Mediawan has acquired a majority stake in Radar Films, the French production company behind “Belle and Sebastian,” one of France’s most successful family movie franchises.
Headed by Clement Miserez and Matthieu Warter, Radar Films has been producing French and English-language films, teaming up with France’s top studios, including Gaumont and Snd. Besides “Belle et Sebastien” which traveled to dozens of territories, Radar Films also produced “The Secret” with Jessica Biel, and “The Love Punch” with Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson.
With Mediawan as its new owner, Radar Films will aim at ramping up its English-language production input, said Miserez. The producer said the banner will also start making ambitious TV series for French and international audiences.
“The media industry is going through turbulent times, especially in France with the upcoming audiovisuel reform, so forging an alliance with Mediawan is a great opportunity for an independent production company like Radar Films,...
Headed by Clement Miserez and Matthieu Warter, Radar Films has been producing French and English-language films, teaming up with France’s top studios, including Gaumont and Snd. Besides “Belle et Sebastien” which traveled to dozens of territories, Radar Films also produced “The Secret” with Jessica Biel, and “The Love Punch” with Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson.
With Mediawan as its new owner, Radar Films will aim at ramping up its English-language production input, said Miserez. The producer said the banner will also start making ambitious TV series for French and international audiences.
“The media industry is going through turbulent times, especially in France with the upcoming audiovisuel reform, so forging an alliance with Mediawan is a great opportunity for an independent production company like Radar Films,...
- 10/15/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
City of Neon Lights: Marie’s Debut a Soundtrack Assisted Cliché
How the title Paris Countdown was decided upon to stand as the English language translation of Le Jour Attendre (Day Wait) is the first of many unnecessary questions to ask while watching Edgar Marie’s directorial debut, a revenge thriller meant to be a pulse pounding high octane endeavor, filled with car chases, violent showdowns, double crossings, vaguely relayed female characters in distress, and a thumping soundtrack.
Milan (Olivier Marchal) and Victor (Jacques Gamblin) are best friends and co-owners of a Parisian nightclub, Le Sound. Unfortunately, they’re in considerable debt, and Milan gets them involved in a drug trafficking transaction that gets horribly botched in Mexico. Tortured, they agree to squeal against their liaison, Serki (Carlo Brandt), who gets sentenced to six years in prison. Upset and traumatized, Victor vows never to speak with Milan again. Unfortunately, Serki is unfathomably psychotic,...
How the title Paris Countdown was decided upon to stand as the English language translation of Le Jour Attendre (Day Wait) is the first of many unnecessary questions to ask while watching Edgar Marie’s directorial debut, a revenge thriller meant to be a pulse pounding high octane endeavor, filled with car chases, violent showdowns, double crossings, vaguely relayed female characters in distress, and a thumping soundtrack.
Milan (Olivier Marchal) and Victor (Jacques Gamblin) are best friends and co-owners of a Parisian nightclub, Le Sound. Unfortunately, they’re in considerable debt, and Milan gets them involved in a drug trafficking transaction that gets horribly botched in Mexico. Tortured, they agree to squeal against their liaison, Serki (Carlo Brandt), who gets sentenced to six years in prison. Upset and traumatized, Victor vows never to speak with Milan again. Unfortunately, Serki is unfathomably psychotic,...
- 11/12/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
A routine flavor sensation for genre movie buffs who have become acquainted with the wave of dark crime ficks originating in France over the past few years, Paris Countdown (original title: Le jour attendra, or, literally, "day wait") serves up a familiar-tasting dish. And no wonder: the producers of this film also helped bring forth the notably doom-laden Point Blank and A Gang Story. The latter picture was based on the book Pour une poignée de cerises, a sprawling true-life account of a famed French criminal outfit, co-authored by Edgar Marie, who is making his directorial debut here. Marie's screenplay is original only in that it is not based directly on any other sources. Together, Marie's writing and directing are best described as cool and...
