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International production banner Studio Galazio has wrapped principal photography on its first project, heist comedy Mykonos, with an ensemble cast of Klelia Andriolatou (Maestro in Blue), Andrew Georgiades, Riccardo Scamarcio (Modi, John Wick 2), Julia Fox (Uncut Gems) and Vito Schnabel (The Trainer), The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal.

Set on the glamorous European island, the film follows a rag-tag band of noble thieves who steal from the boorish elite tourists that destroy their home each summer.

Rounding out the cast are Panos Koronis (The Lost Daughter), Makis Papadimitriou (Suntan), Yorgos Pirpassopoulos (Crimes of the Future) Maria Kavoyianni (Maestro in Blue), Alan Asaad (Black Mirror) and Christos Passalis (Dogtooth).

Director-writer Christopher André Marks on the set of Studio Galazio’s ‘Mykonos’.

Galazio CEO Christopher André Marks (King Otto) makes his feature directorial debut based on his original screenplay. The writer and director said: “It is a privilege to collaborate with such...

The French film sector will be spared from an incoming round of public cuts, with the country’s National Film Board (Cnc) and its tax rebate kept in place at current levels of funding.

Under the new budget submitted by Prime Minister Michel Barnier, the film board will continue to draw from diverse revenue streams lifted from taxes on theatrical admissions alongside linear broadcasters, streaming services and telecom providers, all of which are re-injected into the film sector. Under the Barnier plan, the Cnc will instead pay a one-time levy of €450 million, taken from Cnc savings and thus unlikely to affect ongoing operations.

The levy arrives as part of the incoming prime minister’s wider, austerity budget designed to slash €60 billion ($65.5 billion) in annual expenditures. Now submitted, the overall budget is likely to evolve once put before France’s National Assembly and Senate, ahead of a final promulgation in December.

Lily Collins will return for ‘Emily in Paris’ season 5 (Photo Credit: Netflx)

Netflix didn’t make Emily in Paris fans wait long, announcing the popular – and fashionable – drama has been renewed for a fifth season. The renewal came hot on the heels of the debut of season four part two, which arrived on September 12, 2024.

Lily Collins stars as the titular Emily, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu plays Sylvie Grateau, Ashley Park is Mindy Chen, and Lucas Bravo is Gabriel. Camille Razat is Camille, Samuel Arnold plays Julien, Bruno Gouery is Luc, William Abadie is Antoine Lambert, and Lucien Laviscount plays Alfie.

In the aftermath of the events of season four, series creator, writer, and executive producer Darren Star says that fans can expect Emily to show up in Rome in season five. “It doesn’t mean she’s not going to be in Paris, but she’s going to have a presence in Rome,...

Oui! Emily in Paris has been renewed at Netflix.

The hit Darren Star series starring Lily Collins will return for a fifth season, the streamer announced, with both Collins and Star confirming on Monday in a surprise announcement that Rome will continue to be an Emily in Paris locale.

“We’re thrilled with the incredible response to this season of Emily in Paris and excited to return for a fifth to continue Emily’s adventures in Rome and Paris!” creator Darren Star told Netflix’s Tudum.

Collins, who broke the news on Good Morning America, posted a reel on Instagram saying, “There’s no place like Rome.”

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The renewal comes shortly after the Part 2 debut of season four on Sept. 12.

The fourth season had ended with the show’s Agence Grateau launching a Rome office, which Sylvie (Philippine...

Looks like Emily’s visa has been extended.

Netflix has renewed “Emily in Paris” for a fifth season after the debut of Season 4 Part 2 on Sept. 12.

The streamer made the announcement with a video of series star Lily Collins with an espresso mug and pastry, sitting on a balcony overlooking Italy. “There’s no place like Rome,” Collins says, taking a sip of coffee and revealing the number 5 on the bottom of the cup.

Moving to Italy from France, Season 4 of “Emily in Paris” — a breezy comedy that has inspired fashion, tourism and memes — debuted at No. 1 on the Netflix Global Top 10 with 19.9 million views in its first four days, per Netflix. It has remained on the chart for four consecutive weeks since.

Recently on “Emily in Paris,” Emily wrestles with romantic feelings toward two different men, Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) and Alfie (Lucien Laviscount). But “as old patterns clash with new complications,...

Netflix announced today it has renewed Emily in Paris for a fifth season following the Part 2 debut of Season 4 on September 12. Lily Collins shared the news on Good Morning America.

Emily in Paris Season 4 made its debut on August 12, 2024, at #1 on the Netflix Global Top 10 with 19.9 million views in its first four days, reaching the Top 10 in 93 countries. The fan-beloved series has remained on the list for four consecutive weeks since.

Emily in Paris has captivated fans around the world for four seasons, with each season appearing in the global Top 10 English TV List for multiple weeks.

The series invites fans into Emily’s chic and fabulous life, inspiring trends, memes, fashion, tourism, and more. Emily even became the ultimate American in Paris in Olympics promos.

In Season 4, after the dramatic events of Camille and Gabriel’s misbegotten wedding, Emily is reeling: She has strong feelings for two men, but...

Netflix has revealed the official trailer and key art for Emily in Paris Season 4 Part 2, which will premiere on September 12, 2024. The five-episode Part 1 is now streaming.

After the dramatic events of Camille and Gabriel’s misbegotten wedding, Emily is reeling: She has strong feelings for two men, but now Gabriel’s expecting a baby with his ex, and Alfie’s worst fears about her and Gabriel have been confirmed.

