Huge backlog of films waits for French cinemas
Entertainment
Thu, May 13, 2021
PARIS: France´s love affair with cinema threatens to be an overwhelming experience next week when theatres finally reopen the scheduling nightmare of a massive backlog of 400 films.
On the outskirts of Paris, cinema owner Stephane Goudet is poring over the long list of options, trying to figure out how to give as many films as possible their shot at success. It´s like a giant Tetris! he told AFP.
Some had just been released and were scoring well when the second lockdown in October stopped them in their tracks.
Michel Hazanavicius directing French remake of cult Japanese zombie comedy One Cut of the Dead
The Artist) has kicked off production on a French remake of the cult 2017 Japanese zombie horror-comedy
One Cut of the Dead.
As with the original, the remake – titled Final Cut internationally and
Comme Z in France – will follow the cast and crew of a micro-budget zombie film who find themselves in the middle of an actual zombie apocalypse. Here’s the synopsis:
Set against the backdrop of a B-movie shoot that is descending into disaster, Duris plays the director who seems to be the only one invested with the necessary energy to keep the low-budget zombie film afloat.
Award-winning director David Cronenberg is gearing up for a 30-day shoot in Greece for his long-awaited science-fiction movie titled “Crimes of the Future.”
Cronenberg’s latest shares a title with his 1970 sci-fi film, which follows a dermatologist named Antoine Rouge who “disappears after a catastrophic disease is caused by cosmetic products.”
It’s unclear if the Canadian director plans to directly translate his earlier work for his new film.
According to
Screen Daily: “Shooting will take place over 30 days from August 2 to September 10, mostly around the capital, Athens, including at the Iris cinema, Arcade of Anatolia, and harbor of Piraeus. Local Greek outfit Argonauts Productions will serve as the Greek co-producer and production service company.”
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US actor and film director Viggo Mortensen, smiles after receiving the Donostia Award for his contribution to the cinema during the 68th San Sebastian Film Festival, in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) 5/1/2021 TNH Staff
LONDON, UK – Canadian director David Cronenberg is set to shoot his next film in Greece, Neon and Serendipity Point Films announced on April 29, Screen Daily (SD) reported. Crimes of the Future will stars Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, and Kristen Stewart and “is based on Cronenberg’s first original screenplay since eXistenZ in 1999 and sees the Canadian auteur return to his familiar sci-fi stomping ground,” SD reported.