French film finance, production and distribution group Logical Pictures is out in force in Cannes this year with connections to 11 films, including Competition titles Emilia Perez, Limonov and Parthenope.
The company helped bankroll the Palme d’Or contenders through its three-year co-production and co-financing deal with French major Pathé, which was announced in early 2023 and involves its Logical Content Ventures fund.
Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre De La Patellière’s The Count of Monte Cristo, which world premieres Out of Competition later this week, was also partly financed under the deal.
Logical Pictures President Frédéric Fiore and COO Yannick Bossenmeyer co-founded Logical Pictures in 2016 with a focus on film finance as well as digital innovation around blockchain and rights management.
Early investments included Coralie Fargeat’s first feature Revenge, Ninja Thyberg’s Pleasure as well as Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s The Deep House.
Less than a decade later, the...
The company helped bankroll the Palme d’Or contenders through its three-year co-production and co-financing deal with French major Pathé, which was announced in early 2023 and involves its Logical Content Ventures fund.
Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre De La Patellière’s The Count of Monte Cristo, which world premieres Out of Competition later this week, was also partly financed under the deal.
Logical Pictures President Frédéric Fiore and COO Yannick Bossenmeyer co-founded Logical Pictures in 2016 with a focus on film finance as well as digital innovation around blockchain and rights management.
Early investments included Coralie Fargeat’s first feature Revenge, Ninja Thyberg’s Pleasure as well as Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s The Deep House.
Less than a decade later, the...
- 5/20/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Reflecting the breadth of Mediawan CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton’s vast network and friendships, an impressive roster of film industry players flocked to celebrate him as he received Variety‘s International Visionary Award at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday.
Attendees included CAA’s co-chairman and CEO Bryan Lourd, who said a few words about Capton on stage, as well as AGC Studios’ Stuart Ford, SPC’s Tom Bernard, Netflix’s Larry Tanz and Pauline Dauvin, and Mediawan executives including Elisabeth d’Arvieu and Justine Planchon. The event also gathered star producers within Mediawan’s galaxy, from Hugo Selignac (Chi-Fou-Mi) to Dimitri Rassam (Chapter 2), Matthias Weber (2425 Films) and Federica Sainte-Rose (Blue Morning Pictures), and entertainment attorney Elsa Huisman. There were also leaders from the various streamers, such as Sahar Baghery and Thomas Dubois from Amazon Prime Video in France and Anne-Gabrielle Dauba-Pantanacce from Netflix, among others.
The Variety award coincides...
Attendees included CAA’s co-chairman and CEO Bryan Lourd, who said a few words about Capton on stage, as well as AGC Studios’ Stuart Ford, SPC’s Tom Bernard, Netflix’s Larry Tanz and Pauline Dauvin, and Mediawan executives including Elisabeth d’Arvieu and Justine Planchon. The event also gathered star producers within Mediawan’s galaxy, from Hugo Selignac (Chi-Fou-Mi) to Dimitri Rassam (Chapter 2), Matthias Weber (2425 Films) and Federica Sainte-Rose (Blue Morning Pictures), and entertainment attorney Elsa Huisman. There were also leaders from the various streamers, such as Sahar Baghery and Thomas Dubois from Amazon Prime Video in France and Anne-Gabrielle Dauba-Pantanacce from Netflix, among others.
The Variety award coincides...
- 5/17/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
It’s little wonder why French president Emmanuel Macron was visibly moved as he inducted Mediawan CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton into France’s Legion of Honor last October, calling the exec “the ultimate French success story.”
In a country rarely known to promote social mobility, Capton-esque career trajectories are scarce. A self-made entrepreneur born into a middle-class Normandy family, Capton began his professional life as a teen with an entry-level internship, eschewing elite universities, making the exec a rare bird among France’s top media execs. For all that, Capton remains more humble than flamboyant, letting his track record speak for itself.
In 2015, he co-founded Mediawan with investment banker Matthieu Pigasse and telecom billionaire Xavier Niel, and since then the group has traversed a tumultuous period marked by a pandemic, strikes and economic recessions by growing stronger.
France’s president Emmanuel Macron and Pierre-Antoine Capton.
Following its recent acquisition of German...
In a country rarely known to promote social mobility, Capton-esque career trajectories are scarce. A self-made entrepreneur born into a middle-class Normandy family, Capton began his professional life as a teen with an entry-level internship, eschewing elite universities, making the exec a rare bird among France’s top media execs. For all that, Capton remains more humble than flamboyant, letting his track record speak for itself.
In 2015, he co-founded Mediawan with investment banker Matthieu Pigasse and telecom billionaire Xavier Niel, and since then the group has traversed a tumultuous period marked by a pandemic, strikes and economic recessions by growing stronger.
France’s president Emmanuel Macron and Pierre-Antoine Capton.
Following its recent acquisition of German...
- 5/16/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Italian producers Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli are entering the Mediawan fold after recently exiting Fremantle to jointly form a new independent outfit.
The two producers will both be in Cannes as executive producers with Fremantle movies premiering in the Cannes competition, Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Limonov” and Paolo Sorrentino’s “Parthenope,” respectively.
Mediawan, the production powerhouse that now comprises more than 85 labels around the world, is in the process of acquiring a 51% majority stake in Gianani and Mieli’s Rome-based Our Films company under a deal that will officially close in September, according to several sources.
Gianani and Mieli, who declined to be interviewed for this article, are still closely tied to Fremantle even after exiting their Fremantle-owned banners, Wildside and the Apartment, earlier this year. As previously announced, they have a co-production deal with Fremantle under which they will continue to shepherd a number of projects that they had in the Fremantle pipeline.
The two producers will both be in Cannes as executive producers with Fremantle movies premiering in the Cannes competition, Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Limonov” and Paolo Sorrentino’s “Parthenope,” respectively.
Mediawan, the production powerhouse that now comprises more than 85 labels around the world, is in the process of acquiring a 51% majority stake in Gianani and Mieli’s Rome-based Our Films company under a deal that will officially close in September, according to several sources.
Gianani and Mieli, who declined to be interviewed for this article, are still closely tied to Fremantle even after exiting their Fremantle-owned banners, Wildside and the Apartment, earlier this year. As previously announced, they have a co-production deal with Fremantle under which they will continue to shepherd a number of projects that they had in the Fremantle pipeline.
- 5/14/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Mediawan CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton is set to receive Variety’s International Visionary Award at the Cannes Film Festival where the company will have multiple films playing across the Official Selection.
The award will pay tribute to Capton’s trailblazing track record at the helm of Mediawan, the company he founded with investment banker Mathieu Pigasse and telecom billionaire Xavier Niel in late 2015. Mediawan is now a global production powerhouse encompassing more than 85 labels around the world, having just announced its acquisition of Leonine, a leading German distribution-production company.
The combined group comprises Brad Pitt’s Plan B (“Bob Marley: One Love”) in the U.S., France’s On Entertainment (“Miraculous”), Hugo Selignac’s Chi-Fou-Mi (“Beating Hearts”), Dimitri Rassam’s Chapter 2, Italy’s Palomar (“The Count of Monte Cristo”), as well as Drama Republic and Misfits Entertainment (“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”) in the U.K and Wiedemann & Berg Film (“The Lives Of Others...
The award will pay tribute to Capton’s trailblazing track record at the helm of Mediawan, the company he founded with investment banker Mathieu Pigasse and telecom billionaire Xavier Niel in late 2015. Mediawan is now a global production powerhouse encompassing more than 85 labels around the world, having just announced its acquisition of Leonine, a leading German distribution-production company.
The combined group comprises Brad Pitt’s Plan B (“Bob Marley: One Love”) in the U.S., France’s On Entertainment (“Miraculous”), Hugo Selignac’s Chi-Fou-Mi (“Beating Hearts”), Dimitri Rassam’s Chapter 2, Italy’s Palomar (“The Count of Monte Cristo”), as well as Drama Republic and Misfits Entertainment (“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”) in the U.K and Wiedemann & Berg Film (“The Lives Of Others...
- 4/29/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
France’s Mediawan has acquired German group Leonine Studios.
The all-stock transaction creates a European-based production and distribution group with a presence across 13 countries, 85 labels and revenues over €1bn. The financial terms of the deal were not revealed.
Paris-based Mediawan has had a 25% stake in Munich-based Leonine since 2020, and both groups are backed by US private equity firm Kkr. Mediawan was reported to be weighing an acquisition of Leonine back in November 2023.
For Mediawan the deal bolsters its European footprint with the addition of the German-speaking market.
Mediawan CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton will continue to lead the group while Leonine CEO...
The all-stock transaction creates a European-based production and distribution group with a presence across 13 countries, 85 labels and revenues over €1bn. The financial terms of the deal were not revealed.
Paris-based Mediawan has had a 25% stake in Munich-based Leonine since 2020, and both groups are backed by US private equity firm Kkr. Mediawan was reported to be weighing an acquisition of Leonine back in November 2023.
