Paris-based international film sales company Pulsar Content has formed a strategic partnership with Digital District Entertainment, a leading post-production, VFX and production facilities company, with offices in France, Belgium and India. The partnership will create “a streamlined and cost-effective production process for international film projects,” according to a statement.
Pulsar Content’s Cannes lineup includes Un Certain Regard’s “Niki” by Céline Sallette, Antoine Chevrolliers’ “Block Pass,” premiering in Critics’ Week, and Camila Beltran’s “Mi Bestia,” premiering at Acid.
Dde’s Cannes lineup includes Julien Colonna’s “Le Royaume” in Un Certain Regard and Patricia Mazuy’s “Visiting Hours” in Directors’ Fortnight.
The companies have previously worked together on several films, including “The Deep House” by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, which sold to Blumhouse for the U.S. and Universal for international territories. They also teamed up on Edouard Salier’s “Tropic” and “Mads” by David Moreau.
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Pulsar Content’s Cannes lineup includes Un Certain Regard’s “Niki” by Céline Sallette, Antoine Chevrolliers’ “Block Pass,” premiering in Critics’ Week, and Camila Beltran’s “Mi Bestia,” premiering at Acid.
Dde’s Cannes lineup includes Julien Colonna’s “Le Royaume” in Un Certain Regard and Patricia Mazuy’s “Visiting Hours” in Directors’ Fortnight.
The companies have previously worked together on several films, including “The Deep House” by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, which sold to Blumhouse for the U.S. and Universal for international territories. They also teamed up on Edouard Salier’s “Tropic” and “Mads” by David Moreau.
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- 5/7/2024
- by Leo Barraclough and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Paris-based Pulsar Content has taken on world sales rights to Colombian director Camila Beltrán’s debut feature Mi Bestia, which is making its world pemeire in Cannes’ Acid 2024 line-up.
Set in Bogotá in 1996, the film follows a 13 year-old girl grappling with adolescence as everyone around her grows frightened of an approaching red moon lunar eclipse said to bring the devil to earth.
Mi Bestia is produced by the filmmaker’s Colombia-based production house Felina Films with France’s Films Grand Huit, and Colombia’s Inercia Películas and Ganas Producciones. Beltrán, whose experimental short films have been shown across festivals including Locarno and Clermont-Ferrand,...
Set in Bogotá in 1996, the film follows a 13 year-old girl grappling with adolescence as everyone around her grows frightened of an approaching red moon lunar eclipse said to bring the devil to earth.
Mi Bestia is produced by the filmmaker’s Colombia-based production house Felina Films with France’s Films Grand Huit, and Colombia’s Inercia Películas and Ganas Producciones. Beltrán, whose experimental short films have been shown across festivals including Locarno and Clermont-Ferrand,...
- 4/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
A 17-title buying spree from Scandinavian and Baltic distributor NonStop Entertainment includes deals for Mati Diop’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner Dahomey, and Aaron Schimberg’s Sundance title A Different Man.
Diop’s documentary Dahomey tells the story of 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey (located within present-day Benin in Africa) that were returned to Benin after being held in a French museum. Films du Losange handles sales.
Sold by A24, Schimberg’s A Different Man stars Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve and Adam Pearson in the story of a man with neurofibromatosis, who undergoes surgery for a new start...
Diop’s documentary Dahomey tells the story of 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey (located within present-day Benin in Africa) that were returned to Benin after being held in a French museum. Films du Losange handles sales.
Sold by A24, Schimberg’s A Different Man stars Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve and Adam Pearson in the story of a man with neurofibromatosis, who undergoes surgery for a new start...
- 3/28/2024
- ScreenDaily
Shudder has picked up North America, UK & Ireland and Australia & New Zealand to David Moreau’s continuous shot genre title MadS from French outfit Pulsar Content.
The film shot in five takes over five days. It is set on a summer night and follows a teen who stops to see his dealer, tries a new drug and sets out to party, but ends up picking up an injured woman as the night takes a shocking, surreal turn.
MadS stars newcomers Milton Riche, Laurie Pavy and Lucille Guillaume.
Pulsar Content is at the EFM with Michele Placido’s Eternal Visionary about the life of Luigi Pirandello,...
The film shot in five takes over five days. It is set on a summer night and follows a teen who stops to see his dealer, tries a new drug and sets out to party, but ends up picking up an injured woman as the night takes a shocking, surreal turn.
MadS stars newcomers Milton Riche, Laurie Pavy and Lucille Guillaume.
Pulsar Content is at the EFM with Michele Placido’s Eternal Visionary about the life of Luigi Pirandello,...
- 2/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Paris-based Pulsar Content has acquired world sales rights for Lola Bessis and Ruben Amar’s U.S. road movie Silver Star, co-starring Grace Van Dien and Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson, for a launch at the upcoming EFM.
The production sees French duo Bessis and Amar reunite behind the camera for the first time since their 2013 SXSW breakout Swim Little Fish Swim, having first sparked attention with 2011 short film Checkpoint.
Johnson plays a young African-American Civil War reenactor freshly out of jail, who learns that the lives of her estranged parents are at risk and tries to help them by robbing a bank.
