FELL THE DRAMATIC RHYTHM OF BOLERO IN THE TRAILER FOR MAURICE RAVEL'S MOVIE BIOPIC WITH RAPHAEL PERSONNAZ, VINCENT PEREZ, JEANNE BALIBAR

   RAVEL'S BIOPIC BOLERO  

SEE THE DRAMATIC MOVIE TRAILER

Today I have for you a trailer for Anne Fontaine directed movie starring Raphael Personnaz, Vincent Perez and Jeanne Balibar in a biopic on

Bolero is already out in France and Belgium

Maurice Ravel titled BOLERO. Doria Tillier, Emmanuelle Devos, Suzanne Clement and Sophie Guillemin also star. Netflix will stream the 1928 set film that looks back at the origins of the Bolero, when it was nothing but a simple command made by choreographer Ida Rubinstein to Maurice Ravel. The latter obeys as if a kind of exercise. But as the composition advances the work takes on a wholly unexpected dimension, reminding the musician of his demons but also the wonders he has worked. The movie has launched in France and Belgium March 6th and will move into other European territories this spring. See the trailer below and tell us what you think:

SEE THE FIRST TRAILER WITH MICHAEL DOUGLAS AS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN APPLE TV'S NEW HISTORICAL SERIES

  APPLE REVEALS TRAILER  

FOR MICHAEL DOUGLAS FRANKLIN SERIES

Franklin will stream weekly from April 12th

Today you can check out the first trailer with Michael Douglas in Apple's new historical series FRANKLIN which explores the story of one of the greatest gambles of Benjamin Franklin’s career. The launch date has been set for April 12th!

  At age 70, without any diplomatic training, Franklin convinced France – an absolute monarchy – to underwrite America’s experiment in democracy. By virtue of his fame, charisma, and ingenuity, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies, French informers, and hostile colleagues, all while engineering the Franco-American alliance of 1778 and the final peace with England of l783. The eight-year French mission stands as Franklin’s most vital service to his country, without which America would not have won the Revolution. Ludivine Sagnier, Daniel Mays, Eddie Marsan, Jeanne Balibar and Noah Jupe also star.

 

APPLE SETS START DATE FOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HISTORICAL SERIES WITH MICHAEL DOUGLAS

 

  APPLE SETS AIR DATE  

FOR MICHAEL DOUGLAS FRANKLIN SERIES

Today you can check out new images of Michael Douglas in Apple's new historical series FRANKLIN which explores the story of one of the greatest gambles of Benjamin Franklin’s career. The launch date has been set for April 12th! At age 70, without any diplomatic training, Franklin convinced France – an absolute monarchy – to underwrite America’s experiment in democracy. By virtue of his fame, charisma, and ingenuity, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies, French informers, and hostile colleagues, all while engineering the Franco-American alliance of 1778 and the final peace with England of l783. The eight-year French mission stands as Franklin’s most vital service to his country, without which America would not have won the Revolution. Ludivine Sagnier, Daniel Mays, Eddie Marsan, Jeanne Balibar and Noah Jupe also star. See first scenes in the Apple trailer below:

LAURENT LAFITTE TO PLAY FAMOUS FRENCH WRITER IN THE IMAGINARY MOLIERE 17TH CENTURY PARIS SET MOVIE

 LAURENT LAFITTE TO LEAD 

THE IMAGINARY MOLIERE 

Here is another costume movie drama set to arrive from France sometime this year! Laurent Lafitte and Jeanne Balibar, alongside Stacy Martin and

Laurent Lafitte will be Moliere in the new film

Olivier Py, will star in THE IMAGINARY MOLIERE (Le Molière imaginaire) movie which is also being helmed by Py. Theater of the Palais Royal in Paris, February 17, 1673. The King's troupe is in the middle of a performance of Le Malade Imaginaire when Molière begins to spit blood. Despite everything, he decides to continue playing. During his agony, he allows the events and ghosts that have made his life to enter the space of the theatre. Engaging in a struggle to preserve his dignity, he undertakes to transfigure his death into the instrument of a final burst of laughter.

VINCENT PEREZ TO LEAD EDGE OF THE BLADE 19TH CENTURY HISTORICAL ADVENTURE! 1ST RAPHAEL PERSONNAZ PIC AS RAVEL IN BOLERO PERIOD SET BIOPIC!

   THE EDGE OF THE BLADE  

VINCENT PEREZ EPIC MOVIE

Vincent Perez also directs the movie

We are still in France, people, as both with the sales over at Cannes and their own announced projects they have a lot for us period set drama lovers! December 27th has been announced as the release date for historical adventure THE EDGE OF BLADE ( Une affaire d'honneur) which is both directed by Vincent Peres and has him in the cast! The story is set in Paris 1887. At that time, only the duel prevailed to defend one's honor. Clément Lacaze, charismatic fencing master finds himself caught in a spiral of destructive violence. He meets Marie-Rose Astié, a feminist ahead of her time, and decides to teach her the complex art of dueling. They will face provocations and unite to defend their respective honor.

  FIRST BOLERO PICTURE

Speaking of Vincent Perez, I have first image from another historical movie in which he also stars: BOLERO from Anne Fontaine, starring Raphael Personnaz as famous composer Maurice Ravel! The movie, set in the roaring 1920s, follows the boundary-pushing Russian dancer and choreographer Ida Rubinstein (Jeanne Balibar) as she selects Maurice Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet. Ravel ends up creating his greatest success ever: Boléro.

