology to spy on politicians, activists and business executives.
Executive producers on the highly anticipated “Pegasus” show are Nathalie Perus for Atlantique Productions, Thomas Anargyros for Mediawan Studio France, Jeff Skoll and Miura Kite for Participant. Maria Feldman and Claire Rudnick Polstein are also attached as executive producers. The project is being presented today (Tuesday) at Content London.
“Pegasus: How a Spy...
Amit Cohen and Ron Leshem are on board as creators and showrunners for the mini-series which will adapted from the bestseller “Pegasus: How a Spy in Our Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy.” The book charts the sprawling international investigation conducted in 2020 and 2021 which revealed how governments used Pegasus spyware technology to spy on politicians, activists and business executives.
Executive producers on the highly anticipated “Pegasus” show are Nathalie Perus for Atlantique Productions, Thomas Anargyros for Mediawan Studio France, Jeff Skoll and Miura Kite for Participant. Maria Feldman and Claire Rudnick Polstein are also attached as executive producers. The project is being presented today (Tuesday) at Content London.
“Pegasus: How a Spy...
- 11/28/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Pierre-Antoine Capton, the co-founder and CEO of Mediawan, was named Knight of the Legion of Honor by French President Emmanuel Macron during a ceremony held at the Elysée Palace in Paris.
Capton was honored alongside other French figures who have made outstanding contributions to the country’s cultural landscape, including the filmmaker Costa Gavras, actor and novelist Marlène Jobert, contemporary artist Jean-Michel Othoniel, historian Pierre Nora, choreographer Claude Bessy, journalist Jean-Claude Narcy and conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus.
A former indie TV producer who rose through the ranks, Capton co-founded Mediawan with telco billionaire Xavier Niel and financier Matthieu Pigasse in 2015 and has turned it into an international powerhouse with a raft of strategic acquisitions, including France’s Ab Productions, the U.K.’s Drama Republic, Italy’s Palomar and Brad Pitt’s Plan B. The company, which is backed by Kkr and recently signed a €100m TV development deal with Entourage Ventures,...
Capton was honored alongside other French figures who have made outstanding contributions to the country’s cultural landscape, including the filmmaker Costa Gavras, actor and novelist Marlène Jobert, contemporary artist Jean-Michel Othoniel, historian Pierre Nora, choreographer Claude Bessy, journalist Jean-Claude Narcy and conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus.
A former indie TV producer who rose through the ranks, Capton co-founded Mediawan with telco billionaire Xavier Niel and financier Matthieu Pigasse in 2015 and has turned it into an international powerhouse with a raft of strategic acquisitions, including France’s Ab Productions, the U.K.’s Drama Republic, Italy’s Palomar and Brad Pitt’s Plan B. The company, which is backed by Kkr and recently signed a €100m TV development deal with Entourage Ventures,...
- 10/19/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Orange Studio and pay TV group have boarded “Fahrenheit,” an international sci-fi series produced by Noor Sadar’s Mediawan-owned White Lion Films.
“Fahrenheit” was created by Guillaume Lemans, whose credits include “Anything For Her” and “Point Blank,” as well as Magali Rossitto and Mathieu Delozier. Orange Studio is a co-producer and will handle international sales with Mediawan Rights.
The eight-part series, which blends action and suspense, is set in the near future and follows small groups of hard-line eco-activists who carry out multiple destructive actions, attacks and targeted murders. These are mostly idealistic young people who believe the world is being threatened by ultra-capitalism. Mateo, a young and impetuous CIA recruit, is sent to Los Diablos, in Latin America, to infiltrate one of these activist groups, the Mandrills, and track down its leader, Adam, a charismatic yet dangerous man.
Lemans will be showrunner of the original series that will shoot in English and Spanish.
“Fahrenheit” was created by Guillaume Lemans, whose credits include “Anything For Her” and “Point Blank,” as well as Magali Rossitto and Mathieu Delozier. Orange Studio is a co-producer and will handle international sales with Mediawan Rights.
The eight-part series, which blends action and suspense, is set in the near future and follows small groups of hard-line eco-activists who carry out multiple destructive actions, attacks and targeted murders. These are mostly idealistic young people who believe the world is being threatened by ultra-capitalism. Mateo, a young and impetuous CIA recruit, is sent to Los Diablos, in Latin America, to infiltrate one of these activist groups, the Mandrills, and track down its leader, Adam, a charismatic yet dangerous man.
Lemans will be showrunner of the original series that will shoot in English and Spanish.
- 12/2/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Eight-part drama was among 15 projects pitched in Series Mania’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions.
Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky and UK writer Matt Jones clinched the main €50,000 project prize at French TV festival and industry event Series Mania on Monday (August 30) for Lgbtqia+ period drama Red Rainbow.
It was among 15 drama projects pitched at Series Mania’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions, a key strand of the event’s industry-focused Forum programme, taking place within the framework of the TV festival unfolding in Lille from August 26 to September 2.
Inspired by true events in the late 1970s, the eight-part drama revolves around three gay activists...
Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky and UK writer Matt Jones clinched the main €50,000 project prize at French TV festival and industry event Series Mania on Monday (August 30) for Lgbtqia+ period drama Red Rainbow.