In her botched robbery attempt, she takes a hostage named Franny (Van Dien), who turns out to be a charmingly impulsive pregnant teenager with nothing left to lose.
Together, they embark on a twisted electric chase through scenic American landscapes, clashing and struggling...
The production sees French duo Bessis and Amar reunite behind the camera for the first time since their 2013 SXSW breakout Swim Little Fish Swim, having first sparked attention with 2011 short film Checkpoint.
Johnson plays a young African-American Civil War reenactor freshly out of jail, who learns that the lives of her estranged parents are at risk and tries to help them by robbing a bank.
In her botched robbery attempt, she takes a hostage named Franny (Van Dien), who turns out to be a charmingly impulsive pregnant teenager with nothing left to lose.
Together, they embark on a twisted electric chase through scenic American landscapes, clashing and struggling...
- 2/1/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Chevrollier is behind hit French series including Oussekine and international hit thriller The Bureau
Paris-based sales house Pulsar Content has hopped aboard Antoine Chevrollier’s Block Pass and will kick off sales at Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris which takes place from January 16-23.
Block Pass is the anticipated debut feature from Chevrollier, who is well known as a series director in France. His credits including police brutality drama Oussekine, spy thriller The Bureau and political drama Baron Noir.
The film is produced by Nicolas Blanc’s Agat Films and reteams the director with Oussekine star Sayyid El Alami alongside fresh face Amaury Foucher,...
Paris-based sales house Pulsar Content has hopped aboard Antoine Chevrollier’s Block Pass and will kick off sales at Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris which takes place from January 16-23.
Block Pass is the anticipated debut feature from Chevrollier, who is well known as a series director in France. His credits including police brutality drama Oussekine, spy thriller The Bureau and political drama Baron Noir.
The film is produced by Nicolas Blanc’s Agat Films and reteams the director with Oussekine star Sayyid El Alami alongside fresh face Amaury Foucher,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
The French film is about one night in the life a teenager.
Paris-based sales company Pulsar Content has boarded French filmmaker David Moreau’s continuous shot genre film MadS and will kick off sales at Toronto later this month.
MadS, was filmed in a single take over just five days in the Grand Est region of northeastern France this summer and is in post-production with expected delivery in early 2024.
Yohan Baiada’s Paris-based Les Enfants Terribles, who co-produced 2023 Pathé blockbuster Asterix & Obelix : The Middle Kingdom, produced the film in co-production with Goodfellas and in association with Digital District.
Paris-based sales company Pulsar Content has boarded French filmmaker David Moreau’s continuous shot genre film MadS and will kick off sales at Toronto later this month.
MadS, was filmed in a single take over just five days in the Grand Est region of northeastern France this summer and is in post-production with expected delivery in early 2024.
Yohan Baiada’s Paris-based Les Enfants Terribles, who co-produced 2023 Pathé blockbuster Asterix & Obelix : The Middle Kingdom, produced the film in co-production with Goodfellas and in association with Digital District.
- 9/1/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Hollywood and the West in general have been remaking some of the greatest Asian movies since the 60s, picking the most commercially successful and the most adaptable productions to bring to both American and worldwide audiences. A number of them were of equal or at least similar quality, with John Sturges’s “The Magnificent Seven” (based on “Seven Samurai”) and Sergio Leone’s “A Fistful of Dollars” (based on Yojimbo”) being some of the most prominent samples. At the same time, however, and particularly after the 90s, the quality of remakes decreased significantly, resulting in a series of remakes that can only be described as truly awful, even though, on occasion, they were directed by the same filmmakers who shot the originals. Here, we have included 15 of the worst ones, in random order.
1. Ju-On: The Grudge Remake: The Grudge
Takashi Shimizu, who was also the screenwriter, puts the events in a non-chronological order,...
1. Ju-On: The Grudge Remake: The Grudge
Takashi Shimizu, who was also the screenwriter, puts the events in a non-chronological order,...
- 3/7/2022
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
French director David Moreau has been accused of sexual assault by a crew member on his movie “King,” which wrapped filming on Oct. 9. The female crew member, whose name has not been disclosed, filed a police complaint in Montpellier, in the south of France.
The news was first reported by Le Parisien newspaper and the filing of the police complaint was confirmed to Variety by the producer of “King,” a big-budget family movie which is produced by Maneki Films, Full House and Pathé. A preliminary investigation into the claim will soon be launched by Montpellier’s prosecutors, according to Le Parisien. The complaint alleges that the sexual assault took place on Sept. 12 and 13 in Sète, in the south of France, outside the “King” shoot and working hours.
Moreau’s representative has not responded to request for comment.
The film producer told Le Parisien that she came to the set as...
The news was first reported by Le Parisien newspaper and the filing of the police complaint was confirmed to Variety by the producer of “King,” a big-budget family movie which is produced by Maneki Films, Full House and Pathé. A preliminary investigation into the claim will soon be launched by Montpellier’s prosecutors, according to Le Parisien. The complaint alleges that the sexual assault took place on Sept. 12 and 13 in Sète, in the south of France, outside the “King” shoot and working hours.
Moreau’s representative has not responded to request for comment.