At work, Sylvie is forced to confront a thorny dilemma from her past for the sake of her marriage, and the Agence Grateau team navigates personnel shakeups. Mindy and the band prepare for Eurovision, but when funds run dry, they’re forced to get thrifty.

Emily and Gabriel’s chemistry is undeniable as they work together towards a Michelin star, but two big secrets threaten to undo everything they’ve dreamed of. As old patterns clash with new complications, Emily feels...

Netflix has dropped the trailer for Part 2 of Emily in Paris Season 4, and of course, all roads lead to Rome at the end of the latest installment.

“Sometimes all you need is a new perspective,” the clip teases in between shots of Emily (Lily Collins) with Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) and Camille (Camille Razat) in snowy France and Sylvie’s (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu) new hire Genevieve (Thalia Besson), another American employee joining Savoir.

Tension brews between Emily and Gabriel as Camille still hasn’t shared that she isn’t pregnant with her ex-fiancé. Meanwhile, Marcello (Eugenio Franceschini) might turn into more than just a business asset for Emily as he first comes to Paris “exploring some business opportunities.

Jvma hopes to acquire whoever Marcello works for, and Sylvie is keen to nab a meeting with him via Emily — which involves her going to Rome.

Related: Lily Collins Unpacks ‘Emily in Paris’ Season...

Emily is back, and Netflix promises she’s ready to chic things up.

Emily in Paris‘ long-awaited fourth season finally has a trailer (below). The season will put one stiletto in front of the other to walk the path set out by some of the streamer’s other biggest hits (Stranger Things, Cobra Kai and Bridgerton, to name a few) and will get a split-season release. Part one releases five episodes on Aug. 15, followed by part two’s five episodes hitting Sept. 12.

Season three left the hit show starring Lily Collins as Emily Cooper with a series of lingering bombshell reveals for Emily (involving a love triangle between Lucas Bravo’s Gabriel and Lucien Laviscount’s Alfie) and the rest of the cast. The trailer sees the protagonist of the comedy trying to move on after season three’s revelations and may find her circling around to a big decision by season’s end.

Netflix has dropped the new trailer for season 4 of their original series, Emily in Paris. The show will follow the streamer’s release model of premiering in parts like their other titles, including That 90s Show and Cobra Kai. Additionally, available the same day as Season 4 of the series, an all-new Emily in Paris game is coming exclusively to Netflix, and it’s included with your membership. Moving from the United States to Paris to accept a job at an esteemed fashion magazine, you’ll quickly find that the City of Love is full of surprises, challenges, and stunning suitors. With the help of Emily, Mindy, Alfie, and Gabriel, you’ll explore the city and find yourself in the process.

The official synopsis for this season reads,

“After the dramatic events of Camille and Gabriel’s misbegotten wedding, Emily is reeling: She has strong feelings for two men, but now...

Netflix has revealed the official trailer and key art for Emily in Paris Season 4 Part 1, which will premiere on August 15, 2024. Five episodes of the series will launch that day.

Also consisting of five episodes, Part 2 of the season will debut on September 12, 2024.

Lily Collins as Emily

After the dramatic events of Camille and Gabriel’s misbegotten wedding, Emily is reeling: She has strong feelings for two men, but now Gabriel’s expecting a baby with his ex, and Alfie’s worst fears about her and Gabriel have been confirmed.

At work, Sylvie is forced to confront a thorny dilemma from her past for the sake of her marriage, and the Agence Grateau team navigates personnel shakeups. Mindy and the band prepare for Eurovision, but when funds run dry, they’re forced to get thrifty.

Lily Collins as Emily and Ashley Park as Mindy

Emily and Gabriel’s chemistry is undeniable...

Things are getting more complicated for Emily Cooper (Lily Collins) as the Emily in Paris Season 4 trailer (above) picks up where Season 3 left off.

The series’ fourth season will be split into two parts, each consisting of five episodes. Part 1 arrives August 15 followed by the conclusion on September 12.

In the trailer, Emily thinks she’s telling her best French friend Mindy (Ashley Park) about all the hot men she saw on her morning run, but when she confirms that she is neither with Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) nor Alfie (Lucien Laviscount), Gabriel sticks his head out of the shower asking “You’re not with Alfie?”

Per the logline, “After the dramatic events of Camille Camille Razat) and Gabriel’s misbegotten wedding, Emily is reeling: She has strong feelings for two men, but now Gabriel’s expecting a baby with his ex and Alfie’s worst fears about her and Gabriel have been confirmed.

Studio Galazio and filmmaker Christopher André Marks (“King Otto”) have announced the launch of a new production banner focused on bringing internationally minded stories with Greek themes to global audiences.

The label’s first film will be an “Ocean’s Eleven”-style heist comedy set in Greece, with two-time NBA Mvp Giannis Antetokounmpo on board to produce his first scripted feature film. Plot details and international cast are being kept under wraps, but production is slated to begin this year.

The untitled film will be written and directed by Marks alongside a team of veteran international producers including Shani Hinton (“The Stones and Brian Jones”), Raphaël Benoliel (“Emily in Paris”), Adam B. Stern (“Blue Jasmine”) and Erika Aronson (“Blue Jasmine”).

Galazio’s initial slate also includes a prestige limited drama series and an untitled biopic on an influential Greek figure, all currently in development with high-profile talent attached.

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“Emily in Paris” Season 5? Not so fast.