It was among 15 drama projects pitched at Series Mania’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions, a key strand of the event’s industry-focused Forum programme, taking place within the framework of the TV festival unfolding in Lille from August 26 to September 2.
Inspired by true events in the late 1970s, the eight-part drama revolves around three gay activists...
- 8/31/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Mediawan-owned Storia Television is teaming up with French public broadcaster France Televisions on “Et la montagne fleurira,” an ambitious period drama which starts to shoot today, May 19, on the French Riviera.
Eléonore Faucher, whose feature debut “A Common Thread” won Cannes’ Critics’ Week in 2004, wrote and directs the series. Faucher most recently helmed the crime mystery “La Maladroite” with Isabelle Carré (“De Gaulle”) and Émilie Dequenne (“Love Affair(s)).”
Based on Françoise Bourdon’s novel “La Mas des Tilleuls,” the series is a six-part family saga set in 1837 in Provence and follows a man, Jean-Baptiste, who was banned from this childhood home by his father after being wrongfully accused of having abused his step mother, Seraphine. Jean-Baptiste runs away to live with his aunt and eventually become a merchant of rare flowers and finds love with Lila. But his happiness is crushed when a revolt spreads across Provence, forcing him...
Eléonore Faucher, whose feature debut “A Common Thread” won Cannes’ Critics’ Week in 2004, wrote and directs the series. Faucher most recently helmed the crime mystery “La Maladroite” with Isabelle Carré (“De Gaulle”) and Émilie Dequenne (“Love Affair(s)).”
Based on Françoise Bourdon’s novel “La Mas des Tilleuls,” the series is a six-part family saga set in 1837 in Provence and follows a man, Jean-Baptiste, who was banned from this childhood home by his father after being wrongfully accused of having abused his step mother, Seraphine. Jean-Baptiste runs away to live with his aunt and eventually become a merchant of rare flowers and finds love with Lila. But his happiness is crushed when a revolt spreads across Provence, forcing him...
- 5/19/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Mediawan, one of Europe’s most thriving independent production-distribution groups, is looking to expand its leadership further into Europe with the acquisition of Lagardere Studios and a minority stake in Madrid-based banner Weekend Studio.
Following last month’s clearance by the anti-trust board, Mediawan has finalized its takeover of Lagardere Studios, an expansive French TV producer-distributor comprised of 27 companies, including the Spanish banner Boomerang, whose hit series include “The Time in Between” and “Mum detective;” Atlantique Productions, whose credits include Damien Chazelle’s Netflix series “The Eddy”; and Imagissime, the documentary producers behind hit Netflix documentary series “Who Killed Little Gregory?”
Pierre-Antoine Capton, chairman of Mediawan, said the company is now getting ready to integrate Lagardere Studios’ talent and labels into the org and is preparing to reorganize in order to create more synergies.
“With these new acquisitions we are going to strengthen our footprint in Spain, the Netherlands and Finland,...
Following last month’s clearance by the anti-trust board, Mediawan has finalized its takeover of Lagardere Studios, an expansive French TV producer-distributor comprised of 27 companies, including the Spanish banner Boomerang, whose hit series include “The Time in Between” and “Mum detective;” Atlantique Productions, whose credits include Damien Chazelle’s Netflix series “The Eddy”; and Imagissime, the documentary producers behind hit Netflix documentary series “Who Killed Little Gregory?”
Pierre-Antoine Capton, chairman of Mediawan, said the company is now getting ready to integrate Lagardere Studios’ talent and labels into the org and is preparing to reorganize in order to create more synergies.
“With these new acquisitions we are going to strengthen our footprint in Spain, the Netherlands and Finland,...
- 11/10/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
With cameras rolling again and commissioners hungry for fresh content, some of France’s biggest TV companies such as Newen, Mediawan and Federation Entertainment have so far been spared from major setbacks caused by the pandemic. Down the line, however, French players headed to Mipcom might have to rely more on streamers and international sources of financing as French broadcasters, which play a major role in funding content, could reduce their investment in 2021 as they cope with the continued drop in advertising revenues during the health crisis.
For now, at least, the massive restart of TV production in France has given industry executives some confidence in their business prospects.
When the lockdown ended in May, the French government set up a temporary indemnity fund of €50 million ($58 million) for canceled or postponed TV and film shoots during the pandemic; the fund was then doubled to €100 million ($117 million) by a pool of...
For now, at least, the massive restart of TV production in France has given industry executives some confidence in their business prospects.
When the lockdown ended in May, the French government set up a temporary indemnity fund of €50 million ($58 million) for canceled or postponed TV and film shoots during the pandemic; the fund was then doubled to €100 million ($117 million) by a pool of...
- 10/12/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Movistar Plus action thriller “Riot Police” (“Antidisturbios”), one of the most buzzed up of drama series from Spain this year, at least among the few who have caught its first episodes, will be brought onto the international market at next month’s Conecta Fiction Reboot.
The unveil comes as Movistar Plus, the pay TV/Svod arm of Spain’s Telefonica, fires up its drive to secure overseas markets for its premium drama slate with -reportedly, one of the most propulsive and full-on action-driven of its series, at least in Ep. 1, where a riot police squad is drafted in to carry out an eviction in the heart of a Senegalese community in Madrid. Captured in Ep. 1, their operation goes drastically awry as one protestor dies.