RUPERT PENRY JONES, IWAN RHEON JOIN THOSE ABOUT TO DIE ROMAN GLADIATOR EPIC SERIES! VINCENT CASSEL, LOUIS GARREL, DIANE KRUGER TO LEAD SAINT EX PERIOD SET DRAMA ON SAINT EXUPERY! RAPHAEL PERSONNAZ, VINCENT PEREZ TO LEAD MAURICE RAVEL BIOPIC BOLERO!

  THOSE ABOUT TO DIE 

EPIC SERIES ADS NEW CAST

And what a cast it is shaping up to be: joining previously announced Anthony Hopkins as the Roman emperor and Tom Hughes as his son, in Peacock's THOSE ABOUT TO DIE series set in the complex and corrupt world of ancient Rome’s gladiatorial competition, are Iwan Rheon, who

Iwan Rheon and Rupert Penry Jones have joined the cast

replaces Lorenzo Richelmy as ambitious crime boss Tenax, Liraz Charhi as Berenice, queen of the conquered Judea’s held captive in Rome, Johannes Haukur Johannesson as imposing Norse gladiator Viggo and Rupert Penry-Jones as Marsus, a wealthy patrician and retired general who desire’s

Liraz Charhi and Pepe Barroso will also star in the series

the throne. Eneko Sagardoy, Pepe Barroso and Goncalo Almeida will play the Corsi brothers, while Kyshan Wilson is female gladiator in training Aura. Alicia Edogamhe plays a slave who is sold to Marsus and Antonia (Gabriella Pession). Roland Emmerich is directing.

  VINCENT CASSEL TO LEAD  

SAINT EX MOVIE WITH LOUIS GARREL AND DIANE KRUGER

After our spotlight on the Musketeers yesterday, we are staying in France today as well since Vincent Cassel, Louis Garrel and Diane Kruger have been cast in StudioCanal's SAINT EX period set drama movie. Set in 1930 it centres around Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, an Airmail pilot in Argentina. When his best friend who happens to be Airmail’s best pilot Henri Guillaumet disappears in the Andes, Saint-Ex decides to set out in search of him, against all odds. This impossible quest forces him to push beyond his limits, turning his capacity to dream into his greatest strength.

   RAVEL'S BIOPIC BOLERO  

SETS MAIN MOVIE CAST

CineEuropa reports that Anne Fontaine has cast Raphael Personnaz, Vincent Perez and Jeanne Balibar in her biopic on Maurice Ravel titled BOLERO. Doria Tillier, Emmanuelle Devos, Suzanne Clement and Sophie Guillemin will also star. Netflix will stream the film that looks back at the origins of the Bolero, when it was nothing but a simple command made by choreographer Ida Rubinstein to Maurice Ravel. The latter obeys as if a kind of exercise. But as the composition advances the work takes on a wholly unexpected dimension, reminding the musician of his demons but also the wonders he has worked...

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON DIANE DE POITIERS HISTORICAL SERIES ON FRENCH KING'S FAVOURITE WITH HUGO BECKER, ISABELLE ADJANI, GERARD DEPARDIEU, VIRGINIE LEDOYEN

  DIANE DE POITIERS SERIES 

THE KING'S FAVOURITE

Straight from the French court arrives new French historical mini series DIANE DE POITIERS which follows the life of the infamous French courtesan

The series is streaming on Salto

who held the French king in her wicked clutches for decades. Also known as THE KING'S FAVOURITE this costume drama is already streaming on French streamer Salto and will hit their France 2 channel from November 7th! The series has our dearest Hugo Becker as King Henry II, Virginie Ledoyen as Anne de Pisseleu, lead star Isabelle Adjani as the king's older lover Diane de Poitiers and Gaia Girace as the queen of France Catherine de Medici looking not very happy. Both Catherine and Diane look totally different than the ones depicted in The Serpent Queen series which is currently successfully airing over at Starz. The cast also has Gérard Depardieu as Nostradamus, Joey Starr as Comte de Kervannes, Olivier Gourmet as Charles Quint, Guillaume Galienne as Ambroise Paré, Samuel Labarthe as François 1st, and Jeanne Balibar as Marguerite de Navarre! The project is also being offered to international buyers as two 100minute episode series or four 50 minute episode one. You can also check out a clip showing the king fondling Diane while they are preparing poor Catherine for their first wedding night.

 

  IN THIS EPIC TV SERIES
about the royal Valois-Angoulême house who ruled in the midst of the Renaissance, a woman rides in the lead in the race for honours: her name is Diane de Poitiers, experienced huntress whose unalterable beauty fueled rumors and legends during her lifetime... and long after her death. Despite her unchallenged influence over Henry, the youngest son of Francis I, her position at court remained fragile in the face of the powerful rival Anne de Pisseleu, the King's favourite, who had a fierce hatred for her. And wasn't Henry's marriage to Catherine de Medici definitively compromising the dreams of Diana, who did not hesitate to compare herself to the goddess Artemis? Can the great Nostradamus (Gerard Depardieu) himself predict Diane's future? Can a simple courtesan escape the suspicions of the inquisition which relentlessly hunts down Protestants and witches? Almost a queen... More than a queen... Diane de Poitiers is a formidable firebrand, an icon of fashion and power, and a free woman.