UniFrance Rendez-Vous E-Show Daily Number One

TOP STORIES: French Specialty Players: Lost in Translation?; Universal Picks Up 'Best in Bed' fo...

UniFrance Rendez-Vous eSHOW DAILY NUMBER ONE 01.10.14

TOP STORIES French Specialty Players: Lost in Translation? By Elsa Keslassy PARIS -- The downfall of U.S. specialty divisions in 2008 opened up a whole new range of opportunities for ambitious French producers and helmers to step up to the plate, gaining access to American talent, tapping into wider financing resour... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Universal Picks Up 'Best in Bed' for North America, Latin America, France (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy PARIS -- Universal has picked up French scribe/helmer Delphine de Vigan's romantic comedy "Best in Bed" ("A coup sur") for distribution in North America, Latin America and France. Repped by Rezo, pic will world preem at Unifrance's Rendez-Vo... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Wild Bunch Wrestles Roschdy Zem's 'Bodybuilder' By Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell PARIS-- Reteaming with leading French production outfit Why Not, Wild Bunch has come on board to  handle international sales on thesp-turned-helmer Roschdy Zem's social dramedy "Bodybuilder" in the run-up to the UniFrance Rendez-Vous mini-ma... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'Yves Saint Laurent' Tops French Box Office By John Hopewell and Elsa Keslassy PARIS – Jalil Lespert's "Yves Saint Laurent," a The Weinstein Co. pickup for the U.S., has made a happy start to the New Year, bowing Wednesday No. 1 in France with a total 78,131 ticket trawl, including previews. Released by SND, the distri... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Vincent Maraval: 'We Are Not Making Movies for a Cinema Audience' By John Hopewell and Elsa Keslassy A co-financier and sales agent, and sometimes producer and distributor on "Blue Is the Warmest Color," "The Artist" and "Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia," Wild Bunch has backed a significant number of the most ambitious recent films... Read Full Story at Variety.com → UniFrance Rendez-vous Unveils 52 Premieres By John Hopewell and Elsa Keslassy PARIS – Bowing Jan.10 at the august Hotel Intercontinental Le Grand, abutting the Place de l'Opera, the 16th Unifrance Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris will be one of the biggest market-junkets ever for a national cinema. Only France,... Read Full Story at Variety.com → EuropaCorp Sends 'Jack' Overseas (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell PARIS -- Luc Besson's Europacorp has closed major territory sales on "Jack & the Cuckoo-Clock Heart" in the run-up to its opening night unspooling of the 16th UniFrance Paris Rendez-vous With French Cinema in Paris. An animated adventure... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Films Distribution Takes 'Zebras,' 'Type,' 'Weekends' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell PARIS – Planting its flag in the mid-ground between high-brow arthouse and popcorn fare – positioning increasing favored by top-echelon sales agents in France - Paris-based Films Distribution has acquired worldwide sales rights to "Not My Ty... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Pathe To Unveil 'Quantum Love' at UniFrance Rendez-vous (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell PARIS –Riding high with Golden Globe nominations for "Philomena" and "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," Pathe International will unveil at the Paris' 16th UniFrance Rendezvous one of their big new French film plays,  "Quantum Love," a love sto... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Other Angle Inks Sales on 'Babysitting,' Screens 'Trapped' at Unifrance's RDV By Elsa Keslassy PARIS -- Boasting a full slate of French fare, Other Angle has closed further sales on "Babysitting," Philippe Lacheau and Nicolas Benhamou's French twist on "Project X." "Babysitting," which is part of Other Angle's roster for Unifrance's t... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Indie Sales Picks Up Quentin Dupieux's 'Reality' By Elsa Keslassy Nicolas Eschbach's Indie Sales has boarded French musician-turned-helmer Quentin Dupieux's comedy "Reality." "Reality" toplines Chabat ("Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami"), John Heder ("Napoleon Dynamite"), Elodie Bouchez ("Happy Few")... Read Full Story at Variety.com → French Box Office Drops 5.3% as Hollywood Pics Dominate By Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell Representing the world's fifth-largest theatrical market, total French box office fell 5.3% to €1.2 million ($1.6 billion) off 192.79 million tickets sold in 2013, according to a report unveiled by the CNC (National Film Board) on Friday. Po... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Popular French TV Host Now Runs Film Promo Agency By Elsa Keslassy Isabelle Giordano touts French movies around the world. Read Full Story at Variety.com → France Fights Bidding War to Lure Hollywood Filmmakers By John Hopewell Aggressive tax breaks and other incentives pull in foreign producers. Read Full Story at Variety.com → Tweet this Forward this

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