EXCLUSIVE: Good Girls Revolt alum Genevieve Angelson has landed a role in Untouchable, the Weinstein Company’s remake of the 2011 French hit The Intouchables that will star Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart. In what’s called a fresh take on the original concept, Angelson will portray Jenny, the wife of Cranston’s Philip…

EXCLUSIVE:  The Weinstein Company is in early talks with Nicole Kidman and Amara Karan to join Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart in the Neil Burger-directed remake of the French smash hit The Intouchables. It makes sense that TWC would want to get back into business with Kidman; she was in contention for a Golden Globe…

EXCLUSIVE: The Weinstein Company has set a January 15 start date for its remake of the French smash hit The Intouchables, after the movie came together quickly with Neil Burger to direct Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart in the lead roles. The script, a fresh take on the original concept, came in strong from Jon Hartmere…

César winning French actor Omar Sy, who’s bulked up his Hollywood resumé since his star turn in French mega-hit The Intouchables, has added another high-profile title to the list. Sy is joining the cast of Universal franchise reboot Jurassic World. He tweeted this morning, both in French and in English, that he was a…

‘Intouchables’ Helmers Set To Begin Production On ‘Samba’ The Intouchables helmers Eric Tolédano and Olivier Nakache will begin shooting their next film, Samba, at the end of October. Omar Sy, Best Actor César winner for Intouchables, stars in the social comedy alongside Charlotte Gainsbourg (Nymphomaniac…

A British secret agent, an unlikely pair of friends and a kidnapped ex-CIA operative helped boost admissions for European Union films across Europe by 12% in 2012. Despite a drop in overall attendance, market share for Euro films jumped to 33.6%, the highest level of the 2000s so far. The European Audiovisual…

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Shadyac, once a prolific director of blockbuster comedies before a near-death experience sent him on a life-changing journey chronicled in his feature documentary I Am, is returning to laffer mode. Shadyac is in talks with The Weinstein Company to helm its remake of the Olivier Nakache/Eric Toledano…

While the French film industry has recently been polarized at home – spurred on by a Le Monde editorial penned by Wild Bunch co-founder and sales chief Vincent Maraval – there was good news from abroad this morning. Foreign admissions hit a record high in 2012 with French films selling 140M tickets, an 88% uptick over…

When the Oscars‘ Foreign Language shortlist was unveiled before Christmas, it contained few surprises. Today's final selection of the five nominees has a bit more shock value — for France, especially. Expectations were high that The Weinstein Company’s feel-good box office smash The Intouchables would land an Oscar…

Last weekend, I profiled 15 films that were generating the most buzz ahead of the compilation of the Academy's shortlist for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar category. All nine of the films shortlisted by the Academy today appeared on that list, so while not entirely predictable, the Phase I and Executive…

Diane Haithman is an AwardsLine contributor. One Saturday morning in early December, The Weinstein Company chief operating officer David Glasser was facing a very busy day: A noon screening of TWC's critically acclaimed Silver Linings Playbook, followed by a 3 p.m. screening of the Christmas Day release Django Unchaine…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Omar Sy, the French actor, comedian, writer, producer and television personality who drew raves starring in The Intouchables. That film, an international box office phenomenon, has become the highest-grossing non-English-language film since The Passion Of The Christ, grossing more than $414…