“Riot Police” marks first full series from Rodrigo Sorogoyen, whose kinetic, social-issue movies plumb the gut humanity of homicide police (“May God Save Us) and politicians...
The unveil comes as Movistar Plus, the pay TV/Svod arm of Spain’s Telefonica, fires up its drive to secure overseas markets for its premium drama slate with -reportedly, one of the most propulsive and full-on action-driven of its series, at least in Ep. 1, where a riot police squad is drafted in to carry out an eviction in the heart of a Senegalese community in Madrid. Captured in Ep. 1, their operation goes drastically awry as one protestor dies.
“Riot Police” marks first full series from Rodrigo Sorogoyen, whose kinetic, social-issue movies plumb the gut humanity of homicide police (“May God Save Us) and politicians...
- 5/29/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
With a long-gestating broadcasting reform bill looming in France, local TV groups such as Canal Plus and TF1 are gearing up to lobby hard and fight independent producers in order to increase IP ownership and retain rights for the series they finance.
Under current agreements between producers guilds and TV groups, French TV networks like Canal Plus are allowed to dedicate less than 15% of their investment obligations to series produced in-house, which forces them to rely almost entirely on third-party productions. For France Televisions, M6 and TF1, the limits are set at 17%, 25% and 30%, respectively. This has allowed French independent producers to thrive: They deliver 80% of the fiction productions in France, which generates €800 million ($880 million) yearly, according to the Uspa producers guild.
The French system also limits broadcasters’ rights ownership to three years, even for series that they almost fully finance. This has forced TV networks to repurchase rights to these...
Under current agreements between producers guilds and TV groups, French TV networks like Canal Plus are allowed to dedicate less than 15% of their investment obligations to series produced in-house, which forces them to rely almost entirely on third-party productions. For France Televisions, M6 and TF1, the limits are set at 17%, 25% and 30%, respectively. This has allowed French independent producers to thrive: They deliver 80% of the fiction productions in France, which generates €800 million ($880 million) yearly, according to the Uspa producers guild.
The French system also limits broadcasters’ rights ownership to three years, even for series that they almost fully finance. This has forced TV networks to repurchase rights to these...
- 11/28/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
NBC has canceled drama “Taken.” The series is being shopped elsewhere as producers produced by EuropaCorp TV USA and Universal Television seek a new U.S. platform for the series, whose title has strong international brand recognition.
The series serves as a prequel to the hit action film franchise of the same name that starred Liam Neeson, with “Vikings” star Clive Standen taking over the role of former Green Beret Bryan Mills. After a personal tragedy leaves him badly shaken, Mills is recruited by the CIA, with each mission helping him build up the “very particular set of skills” that enthralled fans of the film series.
NBC moved “Taken” from its Friday perch in April, shifting the drama to Saturdays.
After the show was renewed for a second season, showrunner Alexander Cary departed with Greg Plageman taking over. Shortly thereafter, cast members Gaius Charles, Brooklyn Sudano, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Michael Irby,...
The series serves as a prequel to the hit action film franchise of the same name that starred Liam Neeson, with “Vikings” star Clive Standen taking over the role of former Green Beret Bryan Mills. After a personal tragedy leaves him badly shaken, Mills is recruited by the CIA, with each mission helping him build up the “very particular set of skills” that enthralled fans of the film series.
NBC moved “Taken” from its Friday perch in April, shifting the drama to Saturdays.
After the show was renewed for a second season, showrunner Alexander Cary departed with Greg Plageman taking over. Shortly thereafter, cast members Gaius Charles, Brooklyn Sudano, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Michael Irby,...
- 5/11/2018
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
Mediawan says it also plans to acquire 60% stake in Mon Voison Productions.
Luc Besson
Burgeoning audiovisual content platform Mediawan has acquired three French production companies including Storia Television, the new outfit created to take over the activities of EuropaCorp TV excluding its Us series.
The Paris-based company – founded by French producer Pierre-Antoine Capton, telecom tycoon Xavier Nils and investment banker and venture capitalist Mathieu Pigasse in 2015 – announced the deal on Monday afternoon (January 15).
The platform also revealed it was in exclusive negotiations to buy a majority stake in Makever, an umbrella group comprising six independent production studios.
Their shows include Kaboul Kitchen; the International Emmy Award-winning telefilm Don’t Leave Me, about a mother’s struggle to de-radicalise her jihadi bride daughter; and Captain Sharif.
Mediawan said it was also planning to acquire a 60% stake in Mon Voison Productions (Mvp). The production house set up by former talent agent-turned-producer and actor Dominique Besnehard and producer Michel Feller is best known...
Luc Besson
Burgeoning audiovisual content platform Mediawan has acquired three French production companies including Storia Television, the new outfit created to take over the activities of EuropaCorp TV excluding its Us series.
The Paris-based company – founded by French producer Pierre-Antoine Capton, telecom tycoon Xavier Nils and investment banker and venture capitalist Mathieu Pigasse in 2015 – announced the deal on Monday afternoon (January 15).
The platform also revealed it was in exclusive negotiations to buy a majority stake in Makever, an umbrella group comprising six independent production studios.