During the amfAR Gala at the Cannes Film Festival, which raises money for research to end HIV and AIDS, Winnie Harlow and Paris Jackson appeared onstage to auction off a walk-on role in a previously unannounced fifth season of the Netflix series. The winner of the auction shelled out €250,000 to appear in the series as well as the chance to attend the Season 4 premiere in Los Angeles. Harlow and Jackson also said that Season 5 of the popular series is scheduled to begin shooting in mid 2025.

However, an individual with knowledge of the situation says that Netflix has not in fact greenlit another season of “Emily in Paris.” According to the official amfAR auction website, the walk-on role came “Courtesy of Darren Star,” the creator of the series. The website was recently updated to state that the winning bid “will have the opportunity to...

Netflix has announced that Emily in Paris Season 4 will be split into two five-episode parts. Part 1 will premiere on August 15, 2024, and Part 2 will premiere on September 12, 2024.

The streaming service also released a behind-the-scenes video featuring the cast discussing the new season and its premiere dates.

After the dramatic events of Camille and Gabriel’s misbegotten wedding, Emily is reeling: She has strong feelings for two men, but now Gabriel’s expecting a baby with his ex, and Alfie’s worst fears about her and Gabriel have been confirmed.

At work, Sylvie is forced to confront a thorny dilemma from her past for the sake of her marriage, and the Agence Grateau team navigates personnel shakeups. Mindy and the band prepare for Eurovision, but when funds run dry, they’re forced to get thrifty.

Emily and Gabriel’s chemistry is undeniable as they work together towards a Michelin star, but two...

Netflix has split the upcoming fourth season of “Emily in Paris” into two parts, premiering on Aug. 15 and Sept. 12.

The news came in a video where cast members were asked to describe the seen in three words. Among the highlights from their answers were “vulnerable,” “messy,” “chaotic,” “revenge” and “holy fucking shit.”

Season 4 begins with Emily (Lily Collins) reeling after the dramatic events of Camille (Camille Razat) and Gabriel’s (Lucas Bravo) misbegotten wedding. She has strong feelings for two men, but now Gabriel’s expecting a baby with his ex, and Alfie’s (Lucien Laviscount) worst fears about her and Gabriel have been confirmed. At work, Sylvie (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu) is forced to confront a thorny dilemma from her past for the sake of her marriage, and the Agence Grateau team navigates personnel shakeups. Mindy (Ashley Park) and the band prepare for Eurovision, but when funds run dry, they’re forced to get thrifty.

Following in the footsteps of U.S. guilds, French TV crew members are poised to go on strike amid a battle with producers over minimum wages.

Labor union Cgt-spiac has sought a 20% increase on basic salaries for crew members working in production and post-production of TV shows, documentaries and unscripted content in France. But after several weeks of negotiations, the producers’ bargaining units offered a 5% increase for crew members earning €1,000 or less per week, and a 3% increase for those earning €1000 or more. The Cgt-spiac reacted almost immediately calling for a strike vote.

Crew members already went on strike for two days in mid-November, a stoppage that affected nearly 50 shoots, including Mediawan’s “Hpi,” season 2 of AMC’s “The Walking Dead : Daryl Dixon” and M6’s “Top Chef.” If union members approve another strike by the vote, the walkout will run for five days, a duration that could be extended.

Fun fact: “Emily in Paris,” which films all across the city of Paris and throughout France, was originally slated to film in New York. The idea was to shoot the majority of the Netflix series in the U.S. and head to France for a few weeks to film exteriors of iconic locations. Upon discovering showrunner Darren Starr’s plans, director and executive producer Andy Fleming exclaimed, “This is crazy, you have to shoot [in Paris].”

Referencing the charmingly worn doors in Parisian apartments that would be difficult to recreate in the States, Fleming talked about how he pushed for production to cross the ocean. “I thought, if the writers go over there, they will get in a taxicab going the wrong way around the Louvre, and they will be embarrassed in a restaurant and they will do all of the things that Emily would do, and [that] will inform the writing,” said Fleming.

The end of the 118-day SAG-AFTRA strike isn’t just resuscitating the U.S. film and TV business, it’s also bringing back to life a raft of productions set in Europe. The dual writers and actors strikes, which spread over the second half of this year, took a heavy toll on the global film and TV industry and led to many series and films being delayed, postponed or recast. While European players, including financiers, producers, crew members, commissions and actors are rejoicing about the end of the historically long strike, many are also concerned about the probable bottleneck effect the backlog in production will have come next year, with many smaller indie projects fearing they will be squeezed out of the picture.

In Paris, where all shoots will be barred between June and September due to the Olympic and Paralympic Games, many delayed productions will kick off in January.

International production spending in France hit record highs in 2022, resulting in 2,220 shooting days that crested above $1 billion in promised investment — and public initiatives had a major role to play. In early 2020, for example, France updated its Tax Rebate for International Production scheme, supplementing a 30% across-the-board rebate with an additional 10% — applicable on all eligible expenses — for productions that spent $2.2 million with local VFX and post houses.

Clearly, such initiatives have already borne fruit, with (wholly) locally shot films like “The Nun II” in theaters before big-budget series such as Apple’s “The New Look,” Starz’s “The Serpent Queen” Season 2 and AMC’s “Monsieur Spade” hit airwaves. Local authorities are well into a campaign of internal improvement met with international outreach, all meant to shore up Gaul’s standing as a preeminent, full-service production destination.

Domestically, progress is well underway. At last May’s Cannes Film Festival, France’s minister of...

If the actors and writers’ strikes last beyond the autumn, major productions could be challenged by planning for the Paris Olympics.