The film producer told Le Parisien that she came to the set as...
- 11/6/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
France’s President Emmanuel Macron outlined in a televised address on Wednesday new relief measures for the culture sector, including a temporary indemnity fund for canceled or postponed TV and film shoots during the pandemic.
Macron said the temporary indemnity fund will be launched by the National Film Board (Cnc), in collaboration with the regions and private partners, including banks, loan institutions and insurers. “Everyone will have to take their responsibilities… We won’t be able to do it on our own,” said Macron, alluding to insurers’ systemic exclusion of pandemic-related risks from their coverage.
On a case-by-case basis, the fund will aim to help French producers if they are forced to pause or reschedule filming because of the coronavirus crisis but aren’t covered by insurance. The initiative will be accessible to shoots scheduled in the months to come.
Among the 23 shoots that were stopped when France went into...
Macron said the temporary indemnity fund will be launched by the National Film Board (Cnc), in collaboration with the regions and private partners, including banks, loan institutions and insurers. “Everyone will have to take their responsibilities… We won’t be able to do it on our own,” said Macron, alluding to insurers’ systemic exclusion of pandemic-related risks from their coverage.
On a case-by-case basis, the fund will aim to help French producers if they are forced to pause or reschedule filming because of the coronavirus crisis but aren’t covered by insurance. The initiative will be accessible to shoots scheduled in the months to come.
Among the 23 shoots that were stopped when France went into...
- 5/6/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
For the next three months, join me for a summer abroad, as I check out foreign films from countries that have made a big splash in the horror community. Of course, in the spirit of this column, I’ll be taking a peek at movies that may not be as well-known as some of the classics from their particular country. Hopefully, we’ll have a chance to find a few surprises together.
June is here and we have just passed the summer solstice, so the days are long and the sun is warm. I would imagine that means you are craving a movie that will leave you curled up in a ball weeping into clenched fists right about now. Well, you’re in luck, because our first stop on this summer tour is France. Now, you may be thinking, Since when is France depressing? It’s the land of smoking in outdoor cafés,...
June is here and we have just passed the summer solstice, so the days are long and the sun is warm. I would imagine that means you are craving a movie that will leave you curled up in a ball weeping into clenched fists right about now. Well, you’re in luck, because our first stop on this summer tour is France. Now, you may be thinking, Since when is France depressing? It’s the land of smoking in outdoor cafés,...
- 6/27/2018
- by Bryan Christopher
- DailyDead
Stars: Sofia Lesaffre, Stéphane Bak, Jean-Stan Du Pac, Paul Scarfoglio, Kim Lockhart | Written by David Moreau, Guillaume Moulin | Directed by David Moreau
David Moreau, co-director of Ils/Them, turns artist Bruno Gazzotti’s best-selling French/Belgian comic book Seuls into a sci-fi thriller of gaelic proportions… Sounds like a match-made in [French] heaven right? Well a part of that statement is right.
After going to a funfair the night before, Leila wakes up in an empty city. Where are her parents? Where has everyone gone? Thinking she must be the sole survivor of an unthinkable catastrophe, she wanders the weirdly deserted streets. Until she meets four other mystified strangers. Together they hole up at a plush hotel, and set out to understand what has happened, why they are surrounded by gigantic boiling clouds and what these apocalyptic events actually mean.
I’ve not read the graphic novel on which Alone is based,...
David Moreau, co-director of Ils/Them, turns artist Bruno Gazzotti’s best-selling French/Belgian comic book Seuls into a sci-fi thriller of gaelic proportions… Sounds like a match-made in [French] heaven right? Well a part of that statement is right.
After going to a funfair the night before, Leila wakes up in an empty city. Where are her parents? Where has everyone gone? Thinking she must be the sole survivor of an unthinkable catastrophe, she wanders the weirdly deserted streets. Until she meets four other mystified strangers. Together they hole up at a plush hotel, and set out to understand what has happened, why they are surrounded by gigantic boiling clouds and what these apocalyptic events actually mean.
I’ve not read the graphic novel on which Alone is based,...
- 8/27/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Offering up a French twist on the ever-popular dystopian teen movie, Alone (Seuls) follows five Gallic kids who wake up one day to find they’re the only people left on earth. It’s an awfully familiar premise — picture 28 Days Later without the zombies or The Fifth Wave without the wave — that director David Moreau takes to mostly familiar places, struggling to be either original or convincing for most of the running time, until a Sixth Sense-style finale tries to justify everything that just happened.
Made on a rather tight budget of €6 million ($6.3 million), this Studiocanal-backed adaption...
Made on a rather tight budget of €6 million ($6.3 million), this Studiocanal-backed adaption...
- 2/22/2017
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
English language film has long been a place for some of the greatest horror film directors of all time. All the way back to Alfred Hitchcock, we have seen the genre grow and develop sub-genres, thanks to the public’s ongoing thirst for fear and the possibility of danger around every turn. But, for every Saw or Hostel or terrible remake of classic English-language horror films, there are inventive, terrifying films made somewhere else that inspire and even outdo many of our best Western world horror films. This list will count down the fifty definitive horror films with a main language that isn’t English; some may have some English-language parts in them, but they are, for the most part, foreign. Enlighten yourself. Broaden your horizons. People can get murdered and tortured in every language.