For Mediawan the deal bolsters its European footprint with the addition of the German-speaking market.
Mediawan CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton will continue to lead the group while Leonine CEO...
- 4/29/2024
- ScreenDaily
French studio Mediawan and Germany’s Leonine have signed a deal to merge their operation, forming one of Europe’s biggest film and TV companies.
The all-stock transaction, announced Sunday, will create a mini-major with companies and operations across 13 countries and annual revenues of more than €1 billion ($1.06 billion). Mediawan took a 25 percent stake in Leonine back in 2020. Both companies are backed by private equity group Kkr. The agreement is conditional on regulatory approval.
Mediawan boss Pierre-Antoine Capton will be CEO of the new, merged group, with Leonine head Fred Kogel leading operations in German-speaking territories. Kogel will also join Mediawan’s executive committee.
Both Mediawan, launched in 2015 by Capton, Xavier Niel and Matthieu Pigasse, and Leonine, which Kogel founded in 2019, have followed similar strategies of tapping private equity funding to buy up independent production and distribution companies in Europe. Among the titles produced by Mediawan-owned labels include Netflix hit Call My Agent,...
The all-stock transaction, announced Sunday, will create a mini-major with companies and operations across 13 countries and annual revenues of more than €1 billion ($1.06 billion). Mediawan took a 25 percent stake in Leonine back in 2020. Both companies are backed by private equity group Kkr. The agreement is conditional on regulatory approval.
Mediawan boss Pierre-Antoine Capton will be CEO of the new, merged group, with Leonine head Fred Kogel leading operations in German-speaking territories. Kogel will also join Mediawan’s executive committee.
Both Mediawan, launched in 2015 by Capton, Xavier Niel and Matthieu Pigasse, and Leonine, which Kogel founded in 2019, have followed similar strategies of tapping private equity funding to buy up independent production and distribution companies in Europe. Among the titles produced by Mediawan-owned labels include Netflix hit Call My Agent,...
- 4/28/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
European powerhouse Mediawan has acquired Leonine, a leading production and distribution group active in German-speaking markets.
With the acquisition of Leonine, Mediawan will boast a portfolio of 85 labels, a catalogue spanning 30,000 hours of premium content and revenues exceeding €1.3 billion ($1.4 billion). Mediawan’s worth is now believed to be in the $2-billion range. The deal is an all-stock transaction; both companies have the same shareholder, the U.S. private equity fund Kkr whose stake in Mediawan will still be below 50%, according to a source close to the company.
Mediawan now has a significant footprint in all major European markets, including German-speaking territories which represent the continent’s second largest TV market. The pact positions Mediawan as one of the world’s biggest super indies with a large proportion of scripted business across prestige series and movies. Mediawan now spans 13 countries including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia, Benelux and the U.K.
With the acquisition of Leonine, Mediawan will boast a portfolio of 85 labels, a catalogue spanning 30,000 hours of premium content and revenues exceeding €1.3 billion ($1.4 billion). Mediawan’s worth is now believed to be in the $2-billion range. The deal is an all-stock transaction; both companies have the same shareholder, the U.S. private equity fund Kkr whose stake in Mediawan will still be below 50%, according to a source close to the company.
Mediawan now has a significant footprint in all major European markets, including German-speaking territories which represent the continent’s second largest TV market. The pact positions Mediawan as one of the world’s biggest super indies with a large proportion of scripted business across prestige series and movies. Mediawan now spans 13 countries including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia, Benelux and the U.K.
- 4/28/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Plan B Entertainment has started a new micro budget film finance initiative to produce and finance lower cost films which will be led by newly hired Caddy Vanasirikul. The veteran film producer and acquisition and production executive will manage Plan B’s forthcoming slate in this sector.
The first film under this new initiative is Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke’s Olmo, which recently completed shooting in New Mexico under an interim agreement. Co-written with Vanesa Garnica and directed by Eimbcke, and produced with Erendira Nunez LariosEréndira Núñez Larios and Michel Franco’s Teorema, the bilingual story is about 14 year-old Olmo, who must take care of his bedridden father who has Multiple Sclerosis. But when Olmo’s goddess neighbor Nina Sandoval invites him to a party, his world is turned upside down.
Eimbcke’s feature directorial debut Temporada de patos (Duck Season) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won...
The first film under this new initiative is Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke’s Olmo, which recently completed shooting in New Mexico under an interim agreement. Co-written with Vanesa Garnica and directed by Eimbcke, and produced with Erendira Nunez LariosEréndira Núñez Larios and Michel Franco’s Teorema, the bilingual story is about 14 year-old Olmo, who must take care of his bedridden father who has Multiple Sclerosis. But when Olmo’s goddess neighbor Nina Sandoval invites him to a party, his world is turned upside down.
Eimbcke’s feature directorial debut Temporada de patos (Duck Season) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won...
- 12/1/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Plan B Entertainment has set a joint venture with Oscar-winning documentarian and filmmaker Kevin Macdonald, known for movies including Touching The Void, One Day In September, Whitney, The Last King Of Scotland and State Of Play.
Per the Jv, the two parties will co-develop and co-produce unscripted films and series with both established and emerging directors.
Among Plan B’s current unscripted work is the ongoing Lego Masters series for Fox and the recent Wayne Shorter documentary Zero Gravity for Amazon. French media company Mediawan took a majority stake in the company late last year.
Macdonald’s previous work in documentary also includes Life In A Day, Marley and High & Low — John Galliano. He won a Best Documentary Oscar for One Day in September about the 1972 murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the Summer Olympics In Munich, Germany. His most recent narrative feature was The Mauritanian, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jodie Foster,...
Per the Jv, the two parties will co-develop and co-produce unscripted films and series with both established and emerging directors.
Among Plan B’s current unscripted work is the ongoing Lego Masters series for Fox and the recent Wayne Shorter documentary Zero Gravity for Amazon. French media company Mediawan took a majority stake in the company late last year.
Macdonald’s previous work in documentary also includes Life In A Day, Marley and High & Low — John Galliano. He won a Best Documentary Oscar for One Day in September about the 1972 murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the Summer Olympics In Munich, Germany. His most recent narrative feature was The Mauritanian, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jodie Foster,...
- 10/25/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Pierre-Antoine Capton, the co-founder and CEO of Mediawan, was named Knight of the Legion of Honor by French President Emmanuel Macron during a ceremony held at the Elysée Palace in Paris.
Capton was honored alongside other French figures who have made outstanding contributions to the country’s cultural landscape, including the filmmaker Costa Gavras, actor and novelist Marlène Jobert, contemporary artist Jean-Michel Othoniel, historian Pierre Nora, choreographer Claude Bessy, journalist Jean-Claude Narcy and conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus.
A former indie TV producer who rose through the ranks, Capton co-founded Mediawan with telco billionaire Xavier Niel and financier Matthieu Pigasse in 2015 and has turned it into an international powerhouse with a raft of strategic acquisitions, including France’s Ab Productions, the U.K.’s Drama Republic, Italy’s Palomar and Brad Pitt’s Plan B. The company, which is backed by Kkr and recently signed a €100m TV development deal with Entourage Ventures,...
Capton was honored alongside other French figures who have made outstanding contributions to the country’s cultural landscape, including the filmmaker Costa Gavras, actor and novelist Marlène Jobert, contemporary artist Jean-Michel Othoniel, historian Pierre Nora, choreographer Claude Bessy, journalist Jean-Claude Narcy and conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus.
A former indie TV producer who rose through the ranks, Capton co-founded Mediawan with telco billionaire Xavier Niel and financier Matthieu Pigasse in 2015 and has turned it into an international powerhouse with a raft of strategic acquisitions, including France’s Ab Productions, the U.K.’s Drama Republic, Italy’s Palomar and Brad Pitt’s Plan B. The company, which is backed by Kkr and recently signed a €100m TV development deal with Entourage Ventures,...
- 10/19/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Burgeoning Paris-based film and TV content group Mediawan has acquired a majority stake in French production company 24 25 Films.
Led by co-founding producers Thibault Gast and Matthias Weber, the company has a proven track record in producing mainstream box office hits in France.
Successes include Yann Gozlan’s 2021 Pierre Niney-starring mystery thriller Black Box, which grossed $9.4 million at the French box office, as well as the director’s previous film A Perfect Man.
Further productions include Thomas Kruithof’s political drama Promises as well as the award-winning comedy In The Game by Robin Sykes.
Its new action-comedy Cash by Jérémie Rozan, starring Raphaël Quenard, Agathe Rousselle and Igor Gotesman, has been in the number one slot on Netflix in France, since its launch on the platform on July 6.
24 25 Films joins a growing number of successful cinema-skewed companies operating under the Mediawan banner including Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Brad Pitt’s Plan B,...
