The Prosecutors Office in Paris has opened a preliminary inquiry into Oscar-nominated French actor Gérard Depardieu after a complaint was filed by a 22-year-old actress alleging that he sexually assaulted and raped her this month at one of his homes in Paris. The news is just breaking in France via national news…

Fun Academy Motion Pictures has just released its teaser trailer for its first animated family film: Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero. The film tells the true story of a stray dog named Stubby who was rescued off the streets by a young American soldier and then became a hero of WWI. The dog is still recognized today as…

Netflix has ordered a second season of its much-maligned French-language drama Marseilles. The streaming giant took to Twitter to post the news in French with the simple message, “The fight is not over.” Le combat n'est pas terminé. #MarseilleNetflix Saison 2, prochainement. pic.twitter.com/OqdFFIMACr — Marseille…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: Nominations for the 41st annual César Awards were unveiled this morning in Paris. Going in, expectations were high for a batch of films that started their careers in Cannes, and members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma did not disappoint. There are a large number of that fest’s…

Berlin Film Festival sidebar the Berlinale Forum has set the 44 films in its main program — 34 of which are world premieres. Europe, Asia and Latin America are well-represented while there’s a focus on the Arab region with films by young directors exploring both the past and present in such places as Egypt, Lebanon…

Veteran actor Gérard Depardieu is set to play Russian dictator Joseph Stalin in Le Divan De Staline, based on the well-received 2014 book by Jean-Daniel Baltassat. The casting is particularly significant given that Depardieu renounced his French papers in late 2012 and a few weeks later was granted Russian citizenship…

Gerard Depardieu has been confirmed to star in Marseille, the first French-language series from Netflix. The political drama, which has been compared to House Of Cards, is Netflix’ flagship original series as it enters the French market. Depardieu will player Robert Taro, longtime mayor of the seaport city, who finds…

The IMDb page for United Passions, a feature film that was largely financed by world soccer governing body FIFA, reads: "The saga of the World Cup and the three wholly honest and ethical men who created it." With FIFA embroiled in a growing corruption scandal — and today’s news that embattled president Sepp Blatter…

Netflix reportedly is courting Gerard Depardieu to play a French version of the conniving U.S. president played by Kevin Spacey in House Of Cards, according to Radio Europe1. Marseille would mark Netflix's first French-language production. Marseille would be produced in France by the French, Europe1 said. The idea has…

Abel Ferrara and screenwriter Chris Zois’ Welcome To New York, inspired by the 2011 sex scandal surrounding former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, had its world premiere here in Cannes tonight. Once thought to be a candidate for an Official Selection berth, it instead unspooled in an unofficia…

France’s Éclair Group Raises $16.6M Digital Switch, Development Here’s some good news for France’s troubled postproduction sector. The Éclair Group has raised €12.4M ($16.6M) to complete its digital transition and speed up development across all of its businesses. The recapitalization was financed by the company's…

Iran Dismisses ‘Argo’ As “Anti-Iran”, Pro-CIA Iran's culture minister blasted Argo, a day after it won the Best Picture Oscar, calling it anti-Iranian and weak artistically. Iran’s state TV also called the movie “an advertisement for the CIA.” "This anti-Iran film lacks any artistic…