Their shows include Kaboul Kitchen; the International Emmy Award-winning telefilm Don’t Leave Me, about a mother’s struggle to de-radicalise her jihadi bride daughter; and Captain Sharif.
Mediawan said it was also planning to acquire a 60% stake in Mon Voison Productions (Mvp). The production house set up by former talent agent-turned-producer and actor Dominique Besnehard and producer Michel Feller is best known...
- 1/15/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
22 jobs could be axed from operations in France.
Source: Europacorp
‘Valerian’
Luc Besson’s beleaguered film production and distribution company EuropaCorp announced on Monday that it could axe 22 posts from its operations in France.
“EuropaCorp began a consultation process with staff representatives on 11th January to put in place a new structure in France,” the company said in a statement.
“If the plan were adopted, the workforce in France would number 57 personnel once it has been carried out,” it added.
The company said that such a workforce would correspond to its operational needs as it puts in place a strategy – announced end-November - to re-focus on its core activities of film production, TV series and international sales.
Under that strategy, EuropaCorp plans to produce two to three English-language features and up to two French-language films annually.
The strategy also envisaged continued involvement in English-language TV series even though the company had sealed a deal for the sale of...
Source: Europacorp
‘Valerian’
Luc Besson’s beleaguered film production and distribution company EuropaCorp announced on Monday that it could axe 22 posts from its operations in France.
“EuropaCorp began a consultation process with staff representatives on 11th January to put in place a new structure in France,” the company said in a statement.
“If the plan were adopted, the workforce in France would number 57 personnel once it has been carried out,” it added.
The company said that such a workforce would correspond to its operational needs as it puts in place a strategy – announced end-November - to re-focus on its core activities of film production, TV series and international sales.
Under that strategy, EuropaCorp plans to produce two to three English-language features and up to two French-language films annually.
The strategy also envisaged continued involvement in English-language TV series even though the company had sealed a deal for the sale of...
- 1/15/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Luc Besson's EuropaCorp has sold its French television division for $13M as it looks to tighten its belt. The studio has sold the unit, which produces series including TF1's spy drama No Limits, to Thomas Anargyros, who is currently Chief Executive of EuropaCorp Television. The move will help the business save up to $3.5M per year. The sale follows the departure of EuropaCorp Chief Executive Marc Shmuger last week following the disappointing performance of Valerian and the…...
- 11/20/2017
- Deadline TV
Greg Plageman is set as the new executive producer and showrunner for Season 2 of NBC’s “Taken.” Plageman, who was previously the showrunner and Ep on CBS’ “Person of Interest,” takes over for Alexander Cary. NBC announced Cary’s exit last month. Luc Besson, Matthew Gross, Edouard de Vésinne, Thomas Anargyros and director Alex Graves also executive produce. Also Read: 'Overboard'?! Why Is Hollyw'd Now Remaking Duds? “We’re thrilled to bring Greg on to run the show,” said EuropaCorp TV USA president Matthew Gross in a statement. “His enormous talent and vast experience with bold broadcast television is a perfect fit.
- 6/5/2017
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Wrap
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for October 2016, including "12 Monkeys", "Designated Survivor", "Taken" and a whole lot more:
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12 Monkeys
Season 3
TV Series
Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.
Prod.: Michael Wray
Exec. Prod.: David Grossman, Terry Matalas
Oct 17 - Feb 17/17
Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
Anne
TV Series
CBC/Netflix
Prod.: Susan Murdoch
Exec. Prod.: Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett
Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17
Anne Of Green Gables
TV Movie
Gables 23 Productions Inc.
Prod.: Jim Corston
Exec. Prod.: Joan Lambur, Peter Williamson
Dir.: John Kent Harrison
Sep 12 - Nov 4/16
Baroness Von Sketch Show
Season 2
TV Series
Bvss 2 Productions Ontario Inc. / Frantic Films
Prod.: Graham Ludlow, Jeff Peeler
Exec.Prod.: Jamie Brown, Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne,...
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12 Monkeys
Season 3
TV Series
Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.
Prod.: Michael Wray
Exec. Prod.: David Grossman, Terry Matalas
Oct 17 - Feb 17/17
Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
Anne
TV Series
CBC/Netflix
Prod.: Susan Murdoch
Exec. Prod.: Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett
Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17
Anne Of Green Gables
TV Movie
Gables 23 Productions Inc.
Prod.: Jim Corston
Exec. Prod.: Joan Lambur, Peter Williamson
Dir.: John Kent Harrison
Sep 12 - Nov 4/16
Baroness Von Sketch Show
Season 2
TV Series
Bvss 2 Productions Ontario Inc. / Frantic Films
Prod.: Graham Ludlow, Jeff Peeler
Exec.Prod.: Jamie Brown, Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne,...
- 9/22/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for September 2016, including "American Gods", "Flatliners", "Taken" and a whole lot more:
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Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle / Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,
Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Dir.: David Slade & Various
Anon
Feature
Anon Film Prods. Canada Inc.
Prod.: Dan Bekerman
Dir.: Andrew Niccol
Jul 11 - Aug 26/16
Baroness Von Sketch Show
Season 2
TV Series
Bvss 2 Productions Ontario Inc. / Frantic Films
Prod.: Graham Ludlow, Jeff Peeler
Exec.Prod.: Jamie Brown, Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen
Dir.: Yael Staav
Sep 12 - Oct 28/16
Bruno & Boots II And III
TV Movie (2)
Aircraft Pictures
Prod.: Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen
Dir.: Vivieno Caldinelli
Jul 22 -...
