Cate Blanchett, Terrence Malick Reteam on Tribeca-Bound VR Experience ‘Evolver;’ Trailer Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)

Former Netherlands international Giovanni van Bronckhorst has previously waxed lyrical about the credentials Feyenoord left-back Tyrell Malacia could bring to Manchester United.

Christine & The Queens has released a new single titled ‘Je te vois enfin’ alongside a suave and sophisticated persona she calls Redcar.Released on June 24, the Mike Dean-produced single is sung entirely in French and sees Christine metaphorically musing, “Je me souviens jeune animal je courais bien loin / Dans la forêt pour chercher mon chemin / J’étais perdu mais comptait seulement le présent”: “I remember young animal I was running so far / Into the forest to look for my path / I was lost but counted only the present.”Listen to Christine & The Queens’ ‘Je te vois enfin’ below.The track is the first solo material to be released by the French singer this year following her collaborations with Charli XCX and Caroline Polachek on ‘New Shapes’ having previously worked with Charli on 2019’s ‘Gone’ from her third album ‘Charli’, and most recently the single ‘Body’ with 070 Shake from Shake’s upcoming album ‘You Can’t Kill Me‘.‘Je te vois enfin’ is said to mark “a new era” for the artist according to a statement, having previously hinted in 2020 that she was hard at work on a “vast, hopeful and ambitious” new album.She dropped a surprise two-track EP titled ‘Joseph’ in September last year, the first new material since her 2020 EP ‘La Vita Nuova’ – itself a surprise release when it was released. Later that year, she also shared a remix EP of ‘La Vita Nuova’, which saw A.

French outfit Lyon have reportedly outmuscled Manchester United to become frontrunners in the race for Feyenoord defender Tyrell Malacia.

A drugs boss involved in a huge cocaine trafficking conspiracy was foiled by a mural of UFC star Conor McGregor on his wall. A jury convicted 36-year-old Ryan Palin after they decided he was the user of the EncroChat handle 'Titch.com', which detectives had identified after the encrypted phone network was hacked by French and Dutch police.

Mötörhead frontman Lemmy has been unveiled at French metal festival Hellfest.The new sculpture, which is the brainchild of artist Caroline Brisset, replaces an existing Lemmy statue at the event, which has been erected for six years.The second statue, a gigantic and imposing metal creation, was unveiled this week to signal the start of Hellfest 2022, which is being held across two weekends in Clisson, France.See the new statue of Lemmy at Hellfest below:Lemmy Hellfest Open Air @hellfestopenair pic.twitter.com/kZm9g9z1AJ— The Metal Voice (@themetalvoice) June 17, 2022I was sad when I heard that Hellfest were talking down the awesome Lemmy statue and replacing it with a new one.

Lise Pedersen Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius (“The Artist”) has unveiled his first-ever animation film project at the Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival.Entitled “The Most Precious of Cargos,” it is an adaptation of the eponymous best-selling book by acclaimed French playwright and children’s books author Jean-Claude Grumberg, who is co-writing the film with Hazanavicius.Told in the form of a classic fairy tale in 2D animation, it is set during World War II, and tells the story of a poor woodcutter and his wife who live deep in the Polish forest.

Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner hosted by Chanel is back with a star-studded evening. The event took place at the restarant Balthazar, in Manhattan, New York.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAnnecy this year is all about innovation, in animation  style – seen in the villain of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” unveiled on Monday – in Europe’s push into adult animation, and even in new ways of connecting with audiences, as DreamWorks Animation has demonstrated in a joyous and packed open air screening of “The Bad Guys.”A tradition at Annecy, the lakeside outdoor events usually serve to introduce new generations of Annecy kids and families to modern animation classics. Under Marcel Jean’s artistic direction, these are becoming ever more recent.