Led by co-founding producers Thibault Gast and Matthias Weber, the company has a proven track record in producing mainstream box office hits in France.
Successes include Yann Gozlan’s 2021 Pierre Niney-starring mystery thriller Black Box, which grossed $9.4 million at the French box office, as well as the director’s previous film A Perfect Man.
Further productions include Thomas Kruithof’s political drama Promises as well as the award-winning comedy In The Game by Robin Sykes.
Its new action-comedy Cash by Jérémie Rozan, starring Raphaël Quenard, Agathe Rousselle and Igor Gotesman, has been in the number one slot on Netflix in France, since its launch on the platform on July 6.
24 25 Films joins a growing number of successful cinema-skewed companies operating under the Mediawan banner including Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Brad Pitt’s Plan B,...
- 7/12/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Florian Zeller, the Oscar-winning director and playwright of “The Father” and “The Son,” received the Medal of Honor, France’s highest decoration, at an intimate ceremony in Paris on Wednesday.
The event, hosted in the gardens of the French authors and composers guild (Sacd), gathered a flurry of talent and luminaries from the worlds of film, TV, theater and literature — reflecting the breadth of Zeller’s body of work. Zeller was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honor by France President Emmanuel Macron.
Guests included Isabelle Huppert, Pierre Arditi, Catherine Frot and Elodie Navarre who have starred in Zeller’s plays; Christopher Hampton, with whom he shares a best adapted screenplay Oscar for “The Father;” “Simone” actor Elsa Zylberstein; Mediawan boss Pierre-Antoine Capton, with whom he launched the L.A.-based company Blue Morning Pictures; Victoria Bedos (“La famille Belier”); Orange Studio’s Kristina Zimmermann and Sebastien Cauchon, who distributed...
The event, hosted in the gardens of the French authors and composers guild (Sacd), gathered a flurry of talent and luminaries from the worlds of film, TV, theater and literature — reflecting the breadth of Zeller’s body of work. Zeller was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honor by France President Emmanuel Macron.
Guests included Isabelle Huppert, Pierre Arditi, Catherine Frot and Elodie Navarre who have starred in Zeller’s plays; Christopher Hampton, with whom he shares a best adapted screenplay Oscar for “The Father;” “Simone” actor Elsa Zylberstein; Mediawan boss Pierre-Antoine Capton, with whom he launched the L.A.-based company Blue Morning Pictures; Victoria Bedos (“La famille Belier”); Orange Studio’s Kristina Zimmermann and Sebastien Cauchon, who distributed...
- 7/6/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Mediawan has been shaking the foundations of the film and TV world in France and Europe since it was launched in 2015 by producer Pierre-Antoine Capton, billionaire entrepreneur Xavier Niel and financier Matthieu Pigasse.
Raising an initial $342 million (300 million euros) by listing shares on the Euronext Paris stock exchange in 2016, the Paris-based group has since gathered some 70 film and TV production labels under its umbrella as well as secured the backing of U.S. investment firms Kkr and Atwater Capitol.
High-profile acquisitions have included the television division of Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp; Lagardère Studios and its 25 labels, including Spain’s Boomerang Group; French production houses Chapter 2, Chi-Fou-Mi, Radar Films and Call My Agent creator Mon Voisin Productions as well as Italian producer Palomar.
Elisabeth d’Arvieu
In 2021, it took a majority stake in the U.K.’s Drama Republic, while on the eve of Cannes, it bought Submarine, the Amsterdam and...
Raising an initial $342 million (300 million euros) by listing shares on the Euronext Paris stock exchange in 2016, the Paris-based group has since gathered some 70 film and TV production labels under its umbrella as well as secured the backing of U.S. investment firms Kkr and Atwater Capitol.
High-profile acquisitions have included the television division of Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp; Lagardère Studios and its 25 labels, including Spain’s Boomerang Group; French production houses Chapter 2, Chi-Fou-Mi, Radar Films and Call My Agent creator Mon Voisin Productions as well as Italian producer Palomar.
Elisabeth d’Arvieu
In 2021, it took a majority stake in the U.K.’s Drama Republic, while on the eve of Cannes, it bought Submarine, the Amsterdam and...
- 5/21/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
European production group Mediawan, which recently made headlines when it acquired a majority stake in Brad Pitt’s outfit Plan B Entertainment, has sealed another M&a deal, taking a majority stake in Submarine, the Dutch-based producers of Amazon Prime series Undone from Bojack Horseman creators Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob Waksberg.
Submarine’s credits also include “A Dream of a Thousand Cats,” an episode of Netflix and Warner Bros. Television’s The Sandman, Richard Linklater’s latest film Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood (also on Netflix), and the Emmy Award-winning documentaries Last Hijack and Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World.
Among their upcoming projects are drama series The Kollective written by Gomorrah and ZeroZeroZero showrunner Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Rvaglia; and Safe Harbor a true-crime-inspired series by Ozark co-creator Mark Williams.
“We are delighted to welcome within Mediawan a team as creative and renowned as the Submarine team,...
Submarine’s credits also include “A Dream of a Thousand Cats,” an episode of Netflix and Warner Bros. Television’s The Sandman, Richard Linklater’s latest film Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood (also on Netflix), and the Emmy Award-winning documentaries Last Hijack and Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World.
Among their upcoming projects are drama series The Kollective written by Gomorrah and ZeroZeroZero showrunner Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Rvaglia; and Safe Harbor a true-crime-inspired series by Ozark co-creator Mark Williams.
“We are delighted to welcome within Mediawan a team as creative and renowned as the Submarine team,...
- 4/17/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
France’s Mediawan has continued its acquisitions spree by acquiring Submarine, the international producer behind Richard Linklater’s animated film Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood.
The deal, financial terms of which were not disclosed, is for a majority stake in the company, which has offices in Amsterdam, London and L.A.
Mediawan, which last year bought Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment and has been expanding internationally, claimed the Submarine acquisition builds its “House of Talent” credentials. It is led by CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton, who struck a $107M co-development and financing deal with private equity Entourage Ventures earlier this year that Mediawan Rights boss Valerie Vleeschhouwer recently outlined in more detail in an interview with Deadline.
Submarine is known for the Emmy-winning documentary Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World, Netflix original Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press and most recently Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood...
The deal, financial terms of which were not disclosed, is for a majority stake in the company, which has offices in Amsterdam, London and L.A.
Mediawan, which last year bought Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment and has been expanding internationally, claimed the Submarine acquisition builds its “House of Talent” credentials. It is led by CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton, who struck a $107M co-development and financing deal with private equity Entourage Ventures earlier this year that Mediawan Rights boss Valerie Vleeschhouwer recently outlined in more detail in an interview with Deadline.
Submarine is known for the Emmy-winning documentary Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World, Netflix original Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press and most recently Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood...
- 4/17/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Los Angeles, March 23 (Ians) The International Emmy-winning French series ‘Call My Agent!’ is getting a Spanish-language remake, with actress Eva Longoria on board to produce and direct it.
Announced during the Series Mania Festival in Lille, it will mark the first adaptation targeting Latin America and the US, following successful remakes in Italy, Canada and the UK, among others, reports Variety.
In addition to producing through UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, Longoria will direct the first two episodes. The news comes right on the heels of Longoria’s feature directorial debut ‘Flamin’ Hot’, which premiered at SXSW and won the Audience Award.
“Like so many people around the globe, I’ve been a huge fan of the original series since it first premiered,” said Longoria.
“I’m so excited to partner with Mediawan and Elefantec Global to bring one of the greatest properties that gives a witty and satirical look behind the curtain...
Announced during the Series Mania Festival in Lille, it will mark the first adaptation targeting Latin America and the US, following successful remakes in Italy, Canada and the UK, among others, reports Variety.
In addition to producing through UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, Longoria will direct the first two episodes. The news comes right on the heels of Longoria’s feature directorial debut ‘Flamin’ Hot’, which premiered at SXSW and won the Audience Award.
“Like so many people around the globe, I’ve been a huge fan of the original series since it first premiered,” said Longoria.
“I’m so excited to partner with Mediawan and Elefantec Global to bring one of the greatest properties that gives a witty and satirical look behind the curtain...
- 3/23/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
After making her directorial debut with Flamin’ Hot, Eva Longoria is ready to announce her next project. Reports indicate her next endeavor is a Spanish-language remake of the International Emmy-winning French series Call My Agent! News about the remake comes from the Series Mania Festival in Lille, where Longoria announced that it will be co-produced by Mediawan, Elefantec Global, and her studio UnbeliEVAble Entertainment. Longoria is directing the first two episodes, with other directors forthcoming.
Call My Agent! is a satire about the chaotic life of celebrity agents. The series aired on France Télévisions for four seasons, with numerous people tuning in for the fictional drama. Netflix snapped up the rights to stream the series, and since then, it’s become one of the platform’s best French offerings.