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Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle / Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,
Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Dir.: David Slade & Various
Anon
Feature
Anon Film Prods. Canada Inc.
Prod.: Dan Bekerman
Dir.: Andrew Niccol
Jul 11 - Aug 26/16
Baroness Von Sketch Show
Season 2
TV Series
Bvss 2 Productions Ontario Inc. / Frantic Films
Prod.: Graham Ludlow, Jeff Peeler
Exec.Prod.: Jamie Brown, Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen
Dir.: Yael Staav
Sep 12 - Oct 28/16
Bruno & Boots II And III
TV Movie (2)
Aircraft Pictures
Prod.: Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen
Dir.: Vivieno Caldinelli
Jul 22 -...
- 8/24/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for August 2016, including "Taken", "Flatliners", "People Of Earth" and a whole lot more:
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Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle / Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,
Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Dir.: David Slade & Various
Mar. 14 – Sep 30/16
Anon
Feature
Anon Film Prods. Canada Inc.
Prod.: Dan Bekerman
Dir.: Andrew Niccol
Backstage
Season 2
TV Series
Fresh TV
Prod.: Brian Campbell
Exec. Prod.: Brian Irving,
Lara Azzopardi
Dir.: Mario Azzopardi,
Wendy Morgan, Director X, Rt!,
Warren P. Sonoda, Lara Azzopardi
Jul 5 - Aug 19/16
Bruno & Boots II And III
TV Movie (2)
Aircraft Pictures
Prod.: Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen
Dir.: Vivieno Caldinelli
Jul 22 - Sep 2
Buckout Road
Feature
Buckout Productions Ltd
Prod.
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Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle / Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,
Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Dir.: David Slade & Various
Mar. 14 – Sep 30/16
Anon
Feature
Anon Film Prods. Canada Inc.
Prod.: Dan Bekerman
Dir.: Andrew Niccol
Backstage
Season 2
TV Series
Fresh TV
Prod.: Brian Campbell
Exec. Prod.: Brian Irving,
Lara Azzopardi
Dir.: Mario Azzopardi,
Wendy Morgan, Director X, Rt!,
Warren P. Sonoda, Lara Azzopardi
Jul 5 - Aug 19/16
Bruno & Boots II And III
TV Movie (2)
Aircraft Pictures
Prod.: Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen
Dir.: Vivieno Caldinelli
Jul 22 - Sep 2
Buckout Road
Feature
Buckout Productions Ltd
Prod.
- 7/25/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for July 2016, including "Alias Grace", "American Gods", "Downsizing" and a whole lot more:
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Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
Toronto, On
American Gods
TV Series
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- 6/23/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
TNT made a major play in acquiring Artificial Intelligence, a new show that will revolve around an “escaped” AI, and the efforts to monitor, stop, prevent, understand whatever it may be trying to do. The show is written by Luc Besson (who may direct the pilot) and Bill Wheeler, and marks a new step in TNT’s growing effort to include… “out of the ordinary” programming.
With Lucy 2 and the massive-budget Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets already on his plate, this shift in gears may make for one of television’s most interesting new shows. Considering the rather open description, which could lead us through a unique vision of what it means to live with an AI “out there,” there’s no telling exactly where this show could take audiences.
Still, this one might really come down to casting, and like a lot of Luc Besson’s projects,...
With Lucy 2 and the massive-budget Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets already on his plate, this shift in gears may make for one of television’s most interesting new shows. Considering the rather open description, which could lead us through a unique vision of what it means to live with an AI “out there,” there’s no telling exactly where this show could take audiences.
Still, this one might really come down to casting, and like a lot of Luc Besson’s projects,...
- 3/2/2016
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
TNT has picked up EuropaCorp TV USA's original science fiction series "Artificial Intelligence" - the first time "The Fifth Element" and "Lucy" director Luc Besson has written a television series for the Us market.
The series essentially sounds like "Species" but with an A.I. rather than an alien. In it an artificial intelligence entity escapes its laboratory confinement and starts carrying out mysterious plans. The AI's creator assembles a team of specialists to discern its objective and warn the world of imminent dangers.
Besson and Bill Wheeler co-created and will write and executive produce the series. Besson is also reportedly considering directing the pilot, the first he has ever done.
Matthew Gross, Edouard de Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros would also executive produce.
Source: EuropaCorp TV...
The series essentially sounds like "Species" but with an A.I. rather than an alien. In it an artificial intelligence entity escapes its laboratory confinement and starts carrying out mysterious plans. The AI's creator assembles a team of specialists to discern its objective and warn the world of imminent dangers.
Besson and Bill Wheeler co-created and will write and executive produce the series. Besson is also reportedly considering directing the pilot, the first he has ever done.
Matthew Gross, Edouard de Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros would also executive produce.
Source: EuropaCorp TV...
- 3/2/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Back in September, NBC issued a straight-to-series order for a prequel TV series based on the hit action movie franchise Taken. We haven't heard much about the series since then, but today we have word from The Hollywood Reporter that the show has found its leading man, Vikings star Clive Standen. The actor will play a younger version of Liam Neeson's Bryan Mills in the series, which is set in modern-day.