The French industry is cautiously optimistic that the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes will not materially affect the amount of inward investment from US studio and streamer productions into the country. So far, only a handful of studio projects shooting in France have been delayed by the strikes.

However, if the strikes linger long into the autumn, there are concerns that they could upset plans for major US productions, particularly as Paris gears up to host the 2024 Olympics.

If once lured for brief visits by the panoply of iconic locations, international projects now linger in France to claim a competitive tax rebate and set down roots to benefit from an ever-expanding production infrastructure.

And so, fuelled by mammoth shoots like Apple TV+’s upcoming Benjamin Franklin in Paris limited series, “Franklin,” the Christian Dior-Coco Chanel bio-series “The New Look” and AMC’s “Walking Dead” spinoff “Raise the Dead,” foreign spending hit a record high last year, filling local coffers with slightly more than $1 billion and marking a 324% increase from 2019 numbers.

“This is more than a post-pandemic rebound,” says France’s National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (Cnc) digital director Vincent Florant. “[The industry has undergone] rapid acceleration and exponential growth. Nowadays, we host the totality of these massive shoots, whereas before we only received a part, or even, in the most extreme cases, just a few days of...

Elle Fanning (“The Great”), Christopher Abbott (“Poor Things”) and Nadia Tereszkiewicz (“The Crime is Mine”) are set to headline “The Maid of Orleans,” Sarah Elizabeth Mintz’s daring follow up to “Good Girl Jane.” Loosely inspired by Mintz’s real-life experiences, “The Maid of Orleans” will explore sexual power dynamics on and off set.

Jessica Chastain’s Freckle Films is set to produce alongside Fanning’s Lewellen Pictures. Memento International will introduce the hot project to buyers at the Cannes Film Market. Filming is scheduled to begin early 2024 in France.

Fanning will star as Rebecca Spielman, a young film school graduate who travels to Paris to work as the assistant to the brilliant, yet tortured up-and-coming director Sammy Lindberg (Abbott). As the production of Sammy’s new “Joan of Arc” movie ramps up, Rebecca finds herself struggling to satisfy the growing maze of demands made by her new boss, all the while,...

“It’s clearly not just a post-Covid catch-up trend.”

Fuelled by a competitive tax rebate and infrastructure investment, international production in France has tripled from a €305m spend in the country in pre-pandemic 2019 to a total spend of nearly €1bn ($1.09bn) in 2022, up from €398m in 2021.

“It’s clearly not just a post-Covid catch-up trend,” the Cnc’s director of digital Vincent Florant told Screen of the surge in international production in the territory.

In 2022, 101 projects benefitted from the Trip (Tax Rebate for International Production), a rebate of up to 30% of the eligible production spend to a cap of €30m...

The awards aim to celebrate outstanding and sustainable work in the world of film and TV production, locations and studios.

Leading figures in the TV and film world have joined the judging panel for Screen International’s inaugural Global Production Awards taking place at the Cannes Film Festival in May this year.

Judges so far announced include Elvis producer Schuyler Weiss, president of production and development at Bazmark; Amazon Studios’ head of worldwide production and post-production, Tim Clawson; producer and former Sundance executive Bird Runningwater; and the Association of Film Commissioners International’s (Afci) executive director, Jaclyn Philpott.

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Birds will fly, fish will swim and Emily will be in Paris.

Darren Star’s Emmy-nominated escapist romantic comedy “Emily in Paris” will launch its third season on Netflix on Dec. 21. The streamer announced the date and revealed a teaser for the upcoming season on Saturday morning during its Tudum virtual fan event.

The new footage shows Emily (Lily Collins) as she finds herself at a crossroads in every aspect of her life, deciding the pathway she will choose regarding her work and love life. Emily will have to figure out exactly where her loyalties lie and what those decisions mean for her future in France, all while continuing to immerse herself in the adventurous lifestyle that wandering through the city of love provides.

While Season 2 ended with a cliffhanger suggesting that Emily would perhaps leave Paris, the teaser sees Emily still living a thrilling life in the French capital,...

Lily Collins as Emily and Ashley Park as Mindy in ‘Emily in Paris’ season 3 (Photo Cr. Marie Etchegoyen/Netflix © 2022)

Netflix just released the first photos from the upcoming third season of Emily in Paris. The streaming service didn’t confirm a premiere other than “returning soon” but did suggest fans check out the “Tudum: A Netflix Global Fan Event” on Saturday, September 24th for more details on the new season.

Tudum will be livestreamed beginning at 10am Pt/1pm Et via Netflix’s YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Facebook.

(Update: Netflix confirmed during Tudum that Emily in Paris season three will premiere on December 21, 2022.)

Returning cast members include Lily Collins as Emily Cooper, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvie Grateau, Lucas Bravo as Gabriel, and Ashley Park as Mindy. Camille Razat returns as Camille, Samuel Arnold’s back as Luc, Bruno Gouery is Julien, William Abadie is Antoine Lambert, and Lucien Laviscount is back as Alfie.

Netflix has unveiled first look images of Darren Star’s Emmy-nominated hit show “Emily in Paris” Season 3. The show’s third and fourth seasons are currently filming in France.

Netflix will be unveiling some special news on “Emily in Paris” on Sept. 24 during its virtual Tudum event. The third season brings back producer and star Lily Collins also returns Lily Collins, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Lucien Laviscount, Lucas Bravo, Ashley Park and Camille Razat, among others.