50. Kuroneko (1968)
English Title: Black Cat
Directed by: Kaneto Shindo
Japanese for “Black Cat,” Kuroneko is...
50. Kuroneko (1968)
English Title: Black Cat
Directed by: Kaneto Shindo
Japanese for “Black Cat,” Kuroneko is...
- 10/23/2015
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
English language film has long been a place for some of the greatest horror film directors of all time. All the way back to Alfred Hitchcock, we have seen the genre grow and develop sub-genres, thanks to the public’s ongoing thirst for fear and the possibility of danger around every turn. But, for every Saw or Hostel or terrible remake of classic English-language horror films, there are inventive, terrifying films made somewhere else that inspire and even outdo many of our best Western world horror films. This list will count down the fifty definitive horror films with a main language that isn’t English; some may have some English-language parts in them, but they are, for the most part, foreign. Enlighten yourself. Broaden your horizons. People can get murdered and tortured in every language.
50. Kuroneko (1968)
English Title: Black Cat
Directed by: Kaneto Shindo
Japanese for “Black Cat,” Kuroneko is...
50. Kuroneko (1968)
English Title: Black Cat
Directed by: Kaneto Shindo
Japanese for “Black Cat,” Kuroneko is...
- 7/7/2014
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
French director David Moreau has spoken rather candidly about his experience with Hollywood when he directed 2008's Jessica Alba-led Japanese horror remake "The Eye".
Talking with Marc Fennell for Sbs' The Feed, Moreau has only praise for his star Alba but calls the rest of the experience the "worst" of his professional career. The first issue came with Alba's handlers and their ridiculous coddling of the star.
The more damning quotes though are about the editing, indicating the film was essentially taken off him because the studio didn't like what he did - so "the movie that you saw is not the movie that you did". Check out the full interview below:...
Talking with Marc Fennell for Sbs' The Feed, Moreau has only praise for his star Alba but calls the rest of the experience the "worst" of his professional career. The first issue came with Alba's handlers and their ridiculous coddling of the star.
The more damning quotes though are about the editing, indicating the film was essentially taken off him because the studio didn't like what he did - so "the movie that you saw is not the movie that you did". Check out the full interview below:...
- 3/20/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Ils (Them)
Written by David Moreau & Xavier Palud
Directed by David Moreau & Xavier Palud
France/Romania
The unknown has been a common theme in horror since the very first horror movies. It used to be possibly the most common theme in the entire horror genre. Somewhere along the way the various studios, directors, producers, and writers responsible for the many horror films released every year forgot about the theme of the unknown. Horror no longer became about the unknown, instead it was about the brutally visceral. The more the years went by, and as the more modern age of horror was breached, fear of the unknown became an almost forgotten theme of the horror genre.
At some point fear of the unknown started staging a mini comeback amid all the found footage, torture porn, and gorier horror films. Horror movies were once again being released that focused on what the...
Written by David Moreau & Xavier Palud
Directed by David Moreau & Xavier Palud
France/Romania
The unknown has been a common theme in horror since the very first horror movies. It used to be possibly the most common theme in the entire horror genre. Somewhere along the way the various studios, directors, producers, and writers responsible for the many horror films released every year forgot about the theme of the unknown. Horror no longer became about the unknown, instead it was about the brutally visceral. The more the years went by, and as the more modern age of horror was breached, fear of the unknown became an almost forgotten theme of the horror genre.
At some point fear of the unknown started staging a mini comeback amid all the found footage, torture porn, and gorier horror films. Horror movies were once again being released that focused on what the...
- 3/21/2013
- by Bill Thompson
- SoundOnSight
Paris -- French comedies have featured mistresses, lovers, sugar daddies and even sugar granddaddies in all ways imaginable, but are yet to deal with the cougar phenomenon that’s recently invaded American screens, both big and small. (The one exception being Anne Fontaine’s latest movie Two Mothers – a dual-cougar drama that was reportedly mistaken for a comedy by many viewers who caught the Sundance premiere.) For his first solo outing after co-helming the horror flicks Them and The Eye, writer-director David Moreau attempts to correct the situation with It Boy (20 ans d’ecart), a snappy, Hollywood-style
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- 3/13/2013
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This revisionist account of Mozart's early life reclaims one of history's lost women. If only the film weren't so turgid
René Féret's earnest and ponderously acted movie is partly a feminist reclaiming of one of history's lost women, and also a revisionist, speculative account of Mozart's early life that is not so far away from Milos Forman's Amadeus. It has a seriousness that commands attention, and a very believable sense of the hardship and bitterness Mozart Sr put his family through. It is a good subject. If only this film weren't so turgid, and didn't have that strained quality in the sound recording that picks up every extraneous costume-rustle and makes the background silence in every scene seem like a continuous hiss.
Marc Barbé and Delphine Chuillot are Léopold and Anna-Maria Mozart, parents who are putting their children through a gruelling and continuous continental tour. Their remarkable 10-year-old,...