In the original Taken, Liam Neeson starred as Bryan Mills, a retired CIA agent who springs into action when his daughter (Maggie Grace) is kidnapped during a trip to Paris. After contacting one of the thugs who took his daughter, Mills delivered an iconic speech to one of his daughter's kidnappers, revealing the "very particular set of skills" he acquired over a long career, which makes him "a nightmare for people like you." We see these skills in...
In the original Taken, Liam Neeson starred as Bryan Mills, a retired CIA agent who springs into action when his daughter (Maggie Grace) is kidnapped during a trip to Paris. After contacting one of the thugs who took his daughter, Mills delivered an iconic speech to one of his daughter's kidnappers, revealing the "very particular set of skills" he acquired over a long career, which makes him "a nightmare for people like you." We see these skills in...
- 2/22/2016
- by MovieWeb
- MovieWeb
Before stepping foot on the icy hills of Everest, actor Clive Standen carved out a career in period dramas, be it Camelot or History’s acclaimed Vikings series, where he plays the role of Rollo. That’s all about to change now that The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Standen will headline NBC’s upcoming Taken prequel series, stepping into the shoes of a young Liam Neeson.
Chronicling the formative years of Neeson’s hardboiled super agent Bryan Mills, the network’s high-profile offshoot will document Mills’ first foray into the CIA, and how he accrued that particular set of skills in the first place.
A prequel at its core, Luc Besson – director behind the 2008 sleeper hit – is attached to executive producer NBC’s straight-to-series project. Alexander Cary of Homeland fame will pen the script and executive produce opposite Besson. Producing duties will be leveraged between Matthew Gross, Edouard de Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros,...
Chronicling the formative years of Neeson’s hardboiled super agent Bryan Mills, the network’s high-profile offshoot will document Mills’ first foray into the CIA, and how he accrued that particular set of skills in the first place.
A prequel at its core, Luc Besson – director behind the 2008 sleeper hit – is attached to executive producer NBC’s straight-to-series project. Alexander Cary of Homeland fame will pen the script and executive produce opposite Besson. Producing duties will be leveraged between Matthew Gross, Edouard de Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros,...
- 2/22/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Clive Standen has been Taken by NBC.
The Vikings actor has nabbed the lead role in NBC’s straight-to-series version of the Liam Neeson-fronted film franchise, TVLine has learned.
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Standen will play Neeson’s Bryan Mills character in what NBC is dubbing a “modern-day prequel to the blockbuster feature film franchise that depicts how Bryan Mills developed and sharpened his particular set of skills.” The network has not confirmed an episode count.
Homeland‘s Alex Cary has assumed the showrunner reins on Taken and...
The Vikings actor has nabbed the lead role in NBC’s straight-to-series version of the Liam Neeson-fronted film franchise, TVLine has learned.
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Standen will play Neeson’s Bryan Mills character in what NBC is dubbing a “modern-day prequel to the blockbuster feature film franchise that depicts how Bryan Mills developed and sharpened his particular set of skills.” The network has not confirmed an episode count.
Homeland‘s Alex Cary has assumed the showrunner reins on Taken and...
- 2/22/2016
- TVLine.com
Alex Graves ("Homeland," "Terra Nova," "Fringe") has been set to direct and executive produce the pilot episode of NBC's straight-to-series adaptation of the Liam Neeson-led hit movie franchise "Taken".
The TV series will serve as a modern-day prequel to the film franchise and depicts how Bryan Mills developed and sharpened his particular skill set.
EuropaCorp TV USA and Universal Television are producing the series on which Alex Cary ("Homeland") will serve as writer and executive producer. Luc Besson, Matthew Gross, Edouard de Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros will also executive produce.
That isn't the only high-profile pilot scoring a helmer today as Niels Arden Oplev ("Mr. Robot," the Swedish "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") has been hired to direct and executive produce the pilot for NBC's supernatural drama "Minight Texas" based on the novel trilogy by "True Blood" author/creator Charlaine Harris.
The story is set in a remote...
The TV series will serve as a modern-day prequel to the film franchise and depicts how Bryan Mills developed and sharpened his particular skill set.
EuropaCorp TV USA and Universal Television are producing the series on which Alex Cary ("Homeland") will serve as writer and executive producer. Luc Besson, Matthew Gross, Edouard de Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros will also executive produce.
That isn't the only high-profile pilot scoring a helmer today as Niels Arden Oplev ("Mr. Robot," the Swedish "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") has been hired to direct and executive produce the pilot for NBC's supernatural drama "Minight Texas" based on the novel trilogy by "True Blood" author/creator Charlaine Harris.
The story is set in a remote...
- 2/4/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Fox network has given a script commitment for "These Final Hours," a U.S. cable television series adaptation of 2013's Australian apocalyptic drama feature of the same name.
Nathan Phillips, Angourie Rice, Jessica De Gouw and Daniel Henshall starred in the original film which is set in Perth, Australia and starts ten minutes after a meteor hits the North Atlantic. With just twelve hours left until the subsequent global firestorm reaches, the story follows a group of twenty-somethings as they celebrate the last hours of their lives.