Season 3 follows Emily as she finds herself at a crucial crossroads in every aspect of her life. Faced with two very different paths, Emily will have to decide exactly where her loyalties lie — at work and in her romantic life — and what those decisions mean for her future in France, all while continuing to immerse herself in the adventures and surprising twists and turns that life in Paris provides. The first images unveiled today suggest Emily...

Lily Collins seems to be living her best life – in the sun – in some of the new, first look images from “Emily in Paris” Season 3, which Netflix dropped on Thursday.

The streamer shared a host of new pics, showing Collins’ character enjoying all that France has to offer in the upcoming season, which doesn’t yet have a premiere date.

The Season 3 synopsis reads: “One year after moving from Chicago to Paris for her dream job, Emily finds herself at a crucial crossroads in every aspect of her life. Faced with two very different paths, Emily will have to decide exactly where her loyalties lie — at work and in her romantic life — and what those decisions mean for her future in France, all while continuing to immerse herself in the adventures and surprising twists and turns that life in Paris provides.”

“Emily in Paris” (Netflix)

Returning for Season 3 alongside Collins...

Emily in Paris will be back on the air "soon," according to Netflix.

A definite date has not been announced, but the streaming service unveiled photos and plot details Thursday morning, ahead of some exclusive news at Tudum this weekend.

"One year after moving from Chicago to Paris for her dream job, Emily finds herself at a crucial crossroads in every aspect of her life," the logline teases.

"Faced with two very different paths, Emily will have to decide exactly where her loyalties lie — at work and in her romantic life — and what those decisions mean for her future in France, all while continuing to immerse herself in the adventures and surprising twists and turns that life in Paris provides."

Emily in Paris Season 2 concluded with our titular heroine weighing up her options, including one that would take her away from Paris.

Given the title of the series, we doubt...

After “Midnight in Paris,” Woody Allen will return to the French capital for his 50th movie which he’s described as a “poisonous romantic thriller” with a pair of French stars, Valerie Lemercier (“Aline”) and Niels Schneider (“Love Affair(s))”.

The untitled film, the plot of which is being kept under wraps, will start filming next month and will be entirely in French with a budget in the 10-million range. Allen has described the film to be similar to “Match Point,” in that it would be “exciting, dramatic and also very sinister.”

Allen sparked headlines earlier this week after Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia ran a story reporting that the New York-based filmmaker had told them he was planning on retiring. Allen’s representative then issued a statement saying that the director had “no intention of retiring.”

Lemercier is a popular French actor-director whose latest film “Aline,” a movie about Celine Dion,...

Major studios have issued health and safety guidance to their producers in the sweltering European heat as union officials report an influx of members getting in touch.

Some of the continent’s largest super-indies have sent out guidelines on taking breaks, drinking water, air conditioning, re-staging scenes, clothing and medical recommendations around spotting the signs of heat stroke amidst the hottest European temperatures on record, topping 100F today.

In the UK, which in the past few minutes has hit its hottest temperature of all time, spokespeople for BBC Studios and ITV Studios said guidance has been shared with producers over the past few days.

Deadline has yet to hear of a production that has had to pause due to the heat but one British union official told Deadline he had spent the entirety of yesterday fielding calls from concerned members, some of whom queried whether they had a right to refuse to come into work.

“Emily in Paris” will have a lot more of Lucien Laviscount in Season 3. The actor has been upped to series regular, the streamer announced Sunday.

Additionally, creator Darren Star confirmed that the next season will begin production this summer.

Laviscount plays Alfie, a Londoner who Emily (Lily Collins) meets in French class. By the end of Season 2, Alfie and Emily’s friendship had turned romantic.

“Emily in Paris” stars Collins as the titular character, an American who lands a dream job doing the social media strategy for a luxury marketing company in Paris.

Season 2, which dropped on the streamer in December, saw Emily “getting better at navigating the city but still struggling with the idiosyncrasies of French life,” per a logline from Netflix.

In January, the show was renewed for Seasons 3 and 4.

It is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, Darren Star Productions and Jax Media. Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns...

Emily’s love life will continue to be complicated in Darren Star’s Netflix dramedy Emily In Paris. Lucien Laviscount, who played Emily’s (Lily Collins) Season 2 love interest Alfie, will be back next season and has been promoted to a series regular. The announcement was made during Emily In Paris‘ panel at Paley Fest.

Born and raised in London, Alfie (Laviscount) is a sarcastic and charming cynic. Alfie and Emily met in French class and their friendship evolved into a romantic relationship. Season 2 ended with Alfie returning to the UK and Emily about to reveal her real feelings for Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) when she finds out that Camille had moved in back with him, creating yet another obstacle for the star-crossed lovers.

In the series, Emily, an ambitious marketing executive from Chicago, unexpectedly lands her dream job in Paris when her company acquires a French luxury marketing company — and...

Paris Images Online, an industry showcase promoting locations in the French capital, has lured some of France’s top dogs, including Federation Entertainment’s Pascal Breton, “Sing 2” producer Jacques Bled, and “Notre Dame on Fire” filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud. The conference is taking place on Jan. 24 as part of the Paris Images conference, which kicks off Thursday and runs through Jan. 29.

Co-organized by France’s National Film Board (Cnc), the event comprises several round tables and case studies bringing together professionals and talents who worked on high-profile films and TV shows, which recently shot or did their post-production in Paris, from Ridley Scott’s “The Last Duel,” to Tom McCarthy’s “Stillwater,” season 2 of “Emily in Paris” and the upcoming “Marie-Antoinette” series.