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- 11/8/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Visual effects may be getting better and better, and superheroes may dominate the screen, but sometimes there's nothing more satisfying at the movies than a gritty, tense story and a good old-fashioned car chase. And both of those are present in this exclusive look at the upcoming French thriller "Paris Countdown." The directorial debut of writer Edgar Marie, and from the folks who brought you “Point Blank” and “A Gang Story,” the film stars Olivier Marchal and Jacques Gamblin as best friends and club owners who are forced by the police to rat out their associate in a drug deal gone bad. Six years later, the man they sent to prison is released, and the duo are forced to fight for their lives. And as you'll see in this clip, they are facing a very determined adversary who wants nothing more than to get them out of the way. "Paris...
- 11/7/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Those with a fetish for the smashing of faces — against rocks, bourbon glasses, windshields, and the like — might enjoy Edgar Marie's crime thriller Paris Countdown. The sensory violence doesn't end there. Marie, in his film debut, prefers his colors loud and tacky, setting key confrontations in neon-lit tanning salons and lofts. And Paris Countdown's sound editors have clearly worked overtime. In a riveting early torture sequence, a rogue cop drills into a detainee's eardrum; at several later points, Marie blasts out the soundtrack with the screaming ringing in that character's ears. If only these visceral shocks were at the service of a less conventional story. Victor (Jacques Gamblin) and Milan (Olivier Marchal) are longtime friends...
- 11/5/2013
- Village Voice
Released this summer in its native France as Le Jour Attendra, this crime thriller from writer/director Edgar Marie, starring Olivier Marchal and Jacques Gamblin, has been rechristened Paris Countdown and is heading to select U.S. theaters on Friday, November 8, when it will also be available via various Video On Demand platforms. Marie co-authored the book Pour une poignée de cerises, a sprawling true-life account of a famed French criminal outfit, which was the basis for A Gang Story directed by Marchal in 2011. (Marchal is a former cop turned actor turned filmmaker.) Marie also contributed scripts for Marchal's TV series, Braquo. So there's a good pedigree behind this film. Here's the official synopsis: Unable to repay their debts, Milan and Victor, best friends and...
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- 11/5/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Check out the new trailer for Paris Countdown starring stars Olivier Marchal and Jacques Gamblin.
The film (aka “Le Jour Attendra”), will be in theaters and On Demand November 8th.
Unable to repay their debts, Milan and Victor, best friends and co-owners of a Paris nightclub are lured into a drug deal that goes bad. Tortured by police, they negotiate their freedom against an overwhelming testimony that condemns their psychotic liaison to prison. Six years later, the men’s nightmare begins again when the psychopath is granted his freedom. Now, not having talked for years, the old friends are united again in order to survive.
Paris Countdown is directorial debut from writer Edgar Marie and from the producers of “Point Blank” and “A Gang Story”.
While at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival, Screen Media Films acquired the Us rights to the French crime thriller.
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The film (aka “Le Jour Attendra”), will be in theaters and On Demand November 8th.
Unable to repay their debts, Milan and Victor, best friends and co-owners of a Paris nightclub are lured into a drug deal that goes bad. Tortured by police, they negotiate their freedom against an overwhelming testimony that condemns their psychotic liaison to prison. Six years later, the men’s nightmare begins again when the psychopath is granted his freedom. Now, not having talked for years, the old friends are united again in order to survive.
Paris Countdown is directorial debut from writer Edgar Marie and from the producers of “Point Blank” and “A Gang Story”.
While at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival, Screen Media Films acquired the Us rights to the French crime thriller.
http://pariscountdownmovie.tumblr.com...
- 9/30/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Director Olivier Marchal continued to build his reputation as France’s master of thrillers and his fourth film A Gang Story looks to be heading to U.S. art houses. Variety reported that The Weinstein Co. continued talks to acquire domestic theatrical distribution rights to A Gang Story, to be released in France as Le Gang des Lyonnais. Marchal co-wrote the film with Edgar Marie and follows gang leader Edmond Vidal (Gérard Lanvin) nicknamed Mormon, as he reflects back on his younger days, the rise of his Lyon-based gang and his frequent clashes with police. Marcal shot his fourth film in Lyon with Gérard Lanvin, Daniel Duval, Dimitri Storoge as the younger Vidal, Valeria Cavalli, Stéphane Caillard, Patrick Catalifo and Tchéky Karyo in the cast.
- 8/12/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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