EuropaCorp TV Studios USA is producing the small screen version with original film writer/director Zak Hildizactch on board to serve in the same capacities. The new take shifts the action to the San Francisco Bay Area and follows three siblings who srace to get to their estranged father's bomb shelter that can withstand the end of days.
Matthew Gross, Edouard de Vesinne...
Nathan Phillips, Angourie Rice, Jessica De Gouw and Daniel Henshall starred in the original film which is set in Perth, Australia and starts ten minutes after a meteor hits the North Atlantic. With just twelve hours left until the subsequent global firestorm reaches, the story follows a group of twenty-somethings as they celebrate the last hours of their lives.
EuropaCorp TV Studios USA is producing the small screen version with original film writer/director Zak Hildizactch on board to serve in the same capacities. The new take shifts the action to the San Francisco Bay Area and follows three siblings who srace to get to their estranged father's bomb shelter that can withstand the end of days.
Matthew Gross, Edouard de Vesinne...
- 10/5/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Fox has given a script commitment plus penalty to These Final Hours, an apocalyptic drama project from EuropaCorp TV Studios USA. The series is inspired by the Australian feature that premiered at the Cannes Director Fortnight last year.
These Final Hours was one of the first projects put in development at EuropaCorp TV Studios USA, the U.S. outpost of French studio EuropaCorp (Taxi Brooklyn) launched last year with Matthew Gross as President.
The film’s writer/director Zak Hilditch is on board to write and direct the project, originally eyed for cable. He will executive produce with Gross, Edouard de Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros. Liz Kearney, who produced the original film, will be a producer.
These Final Hours, set after a world-ending meteor strike, follows three siblings in the San Francisco Bay Area as they race to get to their estranged father’s bomb shelter that can withstand the end of days.
These Final Hours was one of the first projects put in development at EuropaCorp TV Studios USA, the U.S. outpost of French studio EuropaCorp (Taxi Brooklyn) launched last year with Matthew Gross as President.
The film’s writer/director Zak Hilditch is on board to write and direct the project, originally eyed for cable. He will executive produce with Gross, Edouard de Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros. Liz Kearney, who produced the original film, will be a producer.
These Final Hours, set after a world-ending meteor strike, follows three siblings in the San Francisco Bay Area as they race to get to their estranged father’s bomb shelter that can withstand the end of days.
- 10/5/2015
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Taken is the latest film franchise to be turned into a TV show, with a prequel adaptation of the action movies heading to NBC for a full series.
Star Liam Neeson is not involved in the project, but the original film's writer Luc Besson created the new prequel series and is searching for a writer and showrunner.
Taken 3 review: As hackneyed and unashamedly cynical as sequels get
Liam Neeson refuses to rule out Taken 4: 'We'll see'
The TV show will follow a young Bryan Mills (the character played by Neeson in the three movies) as he learns his specialist skills and is yet to start a family.
Besson is an executive producer on the series along with with Matthew Gross, Edouard de Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros.
Taken was a surprise hit when it was released in 2008. It took $226 million at the global box office and transformed Neeson into an action star.
Star Liam Neeson is not involved in the project, but the original film's writer Luc Besson created the new prequel series and is searching for a writer and showrunner.
Taken 3 review: As hackneyed and unashamedly cynical as sequels get
Liam Neeson refuses to rule out Taken 4: 'We'll see'
The TV show will follow a young Bryan Mills (the character played by Neeson in the three movies) as he learns his specialist skills and is yet to start a family.
Besson is an executive producer on the series along with with Matthew Gross, Edouard de Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros.
Taken was a surprise hit when it was released in 2008. It took $226 million at the global box office and transformed Neeson into an action star.
- 9/18/2015
- Digital Spy
After a trilogy of successful movies, producer Luc Besson is taking his Taken franchise to the small screen with a new prequel TV series from NBC. Deadline reports that NBC has issued a straight-to-series order, with EuropaCorp's Luc Besson producing and conducting the search for a writer/showrunner to shepherd the series. The show will be set several years before the movie franchise, centering on a young Bryan Mills.
In the original Taken, Liam Neeson starred as Bryan Mills, a retired CIA agent who springs into action when his daughter (Maggie Grace) is kidnapped during a trip to Paris. After contacting one of the thugs who took his daughter, Mills delivered an iconic speech to one of his daughter's kidnappers, revealing the "very particular set of skills" he acquired over a long career, which makes him "a nightmare for people like you." We see these skills in action throughout the rest of the movie,...
In the original Taken, Liam Neeson starred as Bryan Mills, a retired CIA agent who springs into action when his daughter (Maggie Grace) is kidnapped during a trip to Paris. After contacting one of the thugs who took his daughter, Mills delivered an iconic speech to one of his daughter's kidnappers, revealing the "very particular set of skills" he acquired over a long career, which makes him "a nightmare for people like you." We see these skills in action throughout the rest of the movie,...
- 9/18/2015
- by MovieWeb
- MovieWeb
Matthew Gross has been named the new President of EuropaCorp Television, U.S., the American TV arm of Luc Besson's French film studio EuropaCorp. Gross, who has had an exclusive television deal with ABC Studios since 2003 and has produced such series as Body Of Proof, Dirty Sexy Money and Day Break, will be in charge of developing and producing series under the EuropaCorp label targeting the U.S. market. He will be working alongside French EuropaCorp Television heads Edouard de Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros. “This is a dream come true for me,” said Gross. “I’m a huge Luc
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- 5/22/2014
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Greed aka Possessions is a French language thriller being distributed by TF1 International. In the film, a young family travels to a remote cabin for a serene vacation. They were never heard from again. Now, their last moments will be documented in this film from director Eric Guirado. Possessions will premiere in Europe this March with a North American release unsecured. For now, have a look at the film's first poster with release details to come.