The event kicks off with a case study on “The Last Duel” with Béatrice Bauwens, VFX and post director at Mpc Film & Episodic, John Bernard, producer and CEO at Peninsula Film,...

“Emily in Paris,” Darren Star’s Emmy-nominated romantic comedy series, has been renewed by Netflix for a third and fourth season.

Season 2 was released on Dec. 22, debuting in the Global Netflix Top 10 and topping the list across 94 countries with 107.6 million hours viewed from Dec. 22 to Dec. 26. Season 1 also made the Global Top 10, re-emerging on the list across 53 countries.

“Emily in Paris” follows Emily (Lily Collins), an ambitious twenty-something marketing executive from Chicago, who unexpectedly lands a job in Paris when her company acquires a French luxury marketing company. She is tasked with revamping their social media strategy, and embarks on a new life in Paris filled with adventures and challenges, as she juggles winning over her work colleagues, making friends, and navigating new romances. Season 2 sees Emily travel from Paris to the French Riviera, including Saint-Tropez.

In season 2, now more entrenched in her life in Paris, Emily’s getting better...

Netflix has handed a bumper, two-season renewal to Emily In Paris.

The streamer has picked up the Lily Collins-fronted comedy for seasons three and four.

It comes after the Darren Star-created series returned for its second season on December 22. The sophomore season was watched for 107.6M hours in its first week, coming second in Netflix’s Global Top Ten list for English-language series, beaten only by the second season of The Witcher, which was watched for 168M hours that week.

The series was also the streamer’s most popular comedy series of 2020 with its first season watched by 58M households in its first month.

Emily in Paris follows Collins’ eponymous character, an ambitious marketing executive from Chicago, after she lands her dream job in Paris.

Season two sees her more entrenched in life in the French capital and she is getting better at navigating the city but still struggling...

“Emily in Paris” Season 2 will debut before the end of 2021, Netflix revealed Thursday, along with nine stunning first-look photos at the new season of the Lily Collins-led comedy.

That’s right, you won’t be waiting too long to return to Emily Cooper’s (Collins) life in Paris and live vicariously through her adventures in the Darren Star-created version of France. Though we don’t have an exact premiere date yet, so stay tuned for that.

Here’s the official description for “Emily in Paris” Season 2: “Now more entrenched in her life in Paris, Emily’s getting better at navigating the city but still struggling with the idiosyncrasies of French life. After stumbling into a love triangle with her neighbor and her first real French friend, Emily is determined to focus on her work — which is getting more complicated by the day. In French class, she meets a...

The Netflix series was renewed for a second season in November.

Shooting the entirety of US Netflix series Emily In Paris on location in France was less expensive than it would have been to make it partly in New York, according to two of the producers on the title.

Speaking in the latest ScreenDaily Talks session held as part of the eighth edition of locations trade show Paris Image, French producer Raphaël Benoliel said the production began by modelling different scenarios.

“I had a budget from the New York team that was split between exterior locations in Paris and the interiors in New York,...

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The latest in our ScreenDaily Talks live Q&a series will take place on Tuesday, January 26 at 4pm UK time and will explore France as an international shooting destination, using Netflix’s hit show Emily In Paris as a case study.

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Speakers are US film and TV producer Stephen Joel Brown and French producer and production manager Raphaël Benoliel, who both took producer credits on the series, created and executive produced by Sex And The City creator Darren Star.

Variety has teamed up with London-based international production event Focus, which runs online Dec. 15-17, to present “Variety Streaming Room: The Big Restart,” the latest in its series of online panel discussions. The collaboration is the first time Variety has worked with Focus on a live digital event.

Leading producers from France and Poland will be taking part in the two sessions, which will both air Dec. 9, discussing the opportunities that exist for international filmmakers in their countries. Among the topics to be covered will be how filmmakers are operating within the pandemic protocols, and how they will be able to realize their creative visions by shooting in the territories.

Among those taking part in the session on Poland will be producers Ewa Puszczyńska, whose credits include Oscar winner “Ida” and Oscar nominee “Cold War,” and Mariusz Włodarski, whose recent films include Poland’s Oscar entry this year “Never Gonna Snow Again.

A rouge CIA agent helps a small-time criminal in the intense-action film, The Take, available now on Digital HD and on Blu-ray and DVD on February 7, 2017 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. This powerful story stars Idris Elba (Star Trek Beyond, Beast of No Nation) and Richard Madden (Game of Thrones).The Take Blu-ray™ and DVD include exciting bonus content that take viewers on a journey behind-the-scenes and inside the making of the film.

Idris Elba stars as Sean Briar, a rogue CIA agent who isn’t afraid to step on a few toes to solve a case. While roaming the streets of Paris, a pickpocket (Richard Madden) swipes a bag containing a bomb and inadvertently ruins a bank heist attempt by corrupt French government officials. Now labeled as a terrorist threat and running for his life, the only person who can save him is Sean. This unlikely duo join forces...

Some of my favorite movies are about Paris! How I loved “Funny Face” which made me love everything Audrey Hepburn did. How I loved “American in Paris” and Gene Kelly forever after. And the classic French films of Paris, from René Clair’s “The Rooftops of Paris”, “Modigliani of Montparnasse”, “Elevator to the Scaffold” to “Amelie”…oh la la!