René Féret's earnest and ponderously acted movie is partly a feminist reclaiming of one of history's lost women, and also a revisionist, speculative account of Mozart's early life that is not so far away from Milos Forman's Amadeus. It has a seriousness that commands attention, and a very believable sense of the hardship and bitterness Mozart Sr put his family through. It is a good subject. If only this film weren't so turgid, and didn't have that strained quality in the sound recording that picks up every extraneous costume-rustle and makes the background silence in every scene seem like a continuous hiss.
Marc Barbé and Delphine Chuillot are Léopold and Anna-Maria Mozart, parents who are putting their children through a gruelling and continuous continental tour. Their remarkable 10-year-old,...
- 4/12/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Feb. 14, 2012
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $38.95
Studio: Music Box
Marie Féret is Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart in Mozart’s Sister.
Marie Féret portrays Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart, the older sibling of you-know-who, in the 2010 music-filled French drama film Mozart’s Sister.
In 18th century Europe, “Nannerl” Mozart, an accomplished singer, harpsichordist and violinist, is first held forth as her family’s infant prodigy and its featured performer. That is, of course, until her five-years-young brother Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (David Moreau) begins to take center stage.
As their strict but loving father Leopold (Marc Barbe) tours them in front of the royal courts of pre-French revolution Europe, Nannerl approaches marriageable age. Nannerl’s father bows to social strictures “for her own good” and forbids her to continue with the violin or composition, while privately conceding her talent to his wife. Nannerl chafes at the limitations imposed by her gender,...
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $38.95
Studio: Music Box
Marie Féret is Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart in Mozart’s Sister.
Marie Féret portrays Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart, the older sibling of you-know-who, in the 2010 music-filled French drama film Mozart’s Sister.
In 18th century Europe, “Nannerl” Mozart, an accomplished singer, harpsichordist and violinist, is first held forth as her family’s infant prodigy and its featured performer. That is, of course, until her five-years-young brother Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (David Moreau) begins to take center stage.
As their strict but loving father Leopold (Marc Barbe) tours them in front of the royal courts of pre-French revolution Europe, Nannerl approaches marriageable age. Nannerl’s father bows to social strictures “for her own good” and forbids her to continue with the violin or composition, while privately conceding her talent to his wife. Nannerl chafes at the limitations imposed by her gender,...
- 1/12/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
I know many of you may be thinking enough already with the American remakes of foreign films. French horror thriller Them is set to be remade for American audiences. Variety reports that Spanish commercial director David Alcalde is set to take the helm.
The original film was written and directed by French helmers David Moreau and Xavier Palud in 2006. The story focuses on "a young couple who are terrorized in their secluded country home." StudioCanal and Nostromo Pictures are producing the remake. They recently brought us Rodrigo Cortes' Buried and are behind the upcoming thriller Red Lights, with Robert De Niro and Sigourney Weaver.
Alcade is a respected commercial director in both Spain and Mexico, having directed more than 200 commercials. He also directed the short film Happy Birthday to You, which won Screamfest in 2006 and was well received at the San Sebastian and Slamdance Film Festivals.
Check out the trailer...
The original film was written and directed by French helmers David Moreau and Xavier Palud in 2006. The story focuses on "a young couple who are terrorized in their secluded country home." StudioCanal and Nostromo Pictures are producing the remake. They recently brought us Rodrigo Cortes' Buried and are behind the upcoming thriller Red Lights, with Robert De Niro and Sigourney Weaver.
Alcade is a respected commercial director in both Spain and Mexico, having directed more than 200 commercials. He also directed the short film Happy Birthday to You, which won Screamfest in 2006 and was well received at the San Sebastian and Slamdance Film Festivals.
Check out the trailer...
- 10/28/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Hollywood is busily remaking every movie released in the past 30 years, but they haven't totally abandoned one of their most time-honored traditions: remaking movies from elsewhere. Today Variety is reporting that commercials director David Alcade will make his feature debut at the helm of an English-language remake of French horror/thriller Them (Ils). He'll be stepping into the director's chair for StudioCanal and Nostromo Pictures. Not to be mistaken for the classic atomic-age Them!, which chronicled the rise of giant, irradiated ants in the American Southwest... say, why don't they remake that? I'd sit through a Them! remake. Wait...where was I? Oh, right. Them. No exclamation point. No giant ants. (Sigh.) Directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud, the original French flick tells the story of a young teacher and her novelist husband who move into a remote, wooded estate. What seems like a restful new home becomes a...
- 10/26/2011
- cinemablend.com
Commercials helmer David Alcalde is slated to direct the English language remake of "Them" for Studiocanal and Nostromo Pictures says Variety.
Based on David Moreau and Xavier Palud's 2006 French horror film "Ils", the story follows a young couple living in an isolated home who are terrorized by hooded assailants over the course of one terrifying night.
"Ils" had only limited success in France but was a surprise hit internationally with interest in the remake already high.
Based on David Moreau and Xavier Palud's 2006 French horror film "Ils", the story follows a young couple living in an isolated home who are terrorized by hooded assailants over the course of one terrifying night.
"Ils" had only limited success in France but was a surprise hit internationally with interest in the remake already high.
