At long last, Kathryn Bigelow is returning to filmmaking. After 2017’s Detroit, she was developing the David Koepp-scripted thriller Aurora for Netflix but has now moved on to another project for the company. The untitled thriller will unfold in real-time at the White House as a missile attack threatens the United States. THR reports former NBC News president Noah Oppenheim, who also wrote Jackie, scripted the project based on Bigelow’s idea. No additional details were revealed but with Netflix now greenlighting the project, here’s hoping it kicks off before the end of the year.
Juliette Binoche will make her directorial and writing debut in a new anthology film Bike Me Up. Joining directors Sally El Hosaini, Isabel Coixet, Matthias Schweighöfer, Asger Leth, and Frédéric Auburtin, each section will be set in a different European city and explore the locales’ relationship with cycling. Binoche’s film will be...
Juliette Binoche will make her directorial and writing debut in a new anthology film Bike Me Up. Joining directors Sally El Hosaini, Isabel Coixet, Matthias Schweighöfer, Asger Leth, and Frédéric Auburtin, each section will be set in a different European city and explore the locales’ relationship with cycling. Binoche’s film will be...
- 5/16/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Juliette Binoche, Sally El Hosaini and Isabel Coixet, are among the six filmmakers taking part in anthology film Bike Me Up, which will shoot across six European cities this summer, celebrating the locations’ relationships with cycling.
Binoche will make her debut as writer and director for the Paris film, in which she will star alongside Ralph Fiennes. London will be written and directed by El Hosaini and feature James Krishna Floyd. Berlin will be directed by Matthias Schweighöfer and star himself and Ruby O. Fee.
The Barcelona segment will be helmed by Coixet, while Bucharest will be written and directed by Cristina Jacob.
Binoche will make her debut as writer and director for the Paris film, in which she will star alongside Ralph Fiennes. London will be written and directed by El Hosaini and feature James Krishna Floyd. Berlin will be directed by Matthias Schweighöfer and star himself and Ruby O. Fee.
The Barcelona segment will be helmed by Coixet, while Bucharest will be written and directed by Cristina Jacob.
- 5/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
Frederic Auburtin’s £17m drama made just $918 from 10 cinemas last weekend and has now been pulled from screens by its distributor
Fifa wanted to call it Men of Legend or The Dream Makers. But even a somewhat more toned down title has not been enough to stop United Passions being named as the lowest-grossing film in Us box office history.
The Hollywood Reporter has now confirmed the self-congratulatory project, starring Tim Roth as controversial outgoing president Sepp Blatter, scored the puniest total of all time in North America. With a final weekend return of just $918 from 10 cinemas, Frederic Auburtin’s £17m drama - Fifa paid most of the costs - lines up ahead of such titans of modern cinema as 2012 vampire rock musical I Kissed a Vampire ($1,380) and 2013 animated adventure Last Flight of the Champion ($1,493).
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Fifa wanted to call it Men of Legend or The Dream Makers. But even a somewhat more toned down title has not been enough to stop United Passions being named as the lowest-grossing film in Us box office history.
The Hollywood Reporter has now confirmed the self-congratulatory project, starring Tim Roth as controversial outgoing president Sepp Blatter, scored the puniest total of all time in North America. With a final weekend return of just $918 from 10 cinemas, Frederic Auburtin’s £17m drama - Fifa paid most of the costs - lines up ahead of such titans of modern cinema as 2012 vampire rock musical I Kissed a Vampire ($1,380) and 2013 animated adventure Last Flight of the Champion ($1,493).
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- 6/18/2015
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
United Passions director Frédéric Auburtin has spoken out the pressure of working on his flop football drama, which Fifa wanted to call ‘Men of Legend’
It’s the biggest box office turkey of the year so far and currently boasts a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but the jabs just keep on coming for Fifa’s failed football drama United Passions.
Related: United Passions review – Fifa propaganda is pure cinematic excrement
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It’s the biggest box office turkey of the year so far and currently boasts a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but the jabs just keep on coming for Fifa’s failed football drama United Passions.
