Besson-built studio beckons bizzers Variety By Martin Dale Locals hope the nine modern soundstages of Luc Besson's Cite du Cinema near Paris will finally attract major international shoots to France. Luc Besson is a man of many dimensions. Best known as a writer, producer, director and founder ...
Robert De Niro for Luc Besson's 'Malavita' Digital Spy UK The film centres around De Niro as a retired mobster living with his family under a witness protection programme in France. He masquerades as a historian researching the World War Two landings, but it is not long before his past catches up with him.
Maïwenn: from child star to writer-director Boston Globe Best known in America for playing the blue-hued alien opera singer Diva Plavalaguna in Luc Besson's 1997 rococo sci-fi spectacle ?The Fifth Element,? Maïwenn, 36, has been in the spotlight most of her life. Well known as a child and teen actress in ...
EuropaCorp, Relativity ink for co-prods Variety By Elsa Keslassy, John Hopewell In a trans-Atlantic link-up of indie heavyweights, Luc Besson's EuropaCorp and Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media have struck a co-production and co-financing deal on two movies, which includes US distribution.
Filmmaker finds creative stride with gritty cop tale 'Polisse' Los Angeles Times In 1991, when she was just 15, she began a love affair with director Luc Besson (?La Femme Nikita?) and gave birth to a daughter, Shanna, two years later. The couple split in the late '90s, and Maïwenn tried her hand at stand-up comedy, ...
Gigabyte to unveil X11 on May 31st as lightest laptop ever, spooks us with ... Engadget Most of the braggadocio, we suspect, is rooted in the choice of material: Gigabyte is promising rather ominously to "conquer the 6th element," and unless it's financing the sequel to a Luc Besson movie, we're reasonably sure the firm means extra-light ...
New band of the day ? Alt-J (No 1275) The Guardian M?tilda ? spelt with an Alt-J ? references Luc Besson's film Léon and is "fuelled by the shared demise of both the protagonist and antagonist". Fitzpleasure is based on a chapter in Hubert Selby Jr's book Last Exit to Brooklyn, and Taro tells the tale ...
From fashion to film: Jean Paul Gaultier on his week as a Cannes juror The Independent The first fashion designer to be asked, he has served as head costume designer on Peter Greenaway's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Jeunet & Caro's The City of Lost Children, Luc Besson's The Fifth Element and Pedro Almodóvar's Bad Education ...
A messenger for a better world Times of Malta The subject is an unusual choice for Luc Besson who is more known for his action and sci-fi fantasy films. However, his direction shows immense respect and admiration for the central protagonist. The lady in question is Aung San Suu Kyi, ...
France fetes Joan of Arc's 600th birthday USA TODAY She was no commander or fighter," said Olivier Bouzy, historian and adviser on Luc Besson's 1999 movie, "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc." Questions about her exact identity have left subsequent eras room to fill in the gaps and allowed diverse ...
Movie review: Lockout Prague Post Luckily, the film's two directors, one of whom was also responsible for the camerawork, together with master producer Luc Besson, give us space to breathe on the spaceship and make sure Snow brings us along on the ride. The story might not have much ...
France fetes Joan of Arc's 600th birthday CBS News The day that saw Orleans liberated from English invaders has been dramatized in film the world over, most famously in 1948's Oscar-winning epic of the French martyr with Ingrid Bergman, and more recently, in Luc Besson's award-winning 1999 blockbuster ...
Alt-J Interviewed: "The Internet's Going to be Massive, Trust Us" Sabotage Times The name was promptly jettisoned, although cinema is still a major influence ? Matilda, for instance, is based on a character in Luc Besson's Leon. Asked about their favourite alt-J moments so far, Gus says there and too many to count but Gwil ...
On the Town: Where to go, what to do San Francisco Chronicle Robert Hurwitt Movies POLITE APPLAUSE The Lady: With the real Aung San Suu Kyi elected to the Burmese parliament, Luc Besson's biopic of the Burmese leader, a Nobel laureate, comes at an ideal time. It's a portrait in greatness - what it consists of, ...
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