Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague, which reconstructs the genesis and filming of Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard, is among the recipients of the first round of Cnc’s ‘avance sur recettes’ (advance on receipts) grants of 2024.
The film, the first entirely in French from US director Linklater, is now in production in Paris. It is being produced by Paris-based Arp Productions and stars Zooey Deutsch as American Breathless star Jean Seberg.
Vince Palmo, Holly Gent, Michèle Halberstadt, and Laetitia Masson join Linklater as co-writers.
The Cnc’s refundable grant is broken into three categories. Asr 1 gives funds to directors’ first films,...
The film, the first entirely in French from US director Linklater, is now in production in Paris. It is being produced by Paris-based Arp Productions and stars Zooey Deutsch as American Breathless star Jean Seberg.
Vince Palmo, Holly Gent, Michèle Halberstadt, and Laetitia Masson join Linklater as co-writers.
The Cnc’s refundable grant is broken into three categories. Asr 1 gives funds to directors’ first films,...
- 3/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
“Flo,” a biopic of popular French sailor Florence Arthaud slated to world premiere at Cannes’ Cinema de la Plage, has been boarded by Other Angle. The French sales company will introduce the film to buyers at Cannes.
Set to unspool on May 19, “Flo” charts Arthaud’s unique achievement in the male-dominated world of sailing, notably her victory of the Route du Rhum, a transatlantic sailing race, in 1990. The movie also portrays Arthaud as a fiercely independent woman who chose to live her dreams to the fullest rather than follow her pre-determined path.
The film is directed by Geraldine Danon and is produced by Manuel Munz, in association with Metropolitan which will release the film in French theaters on Nov. 25.
“Flo” stars Stephane Caillard, Alison Wheeler, Pierre Deladonchamps, Charles Berling, Alexis Michalik and Marlyne Canto.
”It’s a real pleasure to work with Metropolitan again after our collaboration on ‘The Best Years of a Life...
Set to unspool on May 19, “Flo” charts Arthaud’s unique achievement in the male-dominated world of sailing, notably her victory of the Route du Rhum, a transatlantic sailing race, in 1990. The movie also portrays Arthaud as a fiercely independent woman who chose to live her dreams to the fullest rather than follow her pre-determined path.
The film is directed by Geraldine Danon and is produced by Manuel Munz, in association with Metropolitan which will release the film in French theaters on Nov. 25.
“Flo” stars Stephane Caillard, Alison Wheeler, Pierre Deladonchamps, Charles Berling, Alexis Michalik and Marlyne Canto.
”It’s a real pleasure to work with Metropolitan again after our collaboration on ‘The Best Years of a Life...
- 5/10/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Special Correspondents, the feature film starring Ricky Gervais and Eric Bana will premiere on April 29, 2016 exclusively to Netflix members worldwide.
Special Correspondents, a new Netflix original feature film was written and directed by Ricky Gervais and stars Eric Bana (Deliver Us From Evil, Lone Survivor) and Gervais (Muppets Most Wanted, Derek). The film is about 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 Queens.
The film also stars Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel, Up in the Air), Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire, Brave), Kevin Pollak (The Usual Suspects, Casino), America Ferrera (Ugly Betty, How to Train Your Dragon), Raúl Castillo (Looking, Cold Weather), and Benjamin Bratt (Modern Family, 24: Live Another Day).
The film is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment.
Special Correspondents, a new Netflix original feature film was written and directed by Ricky Gervais and stars Eric Bana (Deliver Us From Evil, Lone Survivor) and Gervais (Muppets Most Wanted, Derek). The film is about 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 Queens.
The film also stars Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel, Up in the Air), Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire, Brave), Kevin Pollak (The Usual Suspects, Casino), America Ferrera (Ugly Betty, How to Train Your Dragon), Raúl Castillo (Looking, Cold Weather), and Benjamin Bratt (Modern Family, 24: Live Another Day).
The film is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment.
- 1/6/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
“Boardwalk Empire” alum Kelly Macdonald has been cast as one of the female leads in Ricky Gervais‘ Netflix movie “Special Correspondents,” an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. Gervais is writing and directing the satirical comedy, which he’ll also produce with Aaron L. Gilbert of Bron Studios and Chris Coen of Unanimous Entertainment as well as Manuel Munz. Eric Bana stars as Frank, an arrogant New York-based radio journalist whose decadent lifestyle has hindered his career. With his job on the line, he decides to fake frontline war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant.