Related: United Passions review – Fifa propaganda is pure cinematic excrement
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- 6/17/2015
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
Frederic Auburtin has had to put up with a lot of abuse lately. As the director of United Passions, the movie about the founding of world soccer body FIFA, the French filmmaker behind such titles as The Bridge (1999) and San Antonio (2004), has received the worst reviews of his career. The film is “a ham-fisted...cringeworthy, self-aggrandizing affair” wrote The Hollywood Reporter critic Frank Scheck about the $30 million period drama starring Gerard Depardieu, Sam Neill and Tim Roth. Jordan Hoffman of the Guardian goes further, saying the movie, which purports to tell this founding story of
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- 6/16/2015
- by Rhonda Richford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Final weekend numbers show the FIFA-financed United Passions opening to a miserable $918 at the U.S. box office. Writer-director Frederic Auburtin's film beyond bombed in its limited debut in 10 theaters. Initial numbers reported by The Hollywood Reporter showed the film earning $607 on Friday and Saturday; updated numbers show the figure to be $634. United Passions earned another $284 on Sunday, according to those with access to figures. United Passions also debuted on VOD, but rental and sales figures were not immediately available. The timing of United Passions' debut in the U.S. couldn't have been
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- 6/10/2015
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One would think that the controversy swirling around FIFA and its disgraced chief, Sepp Blatter, would attract curious patrons to theaters to see the organization.s funded and sponsored origin drama United Passions. Well, the opposite actually happened, as the French film opened in 10 theaters in the U.S. this weekend and earned $607 on Friday and Saturday. Not per theater. Total. That stench in your nose is coming off of the box-office tally for United Passions, which The Washington Post reports cost somewhere between $25 and $32 million to make. Directed by Frederic Auburtin, the film stars Tim Roth as Sepp Blatter, and traces the founding of FIFA and the rise of its World Cup competition. In addition to Roth, the film stars Sam Neill, Fisher Stevens, Thomas Kretschmann and Gerard Depardieu. To prove that this is a real movie, I.ll share with you the trailer. Now, it.s possible that...
- 6/8/2015
- cinemablend.com
The FIFA-produced movie United Passions mustered only $607 (£397) during its Us debut over the weekend - as world football's governing body battles a corruption scandal.
United Passions was almost completely funded by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, and tells the story of its history.
The film includes a highly favourable portrayal from Tim Roth of Sepp Blatter, the FIFA boss who announced his resignation last week amid corruption allegations.
United Passions boasted an expensive $30 million budget, but The Hollywood Reporter cites Rentrak in finding that it had little intrigue for Us residents.
United Passions mustered just over $600 in the ten screens it debuted on this past weekend, with Phoenix's FilmBar reporting that just one ticket was sold for the film.
This overall Us debut total does not include video-on-demand revenue for the film, which also stars Gérard Depardieu, Fisher Stevens and Sam Neill.
The film's best cinema total came from the Laemmle in North Hollywood,...
United Passions was almost completely funded by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, and tells the story of its history.
The film includes a highly favourable portrayal from Tim Roth of Sepp Blatter, the FIFA boss who announced his resignation last week amid corruption allegations.
United Passions boasted an expensive $30 million budget, but The Hollywood Reporter cites Rentrak in finding that it had little intrigue for Us residents.
United Passions mustered just over $600 in the ten screens it debuted on this past weekend, with Phoenix's FilmBar reporting that just one ticket was sold for the film.
This overall Us debut total does not include video-on-demand revenue for the film, which also stars Gérard Depardieu, Fisher Stevens and Sam Neill.
The film's best cinema total came from the Laemmle in North Hollywood,...
- 6/8/2015
- Digital Spy
Even bad publicity is usually good publicity — except in the case of the FIFA-financed film United Passions, which was quickly red-carded at the U.S. box office this weekend. Writer-director Frederic Auburtin's film beyond bombed in its limited debut in 10 theaters, earning a measly $607 on Friday and Saturday, according to those with access to Rentrak figures. The FilmBar theater in downtown Phoenix reported a gross of just $9, meaning only one person bought a ticket to see United Passions, which details the history of the now-embattled FIFA. Read More FIFA Corruption Scandal: The
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- 6/7/2015
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Update: On June 2, 2015, news broke that Sepp Blatter would resign as president of FIFA, as he became the target of a federal investigation. He said in a speech, "Although the members of FIFA have given me the new mandate, this mandate does not seem to be supported by everybody in the world of football."
Frédéric Auburtin’s absurdly hagiographic drama United Passions purports to tell the history of FIFA — the world’s governing institution for soccer — from its 1904 founding up until its announcement of South Africa as the host country for the 2010 World Cup. Auburtin takes pains to paint FIFA in the most glowing possible light, eliding entirely controversies that have dogged it for decades, including numerous accusations of...