Release Date: 2012.
Director: Eric Guirado.
Producers: Thomas Anargyros and Edouard de Vésinne.
Cast: Jérémie Rénier, Julie Depardieu, Little Lili, Lucien Jean-Baptiste and Alexandra Lamy.
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Release Date: 2012.
Director: Eric Guirado.
Producers: Thomas Anargyros and Edouard de Vésinne.
Cast: Jérémie Rénier, Julie Depardieu, Little Lili, Lucien Jean-Baptiste and Alexandra Lamy.
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- 1/13/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Stuart Townsend will topline a conspiracy thriller series called "Xiii" for Canada's Prodigy Pictures and France's Cipango. The series is set to air in France on Canal Plus in 2011 and on Showcase in Canada in spring 2011.
The hourlong drama is based on Jean Van Hamme's eponymous graphic novel, which has sold 13 million copies worldwide since the first volume was published 25 years ago.
Townsend will play "Xiii," a former secret agent who cannot remember his past and thus sets out to uncover his true identity. Hunted by an anti-government organization, Xiii quickly realizes that the closer he gets to the truth, the more deadly the mission becomes.
Prodigy's Jay Firestone is executive producing along with Cipango's Edouard De Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros. Gil Grant ("NCIS: Los Angeles," "24") wrote the pilot episode and will serve as the series' showrunner and executive producer. Peter Mohan will co-executive produce the project.
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The hourlong drama is based on Jean Van Hamme's eponymous graphic novel, which has sold 13 million copies worldwide since the first volume was published 25 years ago.
Townsend will play "Xiii," a former secret agent who cannot remember his past and thus sets out to uncover his true identity. Hunted by an anti-government organization, Xiii quickly realizes that the closer he gets to the truth, the more deadly the mission becomes.
Prodigy's Jay Firestone is executive producing along with Cipango's Edouard De Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros. Gil Grant ("NCIS: Los Angeles," "24") wrote the pilot episode and will serve as the series' showrunner and executive producer. Peter Mohan will co-executive produce the project.
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- 8/26/2010
- by By Elizabeth Guider
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ok fans of Stephen Dorff and Val Kilmer, don't forget to check out the upcoming premiere of "Xiii" this Sunday on NBC. The story of Xiii will unfold in a special 2-night movie event premiering this Sunday (2/8) at 9pm on NBC and concluding the following Sunday (2/15). See the gallery now! Show information: "Xiii" is a high-stakes cat-and-mouse thriller starring Stephen Dorff ("World Trade Center"), Stephen McHattie ("Watchmen"), Jessalyn Gilsig (NBC's "Heroes"), and Val Kilmer ("The Doors"). The adrenaline-charged miniseries begins dramatically as the first female U.S. president is shot dead by a sniper during her Veteran's Day speech. Three months later, a wounded man is found tattered in a forest with no memory of his identity. The only clue is a tattoo on his neck -- "Xiii." Could his lightning-fast reflexes and killer instincts betray him as the presidential assassin that the U.S. is desperately searching for? Submerged in a far-reaching conspiracy,...
- 2/6/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
French producers award top TV programs
PARIS -- The small screen was honored with a big celebration in France Monday night as TV France International and producers organization PROCIREP gave prizes to the country's top TV programs.
Founded by film and television producers, PROCIREP is dedicated to the collective management of rights and provides financial assistance to French production.
Actor Philippe Torreton, president of the PROCIREP jury, bestowed the PROCIREP award for best French television producer to Cipango (Thomas Anargyros and Edouard de Vesinne) for "its contribution to the renewal of French fiction, in particular through shows that don't question recent history." Cipango most notably produced "Operation Turquoise" for Canal Plus and France 2, "Nuit Noire -- 17 Octobre 1961" for Canal Plus and France 3 and series "Les Bleus: Premier Pas dans la Police" which won the top fiction prize at both the Luchon Festival in 2006 and in La Rochelle in 2007.
Marseille-based production company Treize au Sud (Cyrille Perez and Gilles Perez) took the prize for best young television producer.
Founded by film and television producers, PROCIREP is dedicated to the collective management of rights and provides financial assistance to French production.
Actor Philippe Torreton, president of the PROCIREP jury, bestowed the PROCIREP award for best French television producer to Cipango (Thomas Anargyros and Edouard de Vesinne) for "its contribution to the renewal of French fiction, in particular through shows that don't question recent history." Cipango most notably produced "Operation Turquoise" for Canal Plus and France 2, "Nuit Noire -- 17 Octobre 1961" for Canal Plus and France 3 and series "Les Bleus: Premier Pas dans la Police" which won the top fiction prize at both the Luchon Festival in 2006 and in La Rochelle in 2007.
Marseille-based production company Treize au Sud (Cyrille Perez and Gilles Perez) took the prize for best young television producer.
- 12/12/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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