“Like so many people around the globe, I’ve been a huge fan of the original series since it first premiered,...
Call My Agent! is a satire about the chaotic life of celebrity agents. The series aired on France Télévisions for four seasons, with numerous people tuning in for the fictional drama. Netflix snapped up the rights to stream the series, and since then, it’s become one of the platform’s best French offerings.
“Like so many people around the globe, I’ve been a huge fan of the original series since it first premiered,...
- 3/22/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Paris-based Mediawan, Elefantec Global and Eva Longoria’s UnbeliEVAble Entertainment are teaming up to co-produce a Spanish-speaking Americas version of the hit series Call My Agent!.
In addition to producing the show as founding CEO of UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, Longoria will also direct the first two episodes.
Longoria already has more than a dozen TV series director credits under her belt and recently made her feature directorial debut with Flamin’ Hot, which world premiered at SXSW.
“Like so many people around the globe, I’ve been a huge fan of the original series since it first premiered,” said Longoria.
“I’m so excited to partner with Mediawan and Elefantec Global to bring one of the greatest properties that gives a witty and satirical look behind the curtain of the entertainment industry for the Spanish-speaking American market.”
Elefantec Global CEO Pepe Baston echoed Longoria, saying: “Made with Latin flavor for a global audience,...
In addition to producing the show as founding CEO of UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, Longoria will also direct the first two episodes.
Longoria already has more than a dozen TV series director credits under her belt and recently made her feature directorial debut with Flamin’ Hot, which world premiered at SXSW.
“Like so many people around the globe, I’ve been a huge fan of the original series since it first premiered,” said Longoria.
“I’m so excited to partner with Mediawan and Elefantec Global to bring one of the greatest properties that gives a witty and satirical look behind the curtain of the entertainment industry for the Spanish-speaking American market.”
Elefantec Global CEO Pepe Baston echoed Longoria, saying: “Made with Latin flavor for a global audience,...
- 3/22/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The International Emmy-winning French series “Call My Agent!” is getting a Spanish-language remake, with Eva Longoria on board to produce and direct.
Announced during Series Mania Festival in Lille, the adaptation will be co-produced by Mediawan, Elefantec Global and Longoria’s banner UnbeliEVAble Entertainment. It will mark the first adaptation targeting Latin America and the U.S., following successful remakes in Italy, Canada and the U.K., among others.
In addition to producing through UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, Longoria will direct the first two episodes. The news comes right on the heels of Longoria’s feature directorial debut “Flamin’ Hot,” which premiered at SXSW and won the Audience Award.
“Like so many people around the globe, I’ve been a huge fan of the original series since it first premiered,” said Longoria. “I’m so excited to partner with Mediawan and Elefantec Global to bring one of the greatest properties that gives...
Announced during Series Mania Festival in Lille, the adaptation will be co-produced by Mediawan, Elefantec Global and Longoria’s banner UnbeliEVAble Entertainment. It will mark the first adaptation targeting Latin America and the U.S., following successful remakes in Italy, Canada and the U.K., among others.
In addition to producing through UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, Longoria will direct the first two episodes. The news comes right on the heels of Longoria’s feature directorial debut “Flamin’ Hot,” which premiered at SXSW and won the Audience Award.
“Like so many people around the globe, I’ve been a huge fan of the original series since it first premiered,” said Longoria. “I’m so excited to partner with Mediawan and Elefantec Global to bring one of the greatest properties that gives...
- 3/22/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The trio behind Mediawan, the French company which recently acquired a majority stake in Brad Pitt’s Plan B, have made an offer to buy Cgr Cinema, France’s second biggest multiplex chain, Variety has confirmed.
The bid has been made by Pierre-Antoine Capton and French telecom tycoon Xavier Niel, the co-founders of Mediawan. Capton and Niel are being backed by a consortium which includes Matthieu Pigasse, a big-time financier who is the third co-founder of Mediawan, among others. The offer values Cgr Cinemas below €500 million ($300 million), according to a source closed to discussions.
The British fund Aermont Capital has also made an offer, according to the French news site “L’informé.”
Cgr Cinemas comprises 74 multiplexes and represented an estimated 12% market share of theatrical admissions in 2022, according to the Cnc.
Cgr Cinemas’s owners, Luc Raymond and Charles Raymond, put the exhibition chain on the market in 2021. Along with the exhibition part of the business,...
The bid has been made by Pierre-Antoine Capton and French telecom tycoon Xavier Niel, the co-founders of Mediawan. Capton and Niel are being backed by a consortium which includes Matthieu Pigasse, a big-time financier who is the third co-founder of Mediawan, among others. The offer values Cgr Cinemas below €500 million ($300 million), according to a source closed to discussions.
The British fund Aermont Capital has also made an offer, according to the French news site “L’informé.”
Cgr Cinemas comprises 74 multiplexes and represented an estimated 12% market share of theatrical admissions in 2022, according to the Cnc.
Cgr Cinemas’s owners, Luc Raymond and Charles Raymond, put the exhibition chain on the market in 2021. Along with the exhibition part of the business,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Partners to champion new voices, explore growth in global markets.
Mediawan and Miramax TV have struck a deal to partner on development and production of prestige international scripted content kicking off with adaptations of The Immortals and Chocolat.
The Immortals is a series adaptation of René Barjavel’s best-selling sci-fi conspiracy novel Le Grand Secret (The Immortals) about world leaders who cover up a virus that causes immortality.
Miramax’s global head of television Marc Helwig and vice president of television development Mirsada Abdool Raman will handle production for Miramax alongside head of Mediawan Pictures’ Elisabeth d’Arvieu and Atlantique Productions’ general director Nathalie Perus.
Mediawan and Miramax TV have struck a deal to partner on development and production of prestige international scripted content kicking off with adaptations of The Immortals and Chocolat.
The Immortals is a series adaptation of René Barjavel’s best-selling sci-fi conspiracy novel Le Grand Secret (The Immortals) about world leaders who cover up a virus that causes immortality.
Miramax’s global head of television Marc Helwig and vice president of television development Mirsada Abdool Raman will handle production for Miramax alongside head of Mediawan Pictures’ Elisabeth d’Arvieu and Atlantique Productions’ general director Nathalie Perus.
- 2/9/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Mediawan and Miramax TV have signed a deal to co-develop and produce high-end scripted content, kicking off with the series adaptations “Chocolat,” and the sci-fi novel “The Immortals.”
As previously announced, the “Chocolat” series will be based on the books by Joanne Harris which were previously adapted into an Oscar-nominated movie directed by Lasse Hallstrom. The movie also went on to gross more than 152 million worldwide.
The series will expand on the novels and the film, and will take place in modern-day France. The plot will revolve around a woman and her daughter who settle down in a small town and shake things down. Their biggest challenge will be to convince the town’s folks to embrace the change they are bringing into town. French screenwriter Chloé Marçais will writing the adaptation, with Nathalie Perus. Atlantique Productions, a Mediawan company, is executive producing the series in France.
“The Immortals,” meanwhile,...
As previously announced, the “Chocolat” series will be based on the books by Joanne Harris which were previously adapted into an Oscar-nominated movie directed by Lasse Hallstrom. The movie also went on to gross more than 152 million worldwide.
The series will expand on the novels and the film, and will take place in modern-day France. The plot will revolve around a woman and her daughter who settle down in a small town and shake things down. Their biggest challenge will be to convince the town’s folks to embrace the change they are bringing into town. French screenwriter Chloé Marçais will writing the adaptation, with Nathalie Perus. Atlantique Productions, a Mediawan company, is executive producing the series in France.
“The Immortals,” meanwhile,...
- 2/9/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Mediawan and Miramax TV have closed a deal to develop and produce together high-end scripted programming, including series and straight-to-platform feature films, for the international marketplace.
As Deadline reported in November, the companies already are developing a series based on Miramax’s film Chocolat, which starred Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche. French screenwriter Chloé Marçais is adapting in her native language, with Nathalie Perus from Atlantique Productions, a Mediawan company, executive producing in France.
The companies also are developing a serial adaptation of a best-selling sci-fi conspiracy novel by René Barjavel: Le Grand Secret (English title: The Immortals). The classic IP tells a love story while raising the question: what would the consequences be for mankind of achieving immortality?
Miramax’s Global Head of Television Marc Helwig and Vice President of Television Development Mirsada Abdool Raman will lead the creative efforts for Miramax,...
As Deadline reported in November, the companies already are developing a series based on Miramax’s film Chocolat, which starred Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche. French screenwriter Chloé Marçais is adapting in her native language, with Nathalie Perus from Atlantique Productions, a Mediawan company, executive producing in France.
The companies also are developing a serial adaptation of a best-selling sci-fi conspiracy novel by René Barjavel: Le Grand Secret (English title: The Immortals). The classic IP tells a love story while raising the question: what would the consequences be for mankind of achieving immortality?