Frédéric Auburtin’s absurdly hagiographic drama United Passions purports to tell the history of FIFA — the world’s governing institution for soccer — from its 1904 founding up until its announcement of South Africa as the host country for the 2010 World Cup. Auburtin takes pains to paint FIFA in the most glowing possible light, eliding entirely controversies that have dogged it for decades, including numerous accusations of...
- 6/3/2015
- Village Voice
In light of the corruption scandal engulfing FIFA in the past 48 hours, it's perhaps easy to forget that the very existence of a such a group was at one time incredibly far-fetched. Now the organization tells their own story in the FIFA financed "United Passions," and today we have an exclusive clip from the film. Co-written and directed by Frédéric Auburtin ("Special Correspondents"), and starring Fisher Stevens, Thomas Kretschmann, Tim Roth, Sam Neill, Jemima West, Richard Gillane and Gérard Depardieu, the movie chronicles how FIFA and the World Cup came to be. But as you'll see in the scene below, getting a continent of soccer playing nations to agree to the same rules was no easy feat. Nor was convincing them that the sport was one that would become the most popular the world has ever seen. "United Passions" opens on June 5th. Watch below.
- 5/28/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Special Correspondents, a new film written and directed by Ricky Gervais and starring Eric Bana will debut worldwide on Netflix next year. We told you about the upcoming project in October of last year which is a remake of director Frédéric Auburtin’s 2009 French comedy Special Correspondents.
Bana plays a struggling New York based radio journalist, whose arrogance and decadent lifestyle has hindered his career. With his job on the line he fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in the heart of Manhattan.
Gervais said of the news:
“It’s the kind of great grown-up comedy that studios rarely make anymore, one that’s perfect for Netflix members around the world, having shaken up the TV industry, Netflix is about to do the same to Hollywood. It’s great to be part of the changing future. Ted Sarandos is the new...
Bana plays a struggling New York based radio journalist, whose arrogance and decadent lifestyle has hindered his career. With his job on the line he fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in the heart of Manhattan.
Gervais said of the news:
“It’s the kind of great grown-up comedy that studios rarely make anymore, one that’s perfect for Netflix members around the world, having shaken up the TV industry, Netflix is about to do the same to Hollywood. It’s great to be part of the changing future. Ted Sarandos is the new...
- 4/7/2015
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
Ricky Gervais is underway on production of Special Correspondents, his remake of Frédéric Auburtin’s Envoyés Très Spéciaux, a comedy about a journalist faking frontline war reports from the safety of his own home.
In the do-over, the lead reporter is to be played by Eric Bana, this time hiding out about in an apartment in Manhattan and filing radio reports he’s falsified with his technician who, it seems, will be played by Gervais himself.
Netflix today announced that they’ve acquired the film for a worldwide premiere in 2016. This quote from Gervais came with the press release.
“Having shaken up the TV industry, Netflix is about to do the same to Hollywood. It’s great to be part of the changing future. Ted Sarandos is the new Godfather of entertainment and he made me an offer I couldn’t refuse.”
Whether anybody will ever get to see Special Correspondents...
In the do-over, the lead reporter is to be played by Eric Bana, this time hiding out about in an apartment in Manhattan and filing radio reports he’s falsified with his technician who, it seems, will be played by Gervais himself.
Netflix today announced that they’ve acquired the film for a worldwide premiere in 2016. This quote from Gervais came with the press release.
“Having shaken up the TV industry, Netflix is about to do the same to Hollywood. It’s great to be part of the changing future. Ted Sarandos is the new Godfather of entertainment and he made me an offer I couldn’t refuse.”
Whether anybody will ever get to see Special Correspondents...
- 4/6/2015
- by Brendon Connelly
- Obsessed with Film
Everyone’s comic hero Ricky Gervais is set to star in a remake of director Frédéric Auburtin’s 2009 French comedy Special Correspondents which he will also write, direct and produce. According to Variety, Eric Bana will also star in Gervais’ third outing as director after 2009’s The Invention of Lying (co-directed with Matthew Robinson) and 2010’s Cemetery Junction (co-directed with Stephen Merchant). Have no fear, he is still scheduled to write and direct Life on the Road, a mockumentary in which he returns as “The Office” character David Brent.
The original Special Correspondents had a Wag the Dog-style scenario of France mobilizing to gain release for two kidnapped journalists in Iraq, which only the “victims” knew was a fake kidnapping. Gervais has apparently given his adaptation a media-centric spin, with Bana’s character as an arrogant, struggling New York-based radio journalist who fakes frontline war reports from a Spanish...
