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Canal+ Group’s Maxime Saada Details Long-Term Survival Plan: ‘I Don’t Want To Be Dependent on a Single Market’
Clad in his familiar accessories of dark suspenders and tortoise-shell glasses, Canal+ Group CEO Maxime Saada cuts a decorous and professorial figure, though the two framed posters of “Scarface” and “The Godfather” that decorate his office walls offer a slightly better insight into the chairman’s inner passions. “[I follow] a logic of intensity,” Saada tells Variety. “As […]
Leonard Bernstein’s Children Gave Bradley Cooper Their Father’s Bathrobe for ‘Maestro,’ Let Him Film in Family Home: ‘We Literally Opened Our Doors’
Leonard Bernstein’s children Jamie, Alexander and Nina were in complete awe the first time they saw Bradley Cooper as the renowned conductor and composer. “It took our breath away, it made us gasp,” Jamie Bernstein told Variety at the North American premiere of “Maestro” at the New York Film Festival. “In some pictures, we could […]
Jack Neo Unveils ‘Money No Enough 3,’ Sequel to Singapore Hit Comedy Film (EXCLUSIVE)
Jack Neo, for two decades Singapore’s most commercially successful filmmaker, is to direct and produce “Money No Enough 3,” a second sequel to his oldest film franchise. The film is the first project from HiJack Pictures, the joint venture outfit between distributor-producer Clover Films and Neo’s J Team productions that was announced last year. Neo […]
India’s Jio Studios, Reliance Entertainment Start Opium Smuggling Saga ‘Paan Parda Zarda’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Principal photography has commenced on “Paan Parda Zarda,” a high-end series that unites some of India’s top talents. “Paan Parda Zarda” is a gangster drama series set against the backdrop of illegal opium smuggling in central India. It is produced by billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Studios in association with Reliance Entertainment and Dreamer and Doers Co. The series is […]