Miramax’s Global Head of Television Marc Helwig and Vice President of Television Development Mirsada Abdool Raman will lead the creative efforts for Miramax,...
- 2/9/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Companies aim to finance series with international potential.
France’s Mediawan Group has partnered with Paris-based investment firm Entourage Ventures on a €100 million fund to develop global series.
The aim of the agreement is to finance TV series with “strong international potential” over the next 4-6 years, according to a joint statement from the groups on Monday.
Under the deal, Mediawan Group’s distribution subsidiary Mediawan Rights will partner with Entourage to co-develop, co-produce and co-distribute series geared towards global audiences. Both financing and revenue will be shared 50/50 between the two partners with Mediawan handling distribution of the series and...
France’s Mediawan Group has partnered with Paris-based investment firm Entourage Ventures on a €100 million fund to develop global series.
The aim of the agreement is to finance TV series with “strong international potential” over the next 4-6 years, according to a joint statement from the groups on Monday.
Under the deal, Mediawan Group’s distribution subsidiary Mediawan Rights will partner with Entourage to co-develop, co-produce and co-distribute series geared towards global audiences. Both financing and revenue will be shared 50/50 between the two partners with Mediawan handling distribution of the series and...
- 2/6/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Companies aim to finance series with international potential.
France’s Mediawan Group has partnered with Paris-based investment firm Entourage Ventures on a €100 million fund to develop global series.
The aim of the agreement is to finance TV series with “strong international potential” over the next 4-6 years, according to a joint statement from the groups on Monday.
Under the deal, Mediawan Group’s distribution subsidiary Mediawan Rights will partner with Entourage to co-develop, co-produce and co-distribute series geared towards global audiences. Both financing and revenue will be shared 50/50 between the two partners with Mediawan handling distribution of the series and...
France’s Mediawan Group has partnered with Paris-based investment firm Entourage Ventures on a €100 million fund to develop global series.
The aim of the agreement is to finance TV series with “strong international potential” over the next 4-6 years, according to a joint statement from the groups on Monday.
Under the deal, Mediawan Group’s distribution subsidiary Mediawan Rights will partner with Entourage to co-develop, co-produce and co-distribute series geared towards global audiences. Both financing and revenue will be shared 50/50 between the two partners with Mediawan handling distribution of the series and...
- 2/6/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here relaying a hugely busy week in the world of film and TV as the post-Christmas blues are very much washed away. Read on.
French Focus
Rendez-Vous: Mel Goodfellow here reporting from the 25th edition of French film and TV promotional body Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris, which unfolded in the French capital this week in its first fully physical iteration since 2020. Some 450 buyers from 50 territories attended its film market and screening program, showcasing some 80 new French language titles and presentations by nine broadcasters and content companies including Mediawan, Newen, Arte, Federation Entertainment and France Télévisions. The event kicked off with Unifrance’s third Export Day on Tuesday looking at the fortunes of French film and TV content internationally. Its annual international box office report revealed less than stellar results – with French minority and majority productions clocking just 27M admissions outside of France in 2022, against...
French Focus
Rendez-Vous: Mel Goodfellow here reporting from the 25th edition of French film and TV promotional body Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris, which unfolded in the French capital this week in its first fully physical iteration since 2020. Some 450 buyers from 50 territories attended its film market and screening program, showcasing some 80 new French language titles and presentations by nine broadcasters and content companies including Mediawan, Newen, Arte, Federation Entertainment and France Télévisions. The event kicked off with Unifrance’s third Export Day on Tuesday looking at the fortunes of French film and TV content internationally. Its annual international box office report revealed less than stellar results – with French minority and majority productions clocking just 27M admissions outside of France in 2022, against...
- 1/13/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Pierre-Antoine Capton, the CEO of Mediawan who recently engineered the company’s high profile acquisition of Brad Pitt’s Plan B, said both companies have already started working together on some projects.
“We are working on our first development and co-production projects between Plan B and our French companies, and these are happening organically,” said Capton on stage at the day-long conference organized by French TV and film promotion org Unifrance.
“It’s very interesting for everyone, and producers (from Mediawan) who now have access to Plan B’s teams are raving about the level of standards that a company like Plan B has, being an independent production company which has won the most Oscars with such quality projects,” Capton continued. “We have a lot to learn and I think it will benefit our French ecosystem,” he added.
Launched in 2015 by Capton, tech tycoon Xavier Niel and financier Matthieu Pigasse,...
“We are working on our first development and co-production projects between Plan B and our French companies, and these are happening organically,” said Capton on stage at the day-long conference organized by French TV and film promotion org Unifrance.
“It’s very interesting for everyone, and producers (from Mediawan) who now have access to Plan B’s teams are raving about the level of standards that a company like Plan B has, being an independent production company which has won the most Oscars with such quality projects,” Capton continued. “We have a lot to learn and I think it will benefit our French ecosystem,” he added.
Launched in 2015 by Capton, tech tycoon Xavier Niel and financier Matthieu Pigasse,...
- 1/10/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Mediawan CEO and co-founder Pierre-Antoine Capton has said his company’s acquisition of Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment in late December heralds an opportunity for all content creators in France and Europe to forge stronger links and footprints in the U.S.
“I’m very happy we did this deal with Brad Pitt. There are lots of French producers who have contacted me since and said, ‘It’s fantastic for the whole sector because you’re going to represent us and allow others to make it too’,” he said.
“It’s true. Today, we’re getting access a lot more easily,” he said.
Beyond expanding Paris-based Mediawan’s footprint into the U.S., the endgame of the acquisition was to give more access to French and European talents to international markets, through working with a production company of the calibre of Plan B, he explained.
“It will also require...
“I’m very happy we did this deal with Brad Pitt. There are lots of French producers who have contacted me since and said, ‘It’s fantastic for the whole sector because you’re going to represent us and allow others to make it too’,” he said.
“It’s true. Today, we’re getting access a lot more easily,” he said.
Beyond expanding Paris-based Mediawan’s footprint into the U.S., the endgame of the acquisition was to give more access to French and European talents to international markets, through working with a production company of the calibre of Plan B, he explained.
“It will also require...
- 1/10/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The U.S. theatrical market has never been more volatile for specialty films, even star-studded ones, but the appeal of Hollywood A-listers hasn’t faded — at least when it comes to finding investors.
Brad Pitt’s Plan B is the latest star-driven production company to be scooped up by deep-pocketed buyers, joining After Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Inc.
A majority stake of the company, which largely produces movies that often win laurels but seldom turn a profit, was acquired by Mediawan in a deal valued at approximately 300 million. Half of it was paid in cash and the other half in shares of Mediawan.
“We’re seeing some huge acquisition prices for companies that are fronted by a very well known, bankable star, so this is part of a trend where the value is really always linked to the talent,” said Claire Enders at London-based Enders Analysis.
Brad Pitt’s Plan B is the latest star-driven production company to be scooped up by deep-pocketed buyers, joining After Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Inc.
A majority stake of the company, which largely produces movies that often win laurels but seldom turn a profit, was acquired by Mediawan in a deal valued at approximately 300 million. Half of it was paid in cash and the other half in shares of Mediawan.
“We’re seeing some huge acquisition prices for companies that are fronted by a very well known, bankable star, so this is part of a trend where the value is really always linked to the talent,” said Claire Enders at London-based Enders Analysis.
- 12/14/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Brad Pitt’s Plan B may have a new owner in Mediawan. But Pierre-Antoine Capton, the head of the conglomerate behind “Call My Agent!,” says he plans to take a hands-off approach to overseeing the Oscar-winning company he just bought.
“Plan B will continue to operate independently with the same leadership,” Capton told Variety shortly after the deal closed.
That doesn’t mean Capton isn’t looking to change some things. He says Plan B’s new chapter will include more TV and collaborations with Europe. Capton, a well-connected TV producer who launched Mediawan in 2015 with telco billionaire Xavier Niel and financier Matthieu Pigasse, began talks with Plan B a year ago and engineered the deal which is expected to formally close in January. Under the pact, Plan B was paid half in shares of Mediawan and half in cash. The deal values Plan B at about 300 million.
Mediawan had...
“Plan B will continue to operate independently with the same leadership,” Capton told Variety shortly after the deal closed.
That doesn’t mean Capton isn’t looking to change some things. He says Plan B’s new chapter will include more TV and collaborations with Europe. Capton, a well-connected TV producer who launched Mediawan in 2015 with telco billionaire Xavier Niel and financier Matthieu Pigasse, began talks with Plan B a year ago and engineered the deal which is expected to formally close in January. Under the pact, Plan B was paid half in shares of Mediawan and half in cash. The deal values Plan B at about 300 million.
Mediawan had...
- 12/12/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The deal also see the launch of Mediawan US.
French media company Mediawan has taken a majority stake in Brad Pitt’s production house Plan B Entertainment as the group bolsters its English-language production efforts with new division Mediawan US.