The original Special Correspondents had a Wag the Dog-style scenario of France mobilizing to gain release for two kidnapped journalists in Iraq, which only the “victims” knew was a fake kidnapping. Gervais has apparently given his adaptation a media-centric spin, with Bana’s character as an arrogant, struggling New York-based radio journalist who fakes frontline war reports from a Spanish...
- 10/31/2014
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
Film-maker will host the screening of A Fistful of Dollars on May 24.
Quentin Tarantino will host the screening of Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars at Cannes’ award ceremony on May 24.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Spaghetti Western, the film will be screened after the prizes have been awarded, in a new restoration done by Cineteca di Bologna and Unidis Jolly Film.
Meanwhile, there will also be a tribute to animated films with a screening of extracts from Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet (working title) on May 17, presented by the film’s producer Salma Hayek.
This year’s Cinéma de la Plage screenings will include the premiere of Frédéric Auburtin’s United Passion, starring Gérard Depardieu, Tim Roth and Sam Neill. Auburtin, Depardieu and Sepp Blatter, FIFA president, will be in attendance.
Quentin Tarantino will host the screening of Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars at Cannes’ award ceremony on May 24.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Spaghetti Western, the film will be screened after the prizes have been awarded, in a new restoration done by Cineteca di Bologna and Unidis Jolly Film.
Meanwhile, there will also be a tribute to animated films with a screening of extracts from Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet (working title) on May 17, presented by the film’s producer Salma Hayek.
This year’s Cinéma de la Plage screenings will include the premiere of Frédéric Auburtin’s United Passion, starring Gérard Depardieu, Tim Roth and Sam Neill. Auburtin, Depardieu and Sepp Blatter, FIFA president, will be in attendance.
- 5/13/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Film-maker will host the screening of A Fistful of Dollars on May 24.
Quentin Tarantino will host the screening of Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars at Cannes’ award ceremony on May 24.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Spaghetti Western, the film will be screened after the prizes have been awarded, in a new restoration done by Cineteca di Bologna and Unidis Jolly Film.
Meanwhile, there will also be a tribute to animated films with a screening of extracts from Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet (working title) on May 17, presented by the film’s producer Salma Hayek.
This year’s Cinéma de la Plage screenings will include the premiere of Frédéric Auburtin’s United Passion, starring Gérard Depardieu, Tim Roth and Sam Neill. Auburtin, Depardieu and Sepp Blatter, FIFA president, will be in attendance.
Quentin Tarantino will host the screening of Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars at Cannes’ award ceremony on May 24.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Spaghetti Western, the film will be screened after the prizes have been awarded, in a new restoration done by Cineteca di Bologna and Unidis Jolly Film.
Meanwhile, there will also be a tribute to animated films with a screening of extracts from Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet (working title) on May 17, presented by the film’s producer Salma Hayek.
This year’s Cinéma de la Plage screenings will include the premiere of Frédéric Auburtin’s United Passion, starring Gérard Depardieu, Tim Roth and Sam Neill. Auburtin, Depardieu and Sepp Blatter, FIFA president, will be in attendance.
- 5/13/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Film-maker will host the screening of A Fistful of Dollars on May 24.
Quentin Tarantino will host the screening of Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars at Cannes’ award ceremony on May 24.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Spaghetti Western, the film will be screened after the prizes have been awarded, in a new restoration done by Cineteca di Bologna and Unidis Jolly Film.
Meanwhile, there will also be a tribute to animated films with a screening of extracts from Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet (working title) on May 17, presented by the film’s producer Salma Hayek.
This year’s Cinéma de la Plage screenings will include the premiere of Frédéric Auburtin’s United Passion, starring Gérard Depardieu, Tim Roth and Sam Neill. Auburtin, Depardieu and Sepp Blatter, FIFA president, will be in attendance.
Quentin Tarantino will host the screening of Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars at Cannes’ award ceremony on May 24.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Spaghetti Western, the film will be screened after the prizes have been awarded, in a new restoration done by Cineteca di Bologna and Unidis Jolly Film.
Meanwhile, there will also be a tribute to animated films with a screening of extracts from Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet (working title) on May 17, presented by the film’s producer Salma Hayek.
This year’s Cinéma de la Plage screenings will include the premiere of Frédéric Auburtin’s United Passion, starring Gérard Depardieu, Tim Roth and Sam Neill. Auburtin, Depardieu and Sepp Blatter, FIFA president, will be in attendance.
- 5/13/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: English-language picture stars Gérard Depardieu, Sam Neill, Tim Roth and Jemima West.