- 5/30/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Projects new to Screenbase include Ricky Gervais’ satire Special Correspondents, Garth Davis’s survival tale Lion, and Nadav Lapid’s The Kindergarten Teacher.Garth Davis’ Lion
Adapted from the true story “A Long Way Home,” Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) joins Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!) and Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) in the cast, which also includes India’s best actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Priyanka Bose, and Deepti Naval.
Garth Davis will direct while Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, and Angie Fielder will produce for See-Saw Films in association with Sunstar Entertainment and Aquarius Films.
The film is co-financed by Screen Australia and will be distributed worldwide by The Weinstein Company, excluding New Zealand and Australia, which Transmission Films will cover.
Ricky Gervais’ Special Correspondents
Netflix has acquired world rights to the comedy, which has plans for a 2016 launch.
Produced by Chris Cohen, Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz for Bron Studios and Unanimous Pictures, the comedy...
Adapted from the true story “A Long Way Home,” Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) joins Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!) and Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) in the cast, which also includes India’s best actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Priyanka Bose, and Deepti Naval.
Garth Davis will direct while Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, and Angie Fielder will produce for See-Saw Films in association with Sunstar Entertainment and Aquarius Films.
The film is co-financed by Screen Australia and will be distributed worldwide by The Weinstein Company, excluding New Zealand and Australia, which Transmission Films will cover.
Ricky Gervais’ Special Correspondents
Netflix has acquired world rights to the comedy, which has plans for a 2016 launch.
Produced by Chris Cohen, Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz for Bron Studios and Unanimous Pictures, the comedy...
- 4/13/2015
- by mam27@bu.edu (Monica Mendoza)
- ScreenDaily
Netflix is reportedly spending $450 million on original content this year, and it shows. The company has just announced "Special Correspondents," a new feature film penned and directed by funny man Ricky Gervais, who stars alongside Eric Bana. The film will debut on Netflix next year. Bana plays a struggling, but arrogant New York-based radio journalist who, with his job on the line and decadent lifestyle not helping things, fakes frontline war reports from his hideout in Manhattan. The film is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment. Ricky Gervais, Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, Manuel Munz and Larry Sanitsky will produce. Read More: Why Netflix Shelled Out for Cary Fukunaga's "Beasts of No Nation" Neflix content chief Ted Sarandos has his sights on the big leagues, as top specialty players and industry insiders are needless to say concerned by this deep-pocket competition. But Sarandos has slowly inserted himself.
- 4/6/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Netflix announced Monday that it will release “Special Correspondents,” a new film from British comedian Ricky Gervais. Gervais wrote and directed the film, in addition to starring in it alongside Eric Bana (“Munich”). 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. The film is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment. Ricky Gervais, Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, Manuel Munz and Larry Sanitsky will produce.
- 4/6/2015
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
Netflix has announced that they will debut the comedy satire film "Special Correspondents" worldwide next year.
Eric Bana portrays a struggling New York-based radio journalist who fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in the heart of Manhattan.
Ricky Gervais directed the film from his own script and will produce. Chris Coen, Aaron L. Gilbert, Manuel Munz and Larry Sanitsky are also producing.
In a statement, Gervais says: "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."
Source: Variety...
Eric Bana portrays a struggling New York-based radio journalist who fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in the heart of Manhattan.
Ricky Gervais directed the film from his own script and will produce. Chris Coen, Aaron L. Gilbert, Manuel Munz and Larry Sanitsky are also producing.
In a statement, Gervais says: "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."
Source: Variety...
- 4/6/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (Spwa) has acquired rights from Protagonist Pictures to the Ricky Gervais comedy in multiple territories led by the UK.
Rights have also gone in Latin America, Australia/New Zealand, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and South Africa.
Gervais wrote, will direct and star in Special Correspondents alongside Eric Bana.
The remake of the French comedy Envoyés Très Spéciaux is scheduled to commence shooting in New York and Vancouver in spring.
The story centres on a radio journalist and his technician who fake frontline war reports and must travel to Ecuador to find the rebels they have been reporting on after the global response to their stories gets out of hand.
Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment are co-producing in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L Gilbert, Manuel Munz are producing with Gervais. Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth and Larry Sanisky are executive producers. Wme Global...
Rights have also gone in Latin America, Australia/New Zealand, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and South Africa.
Gervais wrote, will direct and star in Special Correspondents alongside Eric Bana.
The remake of the French comedy Envoyés Très Spéciaux is scheduled to commence shooting in New York and Vancouver in spring.
The story centres on a radio journalist and his technician who fake frontline war reports and must travel to Ecuador to find the rebels they have been reporting on after the global response to their stories gets out of hand.
Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment are co-producing in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L Gilbert, Manuel Munz are producing with Gervais. Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth and Larry Sanisky are executive producers. Wme Global...
- 11/12/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Ricky Gervais has set Eric Bana to help him bring that Golden Globes cynicism to a movie about journalism. They’ll star in Special Correspondents, a satirical comedy that Gervais wrote and will direct next spring. Bana will play 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. Pic’s a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance and they’ll sell at Afm. Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz will produce. Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth and Larry Sanisky are executive producers. Wme Global’s selling domestic; Protagonist is dealing international.
Bana will do it after wrapping The Finest Hours at Disney. While...
Bana will do it after wrapping The Finest Hours at Disney. While...
- 10/31/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Eric Bana and Ricky Gervais are set to star in a remake of the 2009 French comedy "Special Correspondents" at Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment.
Bana plays a struggling New York-based radio journalist who fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Manhattan restaurant.
In the original film, France mobilizes to gain the release of two kidnapped journalists in Iraq. The trouble is the victims know the crime has been faked.
Gervais will also write, direct and produce the feature. Chris Coen, Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz will produce.
Source: Variety...
Bana plays a struggling New York-based radio journalist who fakes front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Manhattan restaurant.
In the original film, France mobilizes to gain the release of two kidnapped journalists in Iraq. The trouble is the victims know the crime has been faked.
Gervais will also write, direct and produce the feature. Chris Coen, Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz will produce.
Source: Variety...
- 10/31/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Gervais to write, direct and star alongside Eric Bana; Protagonist to sell.
Ricky Gervais is set to star alongside Eric Bana in New York-based satirical comedy Special Correspondents, which Gervais has also written and will direct.
Protagonist, which handles international rights, will be shopping the film at the Afm.
Bana will play 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 will play Bana’s radio technician side-kick.
The film, scheduled to commence principal photography in Vancouver and NYC in the spring of 2015, is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz will produce.
Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth and Larry Sanisky are executive producers...
Ricky Gervais is set to star alongside Eric Bana in New York-based satirical comedy Special Correspondents, which Gervais has also written and will direct.
Protagonist, which handles international rights, will be shopping the film at the Afm.
Bana will play 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 will play Bana’s radio technician side-kick.
The film, scheduled to commence principal photography in Vancouver and NYC in the spring of 2015, is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz will produce.
Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth and Larry Sanisky are executive producers...
- 10/31/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Gervais to write, direct and star alongside Eric Bana; Protagonist to sell.
Ricky Gervais is set to star alongside Eric Bana in New York-based comedy-drama Special Correspondents, which Gervais has also written and will direct.
Protagonist, which handles international rights, will be shopping the film at the Afm.
Bana will play 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.
The film, scheduled to commence principal photography in Vancouver and NYC in the spring of 2015, is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz will produce.
Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth and Larry Sanisky are executive producers.
Wme, which reps Bana and Gervais (the latter jointly...
Ricky Gervais is set to star alongside Eric Bana in New York-based comedy-drama Special Correspondents, which Gervais has also written and will direct.
Protagonist, which handles international rights, will be shopping the film at the Afm.
Bana will play 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.
The film, scheduled to commence principal photography in Vancouver and NYC in the spring of 2015, is a co-production between Bron Studios and Unanimous Entertainment in association with Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Unanimous’ Chris Coen, Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, and Manuel Munz will produce.
Creative Wealth’s Jason Cloth and Larry Sanisky are executive producers.
Wme, which reps Bana and Gervais (the latter jointly...
- 10/31/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Jerusalem — Israeli and French filmmakers are making a comedy centered on the assassination of a Hamas operative in Dubai.
Mahmoud al-Mabhouh died in January 2010 when hitmen entered his Dubai hotel room. Dubai police suspected Israel's Mossad spy agency, but never proved it. The complex operation, in which several disguised agents were caught on hotel cameras, remains unsolved.
Israeli producer Michael Sharfshtein and French partner Manuel Munz are preparing to shoot a $5.2 million comedy called "Kidon," the supposed name of the Mossad's assassination department. The film posits that French and Israeli small-time criminals killed al-Mabhouh and framed the Mossad.
Munz said Monday the film offers a suggestion of what happened in the Mabhouh operation, which remains shrouded in mystery.
Mahmoud al-Mabhouh died in January 2010 when hitmen entered his Dubai hotel room. Dubai police suspected Israel's Mossad spy agency, but never proved it. The complex operation, in which several disguised agents were caught on hotel cameras, remains unsolved.