Now a new Paris classic is in the making! If only they would change title to reflect the love of Paris transforming a couple of sad victims of their scandalously delicious parents’ love affair into lovers. Kevin Kline, a luminous Kirsten Scott Thomas and a decrepit but spirited Dame Maggie Smith star in a film, to be released September 10, which I only hope will come out with a different title.

Now entitled, “My Old Lady” (what’s that supposed to mean?) Dame Maggie Smith as Mathilde belongs to no one. A free spirit who had a dalliance with no less than …., at 92 she cannot be evicted from the apartment Kevin Kline comes to Paris to sell, an apartment hidden behind walls in Paris we wish we could penetrate and which Kevin Kline, in the character of Mathias Gold, cannot see, so intent is he on selling to procure some filthy lucre. I kept waiting for Kevin to embody his Academy Award winning hilarity in “A Fish Called Wanda”, but he played it straight, an unhappy, intellectual with great talent on the piano, three unpublished novels, three divorces and not a cent in his pocket. Angry, self-righteous Mathias Gold discovers that real-estate and relationships send him into a turmoil that he never imagined.

Adapted for the screen and directed by Israel Horowitz from his 2002 of-Broadway production, “My Old Lady” the property was further developed into a screenplay with Kevin Kline himself who dropped by the playwright’s Greenwich Village residence for intermittent readings as the film script branched out from its theatrical roots.

Dame Maggie Smith read the script and was the first actor to officially sign on to the film version. Israel Horovitz traveled to London to meet with her and she accepted the part amid 25 competing scripts offered to her at the time. Horovitz recalls Smith joking during the meeting that it was the only script in the stack that didn’t end with her character dying. Adds Horovitz: “To my knowledge, it’s the first time Dame Maggie’s done a movie in which she doesn’t wear a wig.”

Produced by the writer-director’s own daughter, the well-known-in-our-circles- from-her-days-at-New Line (and later at Revolution Studios), who began her career as a publicist of Dino De Laurentiis on the film “Blue Velvet” which I happened to foster as the acquisitions executive at Lorimar when we acquired it: Rachael Horovitz (“Moneyball”, HBO’s “Grey Gardens”) and Gary Foster (“The Soloist”, “Sleepless in Seattle”), got the script to Kristin Scott Thomas who immediately signed on to play Mathilde’s confrontational daughter Chloé. The main casting was complete.

Chloé takes the story away from the developing and deepening relationship between Mattias and Mathilde and makes it her own…thus the misplaced title of the movie. It is no longer Mattias and “his old lady” Mathilde’s story but the threesome’s, and what a great story it is.

Complex and compelling, the story of two people who have been destroyed by the same love affair understand each other’s problems better than any fourth party could ever understand, and we, as the fourth party, are given access to their journey towards love…in Paris. Only in Paris could these events unfold with such panache.

The other supporting actors are those veteran French actors you have seen and loved in other Parisian settings. Dominique Pinon as the helpful real-estate agent Lefebre who explains the complex codes of the “viager” system” appears like an old friend to those of us who saw and loved Jean-Jacques Beineix’s “Diva”, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s “Amelie” and “A Very Long Engagement”, “City of Lost Children” and Jeunet’s and Marc Caro’s 1991 film “ Delicatessen”. Noémi Lvovsky, the writer-director-actress who plays Mme. Girard’s physician, actor-director Stéphane Friess (“Welcome to the Sticks”) and the rapacious property developer Francois Roy who wants to buy Mathias’ apartment and turn it into a sleek hotel – as his father tried to do a generation earlier (how French!) -- round out a great supporting cast.

But without Paris, this familiar and yet totally unfamiliar Paris, the film would never have played out with such love. As a Paris habituée of many years, I kept searching for signs to tell me where this apartment was located. Was it a hotel particulière of the Marais?

Here is a little known secret of Paris: It was shot in la Manufature, located in les Gobelins in Paris’s 13th Arrondisement, operated and maintained by the French Ministry of Culture. A vast complex comprising several main buildings and a slew of apartments (now used to house government functionaries), la Manufacture is the historical site of tapestry manufacturing for French royalty dating from the 17th century to the present day. Because there is no longer a huge demand for artisan tapestries in France, la Manufacture doubles as an ersatz soundstage for film and television productions, in this case standing in for the more central and tourist trod Marais, where Mme. Girard and Chloé reside. The Girard’s sprawling residence, overlooking a verdant garden came to life. Israel Horovitz and his crew jumped at the opportunity to film there.

He says, “Almost the entire movie was shot inside the compound. At one point in its history, la Manufacture was its own city within the city, with a thousand people living there. We could park our trucks inside the gated compound and shoot in a way we never could in the busy Marais. Finding the apartment we used, with its creaky floors and general disrepair, was really what made the movie possible. It was like having our own little studio.” The film shot in Paris for 24 days in autumn 2013.

At 75, Horovitz -- a veteran playwright who wrote “The Strawberry Statement” which won the Jury Prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival and who collaborated with István Szabó on the 1999 historical drama “Sunshine” about a Jewish family living in Hungary during the turbulent first half of the 20th century –decided to direct this, his first, film as he wrote the screenplay.

How was it working for your father? One might ask Rachael. Her answer: “He was the most prepared director I’ve ever worked with.” She praises Horovitz pére for his professionalism, sense of humor and grace under pressure, each one a boon for the intimate, familial-themed “My Old Lady”. “There is real humanity in this film thanks to those factors, “ she concludes. “Working with a family member is always a pleasure because there is the shorthand of communication you have with very few others.”