- 10/26/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Fans of David Moreau and Xavier Pauld’s 2006 home invasion horror Them (Ils), will be pleased to hear that StudioCanal has gained the rights for a remake, now named Six. Back in 2008 Rogue Pictures expressed some interest in remaking the psychological slasher, but were unable to pull the project together. Now, three years later, StudioCanal have landed the rights and have bagged David Alcalde to helm. The newly signed Alcalde is a respected commercials director, with over 200 credited adverts. He's also made several shorts,...
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- 10/26/2011
- by Lorna Fisher
- TotalFilm
The latest in a never-ending line of American horror remakes, Variety says that StudioCanal will bring a new version of the 2006 French thriller Them (or Ils) to the screen, which commercial director David Alcalde will be helming. The original film, written & directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud, centered on “a young couple living in an isolated home who are terrorized by hooded assailants over the course of one terrifying night.” (Insert obvious joke about this already being remade as The Strangers here.) Adrian Guerra of Nostromo Pictures, who’s collaborated with Rodrigo Cortés on Buried and Red Lights, will be producing,
To make a judgement on how this could turn out, the two main things to look at here are a) the directing work of Alcalde, and b) reviews of the original movie. The former is actually somewhat tough to get a grasp on; though random ones picked from YouTube aren’t bad,...
To make a judgement on how this could turn out, the two main things to look at here are a) the directing work of Alcalde, and b) reviews of the original movie. The former is actually somewhat tough to get a grasp on; though random ones picked from YouTube aren’t bad,...
- 10/26/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
It was announced back in 2008 that Rogue Pictures was to remake David Moreau, Xavier Palud's awesome French home invasion slasher Them (Ils) as Six. Nothing ever came of it and now StudioCanal has landed the rights tapping commercials helmer David Alcalde to direct. The original concerned a young married couple living in an isolated home who are terrorized by hooded assailants over the course of one terrifying night. One of the most respected commercials directors working out of both Spain and Mexico, Alcalde has over 200 spots to his credit. His short film "Happy Birthday to You" won Screamfest in 2006 and was well-received at the San Sebastian and Slamdance Film Festivals. Helmer was previously attached to direct Gold Circle Films' remake of the Spanish horror film Who Can Kill a Child?...
- 10/26/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
It only took four years, but it looks like the Hollywood machine is moving forward with a remake to 2007's Them . Variety reports David Alcalde has been tapped to direct for StudioCanal. His background includes a few short films and a number of commercials. The original was helmed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud. Both went on to give us Lionsgate redo of The Eye . During interviews for that film, Moreau and Palud told Shock that a Them was being discussed. Part home invasion film and part survival horror, Them concerned a couple who were preyed upon by unknown attackers wearing hoodies. It was released here in the U.S. by Dark Sky Films.
- 10/25/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Successful film biographies often inspire ‘back-story’ sequels. Since many of these movies end at the conclusion of the subject’s life, producers will go back back and explore an earlier chapter of this remarkable individuals history. Hence, we’ve seen films like Young Mr. Lincoln and Young Tom Edison. Now many years after Amadeus, cinema explores the life of ten year old Mozart, but from a different viewpoint. As the title suggests Mozart’S Sister is indeed this story told through the eyes of Wolfgang’s older sister (by five years). The movie is a fresh look at the formative years of this musical genius, but it also tells the story of an older sibling possessed of incredible talent who had no chance to shine in her brother’s long shadow.
Like many musician stories we first encounter the artists between ‘gigs’ and on the road. The Mozart family (father,...
Like many musician stories we first encounter the artists between ‘gigs’ and on the road. The Mozart family (father,...
- 9/30/2011
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Directed by René Feret
Starring Marie Féret, Marc Barbé, Delphine Chuillot, David Moreau, Clovis Fouin, Lisa Féret
Trapped forever in the shadow of her genius younger brother, Maria Anna Mozart (nicknamed Nannerl) has inspired much speculation over the centuries.
Was her musical talent equivalent to Wolfgang’s? Did she compose her own music only for her father to deny its existence? What made her give up performing? After touring Europe’s palaces with her family as a child, why did she hide away in Salzburg from her mid-teens onwards? She cuts an intriguing figure in Baroque history. She is typical of all the talented female writers, composers and artists who never had a chance to shine because of their gender, yet she is unique in that she did have her opportunity on the public stage, and, given Mozart’s support of her ability, could have had her day in the sun.
Starring Marie Féret, Marc Barbé, Delphine Chuillot, David Moreau, Clovis Fouin, Lisa Féret
Trapped forever in the shadow of her genius younger brother, Maria Anna Mozart (nicknamed Nannerl) has inspired much speculation over the centuries.
Was her musical talent equivalent to Wolfgang’s? Did she compose her own music only for her father to deny its existence? What made her give up performing? After touring Europe’s palaces with her family as a child, why did she hide away in Salzburg from her mid-teens onwards? She cuts an intriguing figure in Baroque history. She is typical of all the talented female writers, composers and artists who never had a chance to shine because of their gender, yet she is unique in that she did have her opportunity on the public stage, and, given Mozart’s support of her ability, could have had her day in the sun.