Welcome to another episode of the Scene 2 Seen Podcast! It’s your host Valerie Complex and I am back with another exciting episode.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentFortified by top executive appointments, London-based Academy Award winning Passion Pictures is driving powerfully into long-form animation.It has already produced episodes of cult Netflix series “Love, Death & Robots” – “Life Hatch” and “Ice,” which scored three Emmy Awards – as well as Netflix’s “Headspace,” Disney’s “101 Dalmatian Street” and Nickelodeon’s “Lego City Adventures.”Building on that, Passion will unveil two new projects, “Greetings from the Apocalypse” and “Love,” at the MIFA TV Series & Specials Pitches on June 16. Passion is the only company to have two titles in this category which currently packs a lot of the excitement and innovation at the cutting edge of current animation.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorKarlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival’s industry section, Eastern Promises, has unveiled its lineup of 35 film projects, which will be showcased during the Works in Progress, Works in Development – Feature Launch, First Cut+ Works in Progress and Odesa International Film Festival Works in Progress presentations.

Ben Croll French studio Miyu Productions and L.A.-based Modern Magic – the event animation outfit recently launched by “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” writer-director and producer Rodney Rothman and former MGM co-president of production Adam Rosenberg – will offer an international show of force as they partner on the fantasy feature “The Long Night.”Set for production in 2024, the Y.A.-skewing development project is based on an original idea by Cyril Pedrosa, a Disney trained animator turned award-winning graphic novelist; Pedrosa will also write and direct. “This film has occupied all my thoughts,” says the filmmaker.

Chloe Green is reportedly set to welcome her second child as she unveiled her blossoming baby bump on holiday with boyfriend Manuele Thiella.The former Made In Chelsea star was seen looking gorgeous in photos obtained by MailOnline, where she donned a pink floral beach kaftan while enjoying the sunny weather in St Tropez, the south of France, on Friday 10 June.The 31 year old was seen walking barefoot as she held onto a pair of sandals, a navy cap and her purse, which held all her valuables in. Styling her brunette mane up into a ponytail, Chloe remained make up-free, simply enjoying the gorgeous weather during her holiday abroad with her other half.

Emilio Mayorga Cinema Management Group (CMG) has inked multiple new sales deals for César Zelada’s sophomore feature “Kayara,” an animated teen-empowerment fable produced by Lima-based Tunche Films in co-production with India’s Toonz Media Group via its Canary Islands-based Fortoon Island.In the latest wave of sales, Mis. Label Aps has acquired “Kayara” for Scandinavia, Films4You for Portugal, Bir for Turkey, Bohemia for Czech and Slovak Republics, Blitz for Ex-Yugoslavia, Five Star for Israel, Muse for Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia, Falcon for Indonesia, and Mongol Films Distribution for Mongolia.“With the continued interest in authentic, indigenous animated stories, we are confident ‘Kayara’ will, like our previous animated hit ‘Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon,’ be licensed to blue-chip independent distributors in every territory around the world for release in 2024,” CMG President Edward Noeltner told Variety.

An animated Christmas Carol, follow-up to Academy Award-nominee Klaus, adaptation of Richard Curtis’ That Christmas and untitled project from Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit’s Steve Box feature on an eight-strong slate of Netflix animated films and TV series.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Chef Mauro Colagreco of the three-Michelin star restaurant Mirazur will be attending the June 13 North American premiere of the documentary “Reinventing Mirazur” at the Tribeca Film Festival.  In a clip released ahead of its premiere in Variety, Colagreco explains the new philosophy behind the restaurant’s menus, borne out of the pandemic.As described, the doc takes “a deep dive into the life of Chef Mauro, who finds himself changing everything about his flagship restaurant after the COVID-19 pandemic halted his worldwide rise to prominence.”Forced to go into hiatus not long after his Menton, France-based restaurant was awarded the coveted three Michelin stars and the No.1 spot in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2019, Colagreco spent more time in his estate’s vast vegetable and flower garden and came up with the idea to introduce menus pegged to the cycles of the moon. Since he sourced all the restaurant’s fresh produce from his garden, where planting and harvesting were timed according to the moon’s cycles, the menus would undergo a radical change.

EXCLUSIVE: Coda producer Pathé has concluded a raft of sales on its Cannes slate including for starry French drama Masquerade, Directors’ Fortnight entry Paris Memories and Penelope Cruz title L’Immensita.