Following speculation about the deal on Friday (December 9), Mediawan issued a statement confirming the news which said the two companies “have entered into a definitive agreement for Mediawan to buy a significant stake in Plan B”.
It added: “By joining forces with Plan B, Mediawan expands beyond its core European markets into the US.”
Mediawan CEO and co-founder Pierre-Antoine Capton,...
French media company Mediawan has taken a majority stake in Brad Pitt’s production house Plan B Entertainment as the group bolsters its English-language production efforts with new division Mediawan US.
Following speculation about the deal on Friday (December 9), Mediawan issued a statement confirming the news which said the two companies “have entered into a definitive agreement for Mediawan to buy a significant stake in Plan B”.
It added: “By joining forces with Plan B, Mediawan expands beyond its core European markets into the US.”
Mediawan CEO and co-founder Pierre-Antoine Capton,...
- 12/10/2022
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
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The global economy might be on the brink of shambles, but the celebrity-entertainment industrial complex shows no sign of slowing down. Big stars, who have already amassed fame and fortune in front of the camera, are increasingly securing generational wealth for their work behind the camera.
The latest move comes courtesy of Plan B Entertainment, the production company owned by actor Brad Pitt, which has been sold to French media conglomerate Mediawan, the companies announced Friday afternoon.
Mediawan said that it has acquired a majority stake in Plan B in a deal that reportedly values the studio in the low hundreds of millions of dollars. Pitt will retain a minority stake in the firm, which was behind films like She Said and Moonlight and TV shows like The Underground Railroad and The Oa. Mediawan backers Kkr, Atwater Capital, Bpifrance, MacSf, and Société Générale...
The global economy might be on the brink of shambles, but the celebrity-entertainment industrial complex shows no sign of slowing down. Big stars, who have already amassed fame and fortune in front of the camera, are increasingly securing generational wealth for their work behind the camera.
The latest move comes courtesy of Plan B Entertainment, the production company owned by actor Brad Pitt, which has been sold to French media conglomerate Mediawan, the companies announced Friday afternoon.
Mediawan said that it has acquired a majority stake in Plan B in a deal that reportedly values the studio in the low hundreds of millions of dollars. Pitt will retain a minority stake in the firm, which was behind films like She Said and Moonlight and TV shows like The Underground Railroad and The Oa. Mediawan backers Kkr, Atwater Capital, Bpifrance, MacSf, and Société Générale...
- 12/9/2022
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B Entertainment is selling a 60 percent majority stake to the French media giant Mediawan in a deal that values the film company behind “Moonlight” and “12 Years a Slave” in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
The news was formally announced late Friday after news of the deal broke early Friday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but CNBC, which first reported the news, reported that Plan B is said to be worth in the hundreds of millions of dollars range but below 500 million.
Plan B first announced an intention to explore a sale of its assets or an investor back in October, and the sale is the latest example in a wave of M&a activity across Hollywood over the last few years. That’s included everything from the sale of Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine to Candle Media to LeBron James...
The news was formally announced late Friday after news of the deal broke early Friday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but CNBC, which first reported the news, reported that Plan B is said to be worth in the hundreds of millions of dollars range but below 500 million.
Plan B first announced an intention to explore a sale of its assets or an investor back in October, and the sale is the latest example in a wave of M&a activity across Hollywood over the last few years. That’s included everything from the sale of Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine to Candle Media to LeBron James...
- 12/9/2022
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment is on track to sell a majority stake to Mediawan, the pan-European media conglomerate. The deal is expected to close this weekend, Variety has confirmed.
Plan B Entertainment, which is run by Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner, hired Moelis & Co. to shop for a buyer or potential investors last month. The company was founded in 2001 by Pitt and Jennifer Aniston shortly after the pair married. Pitt eventually took over the banner after the two divorced in 2005. Its credits include “The Departed,” “Moonlight” and “12 Years a Slave,” all of which won the Oscar for best picture. The company recently produced “She Said,” a look at the journalists who broke the Harvey Weinstein story, as well as “Blonde,” an off-beat drama about Marilyn Monroe.
Mediawan was founded in 2015 by Pierre-Antoine Capton, telecom billionaire Xavier Niel and Matthieu Pigasse. The company, which is financially backed by...
Plan B Entertainment, which is run by Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner, hired Moelis & Co. to shop for a buyer or potential investors last month. The company was founded in 2001 by Pitt and Jennifer Aniston shortly after the pair married. Pitt eventually took over the banner after the two divorced in 2005. Its credits include “The Departed,” “Moonlight” and “12 Years a Slave,” all of which won the Oscar for best picture. The company recently produced “She Said,” a look at the journalists who broke the Harvey Weinstein story, as well as “Blonde,” an off-beat drama about Marilyn Monroe.
Mediawan was founded in 2015 by Pierre-Antoine Capton, telecom billionaire Xavier Niel and Matthieu Pigasse. The company, which is financially backed by...
- 12/9/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Lost Patient (Le patient) is an Arte TV thriller directed by Christophe Charrier, starring Txomin Vergez and Clotilde Hesme.
A story that has some potential, but it goes unused.
Premise
Thomas has been in a coma for three years when he wakes up and remembers nothing. His psychologist, Anna, informs him that his family has been murdered and that he is the only survivor of the massacre while his sister Laura is still missing.
Movie Review
This feature is a French thriller produced by Arte TV that does not stand out neither in its cinematography, nor – in its difficult condition of being a TV production – in its story. It reduces what could have been good story to a simplistic, and a not a majorly artistic, endeavor.
Txomin Vergez’s performance is good enough, although not outstanding in this a movie that leaves one somewhat indifferent.
‘The Lost Patient’ is laden with clichés,...
A story that has some potential, but it goes unused.
Premise
Thomas has been in a coma for three years when he wakes up and remembers nothing. His psychologist, Anna, informs him that his family has been murdered and that he is the only survivor of the massacre while his sister Laura is still missing.
Movie Review
This feature is a French thriller produced by Arte TV that does not stand out neither in its cinematography, nor – in its difficult condition of being a TV production – in its story. It reduces what could have been good story to a simplistic, and a not a majorly artistic, endeavor.
Txomin Vergez’s performance is good enough, although not outstanding in this a movie that leaves one somewhat indifferent.
‘The Lost Patient’ is laden with clichés,...
- 12/6/2022
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
The 2000 film starred Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp.
Miramax TV is partnering with Mediawan’s Atlantique Productions for a French-language adaptation of 2000 Oscar-nominated box office hit Chocolat which starred Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp.
The film was directed by Lasse Hallstrom and based on the novel by Joanne Harris. It garnered five Academy Award nominations including best picture and grossed more than 152m at the global box office. The Miramax-Atlantique series adaptation will draw from both the original book and feature film as well as additional novels by Harris.
The series will follow a woman and her daughter who settle...
Miramax TV is partnering with Mediawan’s Atlantique Productions for a French-language adaptation of 2000 Oscar-nominated box office hit Chocolat which starred Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp.
The film was directed by Lasse Hallstrom and based on the novel by Joanne Harris. It garnered five Academy Award nominations including best picture and grossed more than 152m at the global box office. The Miramax-Atlantique series adaptation will draw from both the original book and feature film as well as additional novels by Harris.
The series will follow a woman and her daughter who settle...
- 11/29/2022
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Johnny Depp hit Chocolat is to return as a French-language TV series from Miramax TV and Mediawan.
The five-time-Academy Award-nominated film’s TV adaptation will be shot in French and set in a small town in modern-day France, with Mediawan-owned Atlantique Productions producing with Miramax. The movie was released in 2000 and also starred Juliette Binoche and Judi Dench.
In the TV show, also adapted from the Joanne Harris novel, a woman and a daughter will settle down and disrupt the fragile social balance of the local community. Their biggest challenge will be to convince the town’s folks to embrace the change they are bringing into town, like a breath of fresh air.
“Joanne Harris’ richly textured comic fable is a timeless and uplifting crowd-pleaser,” said Marc Helwig, Miramax Global Head of Television. “This marks yet another fantastic project from our extensive IP and film library, that we are able...
The five-time-Academy Award-nominated film’s TV adaptation will be shot in French and set in a small town in modern-day France, with Mediawan-owned Atlantique Productions producing with Miramax. The movie was released in 2000 and also starred Juliette Binoche and Judi Dench.
In the TV show, also adapted from the Joanne Harris novel, a woman and a daughter will settle down and disrupt the fragile social balance of the local community. Their biggest challenge will be to convince the town’s folks to embrace the change they are bringing into town, like a breath of fresh air.
“Joanne Harris’ richly textured comic fable is a timeless and uplifting crowd-pleaser,” said Marc Helwig, Miramax Global Head of Television. “This marks yet another fantastic project from our extensive IP and film library, that we are able...