- 8/18/2011
- by Karina
- Planet Fury
Nothing is more exquisite than a period piece film - especially one such as Mozart’S Sister opening in Los Angeles, Orange County and New York on August 19. The film will show in St. Louis beginning on September 30 at the Plaza Frontenac.
Synopsis:
Written, directed and produced by René Féret, Mozart.S Sister is a re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna .Nannerl. Mozart (played by Marie Féret, the director.s daughter), five years older than Wolfgang (David Moreau) and a musical prodigy in her own right. Originally the featured performer, Nannerl has given way to Wolfgang as the main attraction, as their strict but loving father Leopold (Marc Barbe) tours his talented offspring in front of the royal courts of pre-French revolution Europe. Approaching marriageable age and now forbidden to play the violin or compose, Nannerl chafes at the limitations imposed on her gender. But a friendship...
Synopsis:
Written, directed and produced by René Féret, Mozart.S Sister is a re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna .Nannerl. Mozart (played by Marie Féret, the director.s daughter), five years older than Wolfgang (David Moreau) and a musical prodigy in her own right. Originally the featured performer, Nannerl has given way to Wolfgang as the main attraction, as their strict but loving father Leopold (Marc Barbe) tours his talented offspring in front of the royal courts of pre-French revolution Europe. Approaching marriageable age and now forbidden to play the violin or compose, Nannerl chafes at the limitations imposed on her gender. But a friendship...
- 8/8/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Title: Mozart’s Sister (Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart) Directed By: Rene Feret Written By: Rene Feret Cast: Marie Feret, Marc Barbe, Delphine Chuillot, David Moreau, Clovis Fouin, Lisa Feret, Adele Lepretre, Valentine Duval, Dominique Marcas Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 8/2/11 Opens: August 19, 2011 When Milos Forman’s “Amadeus” was released in 1984, a fictionalized look at Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, it quickly became revered by cognoscenti as the most exciting film ever to depict the life and work of a European composer. “Amadeus” had everything-costumes, a full range of Mozart’s actual compositions, a humor-filled, sometimes melodramatic biopic situated in the world of Austrian nobility. Wolfgang’s sister, nicknamed Nannerl or Nana,...
- 8/3/2011
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Gustavo Hernandez’ debut film The Silent House (La Casa Muda) takes inspiration from a real life case which happened nearly seventy years ago, and the Uruguayan horror film has played to festival crowds and had a limited release over here in UK cinemas in April.
Now the film comes to DVD and we had the chance to speak to the director about his influences, the one-shot technique and the culture of remakes, particularly in the horror genre.
This film is based on a real event in the 1940s – but what other influences came to mind when you were developing it – both literary and cinematic?
We were influenced by films such as David Moreau’s and Xabier Palud’s Them (Ils) and Alexandre Aja’s High Tension (Haute Tension). Also by Edgar Allan Poe, John Carpenter, Kubrick and Alejandro Amenábar. There are always direct and indirect influences in our films and...
Now the film comes to DVD and we had the chance to speak to the director about his influences, the one-shot technique and the culture of remakes, particularly in the horror genre.
This film is based on a real event in the 1940s – but what other influences came to mind when you were developing it – both literary and cinematic?
We were influenced by films such as David Moreau’s and Xabier Palud’s Them (Ils) and Alexandre Aja’s High Tension (Haute Tension). Also by Edgar Allan Poe, John Carpenter, Kubrick and Alejandro Amenábar. There are always direct and indirect influences in our films and...
- 7/19/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Quickcard Review – 46th Chicago International Film Festival
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Nannerl, Mozart’s Sister
Directed by: Rene Feret
Cast: Marie Feret, Marc Barbe, Delphine Chuillot, David Moreau, Clovis Fouin
Running Time: 1 hr 55 mins
Rating: Nr
Release Date: Tbd
Plot: This film follows the story of Nannerl, the older but often overshadowed sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It chronicles her struggle to define herself in a male-dominated world and her journey into womanhood.
Who’S It For? Classical musical fans will enjoy this one for its emphasis on music, but also period piece fans. Self professed feminists may struggle with what to make of this film, but it’s an interesting topic for fans of gender studies.
Overall
Nannerl, Mozart’s Sister is an interesting piece of work. Director Rene Feret does an excellent job of illustrating the time period. The architecture is lavish,...
Click Here for complete coverage of the Chicago International Film Festival (Ciff 2010)
Nannerl, Mozart’s Sister
Directed by: Rene Feret
Cast: Marie Feret, Marc Barbe, Delphine Chuillot, David Moreau, Clovis Fouin
Running Time: 1 hr 55 mins
Rating: Nr
Release Date: Tbd
Plot: This film follows the story of Nannerl, the older but often overshadowed sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It chronicles her struggle to define herself in a male-dominated world and her journey into womanhood.
Who’S It For? Classical musical fans will enjoy this one for its emphasis on music, but also period piece fans. Self professed feminists may struggle with what to make of this film, but it’s an interesting topic for fans of gender studies.
Overall
Nannerl, Mozart’s Sister is an interesting piece of work. Director Rene Feret does an excellent job of illustrating the time period. The architecture is lavish,...