Israeli producer Michael Sharfshtein and French partner Manuel Munz are preparing to shoot a $5.2 million comedy called "Kidon," the supposed name of the Mossad's assassination department. The film posits that French and Israeli small-time criminals killed al-Mabhouh and framed the Mossad.
Munz said Monday the film offers a suggestion of what happened in the Mabhouh operation, which remains shrouded in mystery.
- 3/5/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Watching Cedric Klapish's feature, recently showcased at New Directors/ New Films, is like waking up on a quiet Sunday morning and taking a stroll around the neighborhood.
Except that the neighborhood is in Paris and it's filled with the kind of picturesque and charming eccentrics that you only find in whimsical French movies.
The film, which has already won prizes at various festivals, is the kind of aimless but engaging enterprise that will separate the art house fanatics from the mere dilettantes when it opens commercially this spring.
The rudimentary plot involves the efforts of a young makeup artist named Chloe (Garance Clavell) to find someone to take care of her cat, Gris-Gris, while she's on vacation. Since her carefree gay roommate, Michel Olivier Py), refuses to assume the responsibility, she takes the feline to Madame Renee (Renee Le Calm), a dotty old lady with a house full of cats who acts as the neighborhood's unofficial kitty sitter.
When Chloe returns a few days later, Madame Renee tearfully admits that Gris-Gris is missing. This leads to a desperate search, where Chloe runs into a variety of colorful types, ranging from lifelong residents to new arrivals who reflect Paris' increasingly international population.
Shot with a great deal of improvisation and incorporating many nonactors into the mix, "When the Cat's Away" is a necessarily uneven piece of work that is alternately charming and boring. It has many well-observed moments that ultimately don't add up to very much, and it is likely to be fully appreciated only by audiences who have a great deal of patience.
Klapisch does have a fine sense of style, however, as was demonstrated with his other recent film, the much more tightly written "Un Air de Famille". The best thing about this effort is its vivid sense of atmosphere; it has the warmth of a fresh croissant.
WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY
Sony Pictures Classics
A co-production of Vertigo Prods.
and France2 Cinema,
with the participation of Canal Plus
Director-screenwriter Cedric Klapisch
Producers Aissa Djabri, Farid Lahouassa,
Manuel Munz
Director of photography Benoit Delhomme
Editor Francine Sandberg
Color/stereo
Cast:
Chloe Garance Clavell
Djamel Zinedine Soualem
Madame Renee Renee Le Calm
Michel Olivier Py
Drummer Romain Duris
Running time -- 95 minutes...
Except that the neighborhood is in Paris and it's filled with the kind of picturesque and charming eccentrics that you only find in whimsical French movies.
The film, which has already won prizes at various festivals, is the kind of aimless but engaging enterprise that will separate the art house fanatics from the mere dilettantes when it opens commercially this spring.
The rudimentary plot involves the efforts of a young makeup artist named Chloe (Garance Clavell) to find someone to take care of her cat, Gris-Gris, while she's on vacation. Since her carefree gay roommate, Michel Olivier Py), refuses to assume the responsibility, she takes the feline to Madame Renee (Renee Le Calm), a dotty old lady with a house full of cats who acts as the neighborhood's unofficial kitty sitter.
When Chloe returns a few days later, Madame Renee tearfully admits that Gris-Gris is missing. This leads to a desperate search, where Chloe runs into a variety of colorful types, ranging from lifelong residents to new arrivals who reflect Paris' increasingly international population.
Shot with a great deal of improvisation and incorporating many nonactors into the mix, "When the Cat's Away" is a necessarily uneven piece of work that is alternately charming and boring. It has many well-observed moments that ultimately don't add up to very much, and it is likely to be fully appreciated only by audiences who have a great deal of patience.
Klapisch does have a fine sense of style, however, as was demonstrated with his other recent film, the much more tightly written "Un Air de Famille". The best thing about this effort is its vivid sense of atmosphere; it has the warmth of a fresh croissant.
WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY
Sony Pictures Classics
A co-production of Vertigo Prods.
and France2 Cinema,
with the participation of Canal Plus
Director-screenwriter Cedric Klapisch
Producers Aissa Djabri, Farid Lahouassa,
Manuel Munz
Director of photography Benoit Delhomme
Editor Francine Sandberg
Color/stereo
Cast:
Chloe Garance Clavell
Djamel Zinedine Soualem
Madame Renee Renee Le Calm
Michel Olivier Py
Drummer Romain Duris
Running time -- 95 minutes...
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