TF1 International is launching sales on Frédéric Auburtin’s FIFA picture A Men’s Dream starring Gérard Depardieu as the soccer federation’s colourful co-founder and World Cup creator Jules Rimet.
The English-language picture captures the history of the 110-year-old International Federation of Association Football through the intertwining stories of Rimet, long-serving Brazilian FIFA president Joao Havelange and Swiss Sepp Blatter who is currently at the helm of the organisation.
Sam Neill plays Havelange and Tim Roth plays Blatter.
“We picked up the project because we think it will appeal to a large and wide audience… not just hardcore football fans. The film tells the human story behind this huge world body through the lives of these three passionate, emblematic figures,” said TF1 International sales chief Sabine Chemaly.
The film, produced by Paris-based Thelma Films and Leuviah Films, was shot this...
TF1 International is launching sales on Frédéric Auburtin’s FIFA picture A Men’s Dream starring Gérard Depardieu as the soccer federation’s colourful co-founder and World Cup creator Jules Rimet.
The English-language picture captures the history of the 110-year-old International Federation of Association Football through the intertwining stories of Rimet, long-serving Brazilian FIFA president Joao Havelange and Swiss Sepp Blatter who is currently at the helm of the organisation.
Sam Neill plays Havelange and Tim Roth plays Blatter.
“We picked up the project because we think it will appeal to a large and wide audience… not just hardcore football fans. The film tells the human story behind this huge world body through the lives of these three passionate, emblematic figures,” said TF1 International sales chief Sabine Chemaly.
The film, produced by Paris-based Thelma Films and Leuviah Films, was shot this...
- 9/6/2013
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: English-language picture stars Gérard Depardieu, Sam Neill, Tim Roth and Jemima West.
TF1 International is launching sales on Frédéric Auburtin’s FIFA picture A Men’s Dream starring Gérard Depardieu as the soccer federation’s colourful co-founder and World Cup creator Jules Rimet.
The English-language picture captures the history of the 110-year-old International Federation of Association Football through the intertwining stories of Rimet, long-serving Brazilian FIFA president Joao Havelange and Swiss Sepp Blatter who is currently at the helm of the organisation.
Sam Neill plays Havelange and Tim Roth plays Blatter.
“We picked up the project because we think it will appeal to a large and wide audience… not just hardcore football fans. The film tells the human story behind this huge world body through the lives of these three passionate, emblematic figures,” said TF1 International sales chief Sabine Chemaly.
The film, produced by Paris-based Thelma Films and Leuviah Films, was shot this...
TF1 International is launching sales on Frédéric Auburtin’s FIFA picture A Men’s Dream starring Gérard Depardieu as the soccer federation’s colourful co-founder and World Cup creator Jules Rimet.
The English-language picture captures the history of the 110-year-old International Federation of Association Football through the intertwining stories of Rimet, long-serving Brazilian FIFA president Joao Havelange and Swiss Sepp Blatter who is currently at the helm of the organisation.
Sam Neill plays Havelange and Tim Roth plays Blatter.
“We picked up the project because we think it will appeal to a large and wide audience… not just hardcore football fans. The film tells the human story behind this huge world body through the lives of these three passionate, emblematic figures,” said TF1 International sales chief Sabine Chemaly.
The film, produced by Paris-based Thelma Films and Leuviah Films, was shot this...
- 9/6/2013
- ScreenDaily
Once in a while, one has to try something new when it comes to films. Unlike Toronto Stories, which is another anthology movie I'd recommend, Paris, je t'aime uses a rather different approach while showing as much audacity as its Canadian counterpart. All in all, the film is a rather enjoyable gem.
First of all, to put it shortly, Paris, je t'aime uses 18 short segments directed by internationally acclaimed directors. Of course, each segment takes place in a different district of Paris. In each segment, the directors, through their own vision, offer their own interpretation of the meaning of love in none other than the most romantic city in the world.
Obviously, the first praise that you'd like to offer for this film is certainly its photography. Without looking like a postal card, Paris, je t'aime has no difficulty to capture the city's beauty in order to fit it into...
First of all, to put it shortly, Paris, je t'aime uses 18 short segments directed by internationally acclaimed directors. Of course, each segment takes place in a different district of Paris. In each segment, the directors, through their own vision, offer their own interpretation of the meaning of love in none other than the most romantic city in the world.
Obviously, the first praise that you'd like to offer for this film is certainly its photography. Without looking like a postal card, Paris, je t'aime has no difficulty to capture the city's beauty in order to fit it into...
- 9/1/2009
- by noreply@blogger.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
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