- 10/7/2010
- by Calhoun Kersten
- The Scorecard Review
Last weekend the word was Kevin Bacon was negotiating to play the villain in X-Men: First Class and today Variety reports negotiations have completed and Bacon has officially signed on. Unfortunately his exact character is still being kept under tight wraps so the guessing will have to continue for now. Names such as Mr. Sinister (pictured), Sebastian Shaw, Mastermind, David Moreau, Carl Denti or Graydon Creed were among the many guesses from around the web.
Bacon joins James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Alice Eve, Nicholas Hoult, Caleb Landry Jones, Jennifer Lawrence and Lucas Till in the Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) directed feature which is set to hit theaters on June 3, 2011.
Next comes a Spoiler Filled description of the opening sequence to Michael Bay's Transformers 3 courtesy of Chud. I am adding it directly below, but haven't read it myself so I can't tell you much, but you can feel free to read if you like.
Bacon joins James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Alice Eve, Nicholas Hoult, Caleb Landry Jones, Jennifer Lawrence and Lucas Till in the Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) directed feature which is set to hit theaters on June 3, 2011.
Next comes a Spoiler Filled description of the opening sequence to Michael Bay's Transformers 3 courtesy of Chud. I am adding it directly below, but haven't read it myself so I can't tell you much, but you can feel free to read if you like.
- 7/15/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
There's been enough in the news lately to warrant a new Rumor Mill Round-up with stories from all corners of the Internet offering small nuggets of interesting information concerning several upcoming blockbusters and it seems only appropriate to begin with news surrounding X-Men: First Class since that seems to be the title generating the most headlines recently.
We begin with news from Deadline saying Kevin Bacon is negotiating to play the villain in First Class though the name of the actual character is unclear. After reading around the web I've seen bloggers suggesting he could be playing Mr. Sinister, Sebastian Shaw, Mastermind, David Moreau, Carl Denti or Graydon Creed. Since I don't know who any of those characters are I will have to just nod and say, "Okay."
Additional First Class casting news has EW reporting Lucas Till (Hannah Montana: The Movie) will play the role of Havok.
Keeping on the Marvel movie front,...
We begin with news from Deadline saying Kevin Bacon is negotiating to play the villain in First Class though the name of the actual character is unclear. After reading around the web I've seen bloggers suggesting he could be playing Mr. Sinister, Sebastian Shaw, Mastermind, David Moreau, Carl Denti or Graydon Creed. Since I don't know who any of those characters are I will have to just nod and say, "Okay."
Additional First Class casting news has EW reporting Lucas Till (Hannah Montana: The Movie) will play the role of Havok.
Keeping on the Marvel movie front,...
- 7/10/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The 2000's—the decade of iPods, social networking websites and economic hardship—were an interesting decade for horror movies, to say the least. You either loved them, or you downright hated them. From remakes, re-imaginings, reboots, restarts and resets to foreign imports to a resurgence of low-grade schlock, the 2000's were not without gore for fans across the globe....
At the end of the 90s, horror movies were almost non-existent. They were doing nothing new—trying only to steal the fame that Scream harnessed in 1995. Theatres were flooded with neo-Slasher knockoffs, and mediocrity ran amok. If it weren’t for The Blair Witch Project and The Sixth Sense, the 90s would have drowned in a sea of its own plainness. Once the 90s ended and the new millennium began, horror slowly glided on the watered-down plotlines of the should-not-be-classics of I Know What You Did Last Summer and Urban Legend,...
At the end of the 90s, horror movies were almost non-existent. They were doing nothing new—trying only to steal the fame that Scream harnessed in 1995. Theatres were flooded with neo-Slasher knockoffs, and mediocrity ran amok. If it weren’t for The Blair Witch Project and The Sixth Sense, the 90s would have drowned in a sea of its own plainness. Once the 90s ended and the new millennium began, horror slowly glided on the watered-down plotlines of the should-not-be-classics of I Know What You Did Last Summer and Urban Legend,...
- 12/13/2009
- by admin
- Horrorbid
This past year was a pretty damn good one for horror—as long as you didn’t depend on the mainstream. While most of the wide-release features conformed safely to formula, much more daring and interesting stuff was cropping up all over the art-house, festival and DVD scene.
Perhaps no better example can be drawn than the fact that while the bloodless, predictable Twilight was sucking millions of bucks out of tween girls at the multiplexes, the small Swedish import Let The Right One In, a modern classic on the same theme, was quietly knocking out audiences on a much smaller scale. Not everything the studios gave us in 2008 was negligible; a couple of titles from the majors made my top 10, and The Ruins and The Strangers would be among the runners-up. But there are far more indie features swarming like piranhas just below my list…
1.) Let The Right One In...
Perhaps no better example can be drawn than the fact that while the bloodless, predictable Twilight was sucking millions of bucks out of tween girls at the multiplexes, the small Swedish import Let The Right One In, a modern classic on the same theme, was quietly knocking out audiences on a much smaller scale. Not everything the studios gave us in 2008 was negligible; a couple of titles from the majors made my top 10, and The Ruins and The Strangers would be among the runners-up. But there are far more indie features swarming like piranhas just below my list…
1.) Let The Right One In...
- 12/29/2008
- Fangoria
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