Luc Besson News

EuropaCorp and Relativity Media have closed deals with Amber Heard (The Rum Diary, Paranoia), Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) and Connie Nielsen (Gladiator) for their Untitled Thriller project starring previously announced Oscar-winner Kevin Costner (The Bodyguard, Dances With Wolves, Open Range). McG (Charlie's Angels, Terminator Salvation) directs the gripping action tale from a screenplay by Luc Besson (Taken, Transporter) and Adi Hasak (From Paris With Love). The film is currently in production in Paris and will continue in Serbia, where it will wrap on April 22nd.

The Cinema for Peace Foundation announced today that Academy Award-winning actor, filmmaker and founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, Ben Affleck, will be honored with the Cinema for Peace Humanitarian Award at the 2013 Gala for Humanity on January 11 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif. Each year since 2002, Cinema for Peace gives the Humanitarian Award to an individual and his or her organization who has demonstrated the foresight, courage and leadership required to take a stand against extreme injustice, intolerance and inequalities.

Relativity Media announced today it has closed a deal with Ric Roman Waugh (Felon, Snitch) to direct and rewrite the sci-fi thriller currently-titled Tipping Point, based on the original screenplay from Todd Stein.

The Brooklyn Museum will be the only East Coast venue for The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, the first international exhibition dedicated to the groundbreaking French couturier, organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The critically acclaimed touring show, already seen by half a million people, spans the Paris-based designer's 37-year career and includes iconic examples never before exhibited. The Brooklyn presentation will include new material not shown in the previous venues, including ensembles from his recent runway shows.

The 16th Annual Hollywood Film Awards, presented by the Los Angeles Times, previously announced that Academy Award winning actress Marion Cotillard will receive the 'Hollywood Actress Award' for her distinguished performance in Jacques Audiard's 'Rust and Bone,' a Sony Pictures Classics release, at the Hollywood Film Awards Gala ceremony tonight, October 22.

Kevin Costner has officially inked a deal to star in an upcoming and untitled action thriller to be directed by McG.

Danny Aiello and Band played the ScoBar at the Iridium last night, September 28, 2012. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you photos from the concert below!

The 16th Annual Hollywood Film Awards, presented by the Los Angeles Times, announce that Academy Award winning actress Marion Cotillard will receive the 'Hollywood Actress Award' for her distinguished performance in Jacques Audiard's 'Rust and Bone,' a Sony Pictures Classics release, at the Hollywood Film Awards Gala ceremony on October 22.

The 60th edition of the San Sebastian Festival will this year bestow its Donostia Awards on actors John Travolta, Ewan McGregor and Tommy Lee Jones and the Special 60th Anniversary Donostia Award going to director Oliver Stone. In 1969, Jones made his Broadway debut in John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. His other Broadway appearances include Four on a Garden and Ulysses in Nighttown.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, GLEE's Dianna Agron is in talks to play Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer's daughter in the film Malavita. Tommy Lee Jones is also in negotiations to join the cast.

Diane Kruger and Alexander Payne will be among the Jury of the Competition at the 65th Cannes Film Festival. The jury will have to decide between the 22 films in Competition in order to select the winners, to be announced on stage during the Closing Ceremony on May 27th, culminating in the announcement of the Palme d'or.

El Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires y la Fundación Cinemateca Argentina, con el auspicio y la colaboración de la Embajada de Francia, han organizado un ciclo denominado Francia: la generación perdida, que se llevará a cabo del sábado 3 al martes 13 de marzo en la Sala Leopoldo Lugones del Teatro San Martín (Avenida Corrientes 1530).

El Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires y la Fundación Cinemateca Argentina, con el auspicio y la colaboración de la Embajada de Francia, han organizado un ciclo denominado Francia: la generación perdida, que se llevará a cabo del sábado 3 al martes 13 de marzo en la Sala Leopoldo Lugones del Teatro San Martín (Avenida Corrientes 1530).

El Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires y la Fundación Cinemateca Argentina, con el auspicio y la colaboración de la Embajada de Francia, han organizado un ciclo denominado Francia: la generación perdida, que se llevará a cabo del sábado 3 al martes 13 de marzo en la Sala Leopoldo Lugones del Teatro San Martín (Avenida Corrientes 1530).

Sundance Institute and The O2 today announced that musician, producer and actor Tricky will reunite on stage with vocalist/musician Martina Topley-Bird for the first time in 15 years to perform his award-winning debut album Maxinquaye in its entirety on Friday, 27th April, 2012 at the first-ever Sundance London as part of the four-day festival's music programme. Tickets will go on general sale on Wednesday 07 March 2012.

As first reported on Deadline.com, actor Morgan Freeman has signed on to star alongside Tom Cruise in the Post-Apocalyptic film OBLIVION from Universal Studios.

A complete recap of all of the HBO/Cinemax 2012 programming highlights for the coming year has been released by the networks.

A new trailer for Guy Pearce's upcoming film LOCK-OUT has just been released. The trailer is for the French version of the film, and is titled 'MS One: Maximum Security' . The film is a sci-fi thriller starring Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace and Peter Stormare.

New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT), which has supported the advancement of women in the entertainment industry for more than 30 years, will present their 31th annual Muse Awards at a gala luncheon to be held Wednesday, December 7th at the New York Hilton.

The Hangar Theatre's Pilot Reading Series in NYC continues with In a Little Room , a new play by Pete McElligott.