- 11/29/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
“Chocolat,” the Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp, is set for a television reboot with Miramax TV and Mediawan-owned Atlantique Productions on board.
The two companies have teamed up to co-develop a French-language series adaptation of “Chocolat.”
Released by Miramax in 2000, the movie was based on the books by Joanne Harris and was directed by Lasse Hallstrom. It garnered five Oscar nominations and went on to gross more than 152 million worldwide.
The series will expand on the novels and the film, and will take place in modern-day France. The plot will revolve around a woman and her daughter who settle down in a small town and shake things down. Their biggest challenge will be to convince the town’s folks to embrace the change they are bringing into town.
The project fits into Miramax’s strategy of developing premium TV content from its extensive IP and film library.
The two companies have teamed up to co-develop a French-language series adaptation of “Chocolat.”
Released by Miramax in 2000, the movie was based on the books by Joanne Harris and was directed by Lasse Hallstrom. It garnered five Oscar nominations and went on to gross more than 152 million worldwide.
The series will expand on the novels and the film, and will take place in modern-day France. The plot will revolve around a woman and her daughter who settle down in a small town and shake things down. Their biggest challenge will be to convince the town’s folks to embrace the change they are bringing into town.
The project fits into Miramax’s strategy of developing premium TV content from its extensive IP and film library.
- 11/29/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment is in advanced talks to sell a significant stake to Mediawan, the fast-rising French production and distribution group, Variety has confirmed.
Mediawan, which is financially backed by New York-based private equity firm Kkr, is not the only bidder and negotiations are not exclusive at this point. Bloomberg first reported about the talks.
Founded in 2015 by Pierre-Antoine Capton, telecom billionaire Xavier Niel and Matthieu Pigasse, the company has been ramping up its presence within the competitive English-language market through the acquisition (with Leonine Studios) of Drama Republic in the U.K. and recently announced a joint venture with “The Son” filmmaker Florian Zeller and former CAA executive Federica Sainte-Rose to launch an L.A.-based production vehicle called Blue Monday Pictures. Mediawan already boasts a strong presence in Europe with stakes in some of France’s most successful production banners, including Dimitri Rassam’s Chapter...
Mediawan, which is financially backed by New York-based private equity firm Kkr, is not the only bidder and negotiations are not exclusive at this point. Bloomberg first reported about the talks.
Founded in 2015 by Pierre-Antoine Capton, telecom billionaire Xavier Niel and Matthieu Pigasse, the company has been ramping up its presence within the competitive English-language market through the acquisition (with Leonine Studios) of Drama Republic in the U.K. and recently announced a joint venture with “The Son” filmmaker Florian Zeller and former CAA executive Federica Sainte-Rose to launch an L.A.-based production vehicle called Blue Monday Pictures. Mediawan already boasts a strong presence in Europe with stakes in some of France’s most successful production banners, including Dimitri Rassam’s Chapter...
- 10/31/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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Oscar-winning French director Florian Zeller (The Father, The Son) has signed a multiyear deal with fast-growing European production company Mediawan (Call My Agent!) to develop and produce films and high-end TV series across an array of platforms.
Mediawan will finance and produce the films and series, co-producing with Blue Morning Pictures, the production outfit Zeller recently founded with former CAA agent Federica Sainte-Rose. Zeller won an Oscar for the screenplay to The Father, his feature debut as a director, and an adaptation of his own French play of the same name.
The Father, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman, received six Oscar nominations, including best picture, and won both for Zeller’s adapted screenplay and the best actor honor for Hopkins.
As an agent in CAA’s Media Finance department, Sainte-Rose was involved in the packaging and sales of such films as Audrey Diwan...
Oscar-winning French director Florian Zeller (The Father, The Son) has signed a multiyear deal with fast-growing European production company Mediawan (Call My Agent!) to develop and produce films and high-end TV series across an array of platforms.
Mediawan will finance and produce the films and series, co-producing with Blue Morning Pictures, the production outfit Zeller recently founded with former CAA agent Federica Sainte-Rose. Zeller won an Oscar for the screenplay to The Father, his feature debut as a director, and an adaptation of his own French play of the same name.
The Father, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman, received six Oscar nominations, including best picture, and won both for Zeller’s adapted screenplay and the best actor honor for Hopkins.
As an agent in CAA’s Media Finance department, Sainte-Rose was involved in the packaging and sales of such films as Audrey Diwan...
- 9/9/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar winner Florian Zeller (The Father), fresh off Venice Film Festival drama The Son, is launching production firm Blue Morning Pictures with backing from European studio Mediawan (Call My Agent).
Zeller will oversee the company out of Paris and LA with former CAA agent Federica Sainte-Rose. As part of the deal, Mediawan will finance and produce the slate of film and TV projects with Blue Morning Pictures.
After a career as a playwright, Zeller adapted and directed his first film, The Father, based on his play of the same name, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. The film received six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, with Zeller co-winning Best Adapted Screenplay.
Sainte-Rose previously served as an agent in CAA’s Media Finance department, where she was involved in the packaging and sales of films including Christos Nikou’s Fingernails, Ninja Thyberg’s Pleasure, Audrey Diwan’s Happening, and Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s The Platform.
Zeller will oversee the company out of Paris and LA with former CAA agent Federica Sainte-Rose. As part of the deal, Mediawan will finance and produce the slate of film and TV projects with Blue Morning Pictures.
After a career as a playwright, Zeller adapted and directed his first film, The Father, based on his play of the same name, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. The film received six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, with Zeller co-winning Best Adapted Screenplay.
Sainte-Rose previously served as an agent in CAA’s Media Finance department, where she was involved in the packaging and sales of films including Christos Nikou’s Fingernails, Ninja Thyberg’s Pleasure, Audrey Diwan’s Happening, and Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s The Platform.
- 9/9/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Mediawan is backing the company.
Oscar-winning French filmmaker Florian Zeller has launched Blue Morning Pictures, a France- and US-based production company backed by independent European studio Mediawan.
Zeller will run Blue Morning from Paris and Los Angeles, alongside co-founder Federica Sainte-Rose, who joins the company from Creative Artists Agency (CAA).
Mediawan will finance and produce both features and high-end series for Blue Morning, across ‘an array of platforms’, according to the companies.
Zeller said he and Sainte-Rose “have a shared vision for telling bold, character-driven stories with the hope of moving and engaging audiences on a global scale.”
“This new...
Oscar-winning French filmmaker Florian Zeller has launched Blue Morning Pictures, a France- and US-based production company backed by independent European studio Mediawan.
Zeller will run Blue Morning from Paris and Los Angeles, alongside co-founder Federica Sainte-Rose, who joins the company from Creative Artists Agency (CAA).
Mediawan will finance and produce both features and high-end series for Blue Morning, across ‘an array of platforms’, according to the companies.
Zeller said he and Sainte-Rose “have a shared vision for telling bold, character-driven stories with the hope of moving and engaging audiences on a global scale.”
“This new...
- 9/9/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Mediawan, the fast-rising pan-European production and distribution group behind “The Little Prince,” has launched a new division, Mediawan kids & family, to ramp up its activities dedicated to youth entertainment content and become a global one-stop shop.
Unveiled during the Annecy Animation Film Festival, this new division will bring together Mediawan’s topnotch labels, including Aton Soumache’s thriving banner Method Animation, whose track record spans 25 years and comprises worldwide hits such as “Miraculous – Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir” (co-produced with Zag) and “Robin Hood – Mischief in Sherwood; On Classics, the banner behind the BAFTA-nominated, Cesar-winning “The Little Prince,” which sold 50 million tickets worldwide. On Classics is also behind “Little Nicolas – Happy as can be” which world premiered at Cannes in the Special Screenings section and is competing at Annecy.
Spearheaded by Julien Borde, an animation industry veteran who previously held senior positions at WarnerMedia and France Televisions, Mediawan kids...
Unveiled during the Annecy Animation Film Festival, this new division will bring together Mediawan’s topnotch labels, including Aton Soumache’s thriving banner Method Animation, whose track record spans 25 years and comprises worldwide hits such as “Miraculous – Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir” (co-produced with Zag) and “Robin Hood – Mischief in Sherwood; On Classics, the banner behind the BAFTA-nominated, Cesar-winning “The Little Prince,” which sold 50 million tickets worldwide. On Classics is also behind “Little Nicolas – Happy as can be” which world premiered at Cannes in the Special Screenings section and is competing at Annecy.
Spearheaded by Julien Borde, an animation industry veteran who previously held senior positions at WarnerMedia and France Televisions, Mediawan kids...
- 6/13/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Mediawan Rights, the commercial arm of the European media powerhouse, is set to expand its scope with the launch of a sales division dedicated to light entertainment programming. Estelle Bodén, an industry veteran, has been appointed head of distribution of this newly-created unit.
Bodén will report to Valérie Vleeschhouwer, managing director of Mediawan Rights, and will be in charge of developing and structuring this new initiative.