Producer Gary Foster also praises Israel Horovitz for his human touch, including his considerable grasp of human nature and conflict. “This movie is at its core about family and how people deal with the many challenges of their lives, “Foster states. “Everyone has harbored secrets at some point. ‘My Old Lady’ examines how people with secrets reveal themselves emotionally in order to locate truth. What’s special about Israel’s craft is how organic and truthful it feels. So much of this movie depends on the actors working with dialogue-rich scenes set inside cramped rooms with little action and no special effects – you have to buy into the dimensionality of these characters. Israel is at his best writing and directing scenes that feel real, al though you were a fly on the wall amid the revealing of this family’s secrets. He’s not afraid of being overly sentimental and open with emotions, and I think that’s hugely valuable.”

I completely agree. This is a marvelous movie, filled with marvels of France and family.

The Jewish side of this film is never touched on, but I must touch on it here because in these days of turmoil over the Jewish state and the state of the Jews living in the Diaspora, those in France are also in fearful flux. But this shows a France at its splendid best today and I think it is because of the love the filmmakers have for the story, the craft and the country. Producer David C. Barrot produced “ Eyes Wide Open” the 2009 Cannes’ Un Certain Regard film that dared open the subject of homosexuality in Jerusalem’s Orthodox community. I cannot speak of the provenance of Daniel Battsek the Executive Producer who between 1985 and 1991, was managing director of Palace Pictures where he was involved in all aspects of marketing, distribution and acquisitions in the U.K. and Ireland. He began his industry career at The Hoyts Film Corporation in Sydney where he quickly rose through the ranks to general manager in Victoria State overseeing distribution.

Battsek was first introduced to Disney in 1991, when he was asked to start up a U.K. Company as part of the worldwide distribution network for Buena Vista International. In 1992, he officially joined The Walt Disney Studios. Battsek was quickly promoted to vice president/managing director where he handled all aspects of theatrical film distribution in the U.K. He was later promoted to vice president, managing director and European acquisitions director of Bvi (U.K.) Limited. His responsibilities also included involvement in the acquisition of distribution rights across numerous territories for such films as “Muriel's Wedding”, “Shine”, “Central Station”, “Kolya”, and “ Ice Storm”. In 1998, he was promoted to senior vice president, Bvi (U.K.) Limited where he oversaw approximately 35 films per year from the Disney, Touchstone and Miramax labels. With his expanding role, Battsek began acquiring and developing British film projects for worldwide distribution. He created the Bvi U.K. Comedy Label which produced four films, likeHigh Heels and Low Lifes,Hope Springs,Calendar Girls, and Kinky Boots.

On 24 July 2005, he was named President of Miramax Films, after Harvey and Bob Weinstein left the company, due to creative and financial differences with Disney exec, Michael Eisner. Since he took control of the company, Miramax released such films asThe Queen,No Country for Old Men or Doubt, refocusing on producing films of high quality but low budget and was instrumental in acquiring, green-lighting or distributing such renowned and award winning films as “Tsotsi” winner of Best Foreign Language Oscar, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”, “There will be Blood” among others. On 20 January 2010, Battsek became President of National Geographic Films where he brought in the Oscar-nominated “Restrepo”. He is now President of Cohen Media Group where he plays a key role.

Nor can I speak authoritatively of Producer, Nitsa Benchetrit, and Executive Producers, Raphaël Benoliel, Russ Krasnoff, but I have my suspicions. Certainly the Executive Producer, President and CEO of Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation, one of the country’s most important commercial real estate owners/ developers s well as an influential patron, innovator and visionary of culture and the arts, Charles S. Cohen (also founder of The Cohen Media Group in 2008, on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art (Moca) in Los Angeles, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, The Lighthouse International Theater, The Public Theater, the Stella Adler Studio and the Film Society of Lincoln Center) is living up to his name.

Even Kevin Kline suddenly seems to land inside this charmed circle of Diaspora Jews whose development and dedication to the finest

arts of the 21 st century must be praised and seen as a flowering of culture today.

While this is in no way a film which may ever be shown in the Jewish film festival circuit, it should be remarked that it is, in its way, a Jewish film because of the credentials of the filmmakers, because of the loving treatment of the neurotic family members and because it shows the natural habituation of people allowed to live in freedom in a society which values life.

I bring all this up in light of the reevaluation occurring today in the worlds of gender and religions and I want to go on record as pointing out that this film is an example of the flowering of culture; this is part of the culmination of centuries of developing a humane, forgiving and civilized way of life.

I say this as I contemplate the state of the world today to remind myself that art, not war, is my choice for my life and I believe the film is an affirmation of life above all.

Chapeau, Hats Off to the team that brought this film to life. Just change the title if you want to attract more people!

Seventeen feature films have received support for development by Screen Australia, with a spend totalling $500,000.

The productions include projects involving Emile Sherman, Johnathan Teplitzky, Helen Pankhurst and Jan Sardi.

Martha Coleman, Screen Australia’s head of development, said: “I’m proud of our association with this compelling group of feature projects by such talented filmmaking teams. The quality and range of projects we are seeing is hugely inspiring and our development team care passionately about assisting the filmmakers we are working with to achieve the best possible version of their story. This is a very exciting time.”

Projects include:

Tim Winton’s best selling surfing story, Breath will get an adaptation by Simon Baker producing with Jamie Hilton and Mark Johnson and written by Peter Duncan. Four comedies have received funding including Ali’s Wedding, written by Osamah Sami and Andrew Knight will be developed by producers Helen Panckhurst, Michael McMahon...