Boasting 25 years of experience, the executive previously worked at Strix Television, the outfit behind hit reality TV formats such as “The Farm” and “The Bar.” In 2004, Bodén co-founded Friday TV whose portfolio included factual formats around the world, notably “Clash of the Choirs,” “Single Moms” and “Minute to Win It” which aired on NBC in the U.S. and traveled to more than 50 territories. She also co-created the Swedish company Elk Entertainment, which was acquired by ITV Studios in 2017.
Under Vleeschhouwer’s leadership, Mediawan...
Bodén will report to Valérie Vleeschhouwer, managing director of Mediawan Rights, and will be in charge of developing and structuring this new initiative.
Boasting 25 years of experience, the executive previously worked at Strix Television, the outfit behind hit reality TV formats such as “The Farm” and “The Bar.” In 2004, Bodén co-founded Friday TV whose portfolio included factual formats around the world, notably “Clash of the Choirs,” “Single Moms” and “Minute to Win It” which aired on NBC in the U.S. and traveled to more than 50 territories. She also co-created the Swedish company Elk Entertainment, which was acquired by ITV Studios in 2017.
Under Vleeschhouwer’s leadership, Mediawan...
- 4/4/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Mediawan (“Call My Agent!”) has signed a strategic partnership with Laurent Zeitoun’s production company Good Hero to co-develop and co-produce original international TV series and feature films.
Based in New York and Paris, Good Hero was launched by Zeitoun, an independent producer whose credits include “The Intouchables,” “The Death of Stalin,” “Ballerina” and “Fireheart” (pictured). Zeitoun is working with Gregory Ouanhon, the banner’s CEO and producer. Good Hero’s Kiel Murray (“Cars”) will supervise the story development of all scripted content and executive produce along with Zeitoun.
Zeitoun most recently wrote and directed “Fireheart” which opened in French theatres last weekend and is currently rolling out internationally. The film is voiced by Olivia Cooke, William Shatner and Kenneth Branagh for release in English-speaking territories.
“We are thrilled to be working with Laurent and Gregory and their team of visionary creatives,” said Mediawan CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton. “They have a...
Based in New York and Paris, Good Hero was launched by Zeitoun, an independent producer whose credits include “The Intouchables,” “The Death of Stalin,” “Ballerina” and “Fireheart” (pictured). Zeitoun is working with Gregory Ouanhon, the banner’s CEO and producer. Good Hero’s Kiel Murray (“Cars”) will supervise the story development of all scripted content and executive produce along with Zeitoun.
Zeitoun most recently wrote and directed “Fireheart” which opened in French theatres last weekend and is currently rolling out internationally. The film is voiced by Olivia Cooke, William Shatner and Kenneth Branagh for release in English-speaking territories.
“We are thrilled to be working with Laurent and Gregory and their team of visionary creatives,” said Mediawan CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton. “They have a...
- 2/22/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The partners will make two to three projects a year.
French media company Mediawan has signed a strategic partnership with Paris and New York-based creative studio Good Hero to make two to three internationally-focused projects a year.
Mediawan and Good Hero will co-develop and co-produce high-end television series and features, both live and animation and mostly in the English language, adapted from Good Hero’s slate of original content.
Good Hero was founded in 2020 by leading French producer Laurent Zeitoun and CEO Gregory Ouanhon. Zeitoun’s producing credits include The Intouchables andThe Death Of Stalin, and his directorial debut Fireheart...
French media company Mediawan has signed a strategic partnership with Paris and New York-based creative studio Good Hero to make two to three internationally-focused projects a year.
Mediawan and Good Hero will co-develop and co-produce high-end television series and features, both live and animation and mostly in the English language, adapted from Good Hero’s slate of original content.
Good Hero was founded in 2020 by leading French producer Laurent Zeitoun and CEO Gregory Ouanhon. Zeitoun’s producing credits include The Intouchables andThe Death Of Stalin, and his directorial debut Fireheart...
- 2/22/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
European studio Mediawan has signed a strategic partnership with Death of Stalin producer Laurent Zeitoun and Gregory Ouanhon’s nascent creative studio Good Hero to co-develop and produce high-end international TV shows and feature films.
The projects will be adapted from the originals slate of Good Hero, which was founded in New York and Paris in 2020 by the producer duo.
Overseen by Mediawan Pictures’ Elisabeth d’Arvieu, Good Hero’s Kiel Murray (Cars) will supervise story development with Zeitoun and executive produce all scripted content on behalf of the studio.
Zeitoun’s latest film is animated feature Fireheart, which opened in France last week and is voiced by Olivia Cooke, William Shatner and Kenneth Branagh in English speaking territories for international rollout.
“Laurent and Gregory have a unique way of telling stories and creating worlds that resonate with each and every one of us,” said Mediawan CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton. “This partnership reflects Mediawan’s DNA,...
The projects will be adapted from the originals slate of Good Hero, which was founded in New York and Paris in 2020 by the producer duo.
Overseen by Mediawan Pictures’ Elisabeth d’Arvieu, Good Hero’s Kiel Murray (Cars) will supervise story development with Zeitoun and executive produce all scripted content on behalf of the studio.
Zeitoun’s latest film is animated feature Fireheart, which opened in France last week and is voiced by Olivia Cooke, William Shatner and Kenneth Branagh in English speaking territories for international rollout.
“Laurent and Gregory have a unique way of telling stories and creating worlds that resonate with each and every one of us,” said Mediawan CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton. “This partnership reflects Mediawan’s DNA,...
- 2/22/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Fremantle Media distribution exec Caroline Kusser has joined Mediawan and Leonine Studios as Executive Vice President, International Co-Production.
The high-profile exec will be responsible for all TV co-production activities for the newly-merged Call My Agent and Dark outfit, managing and co-ordinating shows across more than 60 production companies as the firm pushes through its acquisition of Doctor Foster producer Drama Republic.
Starting earlier this month, she is also driving the development of Leonine Studios’ global distribution from the newly-opened LA office and has taken on the additional role of Leonine Studios EVP World Sales.
At Fremantle, Kusser was involved in closing co-production deals with Hulu, Amazon, Netflix, Starz and Nat Geo. Prior to this she worked for 10 years in the U.S. for Red Arrow International, rising to Senior Vice President. She also established distribution outfit Carokusser.
“Caroline is an expert with an excellent network and the ideal person for our...
The high-profile exec will be responsible for all TV co-production activities for the newly-merged Call My Agent and Dark outfit, managing and co-ordinating shows across more than 60 production companies as the firm pushes through its acquisition of Doctor Foster producer Drama Republic.
Starting earlier this month, she is also driving the development of Leonine Studios’ global distribution from the newly-opened LA office and has taken on the additional role of Leonine Studios EVP World Sales.
At Fremantle, Kusser was involved in closing co-production deals with Hulu, Amazon, Netflix, Starz and Nat Geo. Prior to this she worked for 10 years in the U.S. for Red Arrow International, rising to Senior Vice President. She also established distribution outfit Carokusser.
“Caroline is an expert with an excellent network and the ideal person for our...
- 1/20/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Mediawan Group has acquired a majority stake in Hugo Selignac’s Chi-Fou-Mi, the thriving Paris-based outfit behind Cedric Jimenez’s “Bac Nord” which world premiered out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
The deal follows Mediawan & Leonine Studios’s joint acquisition of Drama Republic, a major U.K. TV production banner, which was announced the start of Cannes by Mediawan’s co-founder Pierre-Antoine Capton and Leonine Studios CEO Fred Kogel.
The acquisition of Chi-Fou-Mi underscores Mediawan’s drive to become a major purveyor of premium content; and will solidify Mediawan’s footing in the French film business.
Chi-Fou-Mi is a 10 year-old company boasting an access to A-list French talent and a track record with popular and ambitious French films such as Gilles Lellouche’s “Le Grand Bain,” Antonin Baudry’s Omar Sy starrer “Le chant du Loup,” Jeanne Herry’s “Pupille,” Romain Gavras’ “Le Monde est à toi” and...
The deal follows Mediawan & Leonine Studios’s joint acquisition of Drama Republic, a major U.K. TV production banner, which was announced the start of Cannes by Mediawan’s co-founder Pierre-Antoine Capton and Leonine Studios CEO Fred Kogel.
The acquisition of Chi-Fou-Mi underscores Mediawan’s drive to become a major purveyor of premium content; and will solidify Mediawan’s footing in the French film business.
Chi-Fou-Mi is a 10 year-old company boasting an access to A-list French talent and a track record with popular and ambitious French films such as Gilles Lellouche’s “Le Grand Bain,” Antonin Baudry’s Omar Sy starrer “Le chant du Loup,” Jeanne Herry’s “Pupille,” Romain Gavras’ “Le Monde est à toi” and...
- 7/15/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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