Voltage Boards Italian Rom-Com ‘Per Tutta La Vita’ From ‘Perfect Strangers’ Team (EXCLUSIVE)

Bella Thorne is engaged to her boyfriend of nearly two years, Italian singer Benjamin Mascolo.   Mascolo announced the news on his Instagram over the weekend by sharing a photo of the two of them together with her showing off the massive engagement ring he used to pop the question.  "She said YES," he captioned the post, which also contained a myriad of snaps of the two of them throughout their relationship.

Irvine teenage actor is excited for his first major movie to be released this weekend.Jude Shedden, 13, is starring in the upcoming rom-com A Little Italian Vacation, directed by Ron Howard's protégé, Felipe Torres Urso.The ambitious child actor from Girdle Toll has been working since he was three-years-old and starred in Harry Styles' music video 'Adore You' in 2019.For the new blockbuster, the St Matthew's pupil played the role of Schmae and filmed his scenes in London and Italy when he was

Emilio Mayorga Culture channel Arte France is set to co-produce Léonard Cohen‘s debut animated feature “Flavors of Iraq,” a project presented at this week’s Cartoon Movie and produced by France’s Nova Production and Miyu Productions.A documentary, ”Flavors of Iraq” “is the memory of a child, that of an apricot ice cream.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMedia Musketeers has boarded a pair of high-profile drama series, including “Pulse,” a survival thriller from The Mediapro Studio, and “Un Prophete,” the series adaptation of Jacques Audiard’s 2009 film that won Cannes’ Grand Jury Prize and a BAFTA, and earned Oscar and Golden Globe nominations.Media Musketeers is set to co-produce “Un Prophete” with Paris-based CPB Films.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAfter a year marked by upheaval, the Cesar Awards will host its 46th edition under new leadership on Friday with more diversity and parity within its 4,292-strong membership.

EXCLUSIVE: As this week’s animation event Cartoon Movie rolls on (virtually), sales outfit New Europe has picked up rights to the upcoming family animation YUKU And The Himalayan Flower.

Jamie Lang France’s Manny Films has boarded Chilean feature “Maybe It Is True What They Are Saying About Us,” and will co-produce alongside leading Chilean independent label Storyboard Media and Argentina’s Murillo Cine, whose credits include Cannes sidebar entries “The Snatch Thief” and “Land of Ashes.”“We are thrilled that Manny Films is joining as a co-producer on this exciting film,” Storyboard’s Carlos Nuñez told Variety.

Emilio Mayorga Sébastien Onomo, producer of 2018 Annecy Crystal winner “Funan,” has teamed with Romanian animator Anca Damian to co-produce her new project “Starseed.” Damian’s first feature, “Crulic,” similarly topped Annecy, in 2011.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItaly is among the first countries in the world where film and TV production restarted after the peak of the pandemic and the country is now trying to become among the first in Europe to reopen movie theaters.Culture Minister Dario Franceschini in late February announced tentative plans to reopen Italian cinemas on March 27 in areas with lower COVID-19 infection and death rates, using new stricter social distancing norms.

Radio Deejay, where Coccoluto used to host the COCCO show.According to the report, Coccoluto passed away after “fighting for more than a year against an illness”.Tributes have since been paid online by the likes of Pete Tong, Defected Records and Glitterbox owner Simon Dunmore, Gilles Peterson and UNKLE.

EXCLUSIVE: Lion’s Heart (Corazón de León), which is one of the most successful Argentinian movies of all time with more than two million cinema tickets sold, will be getting the Italian remake treatment after the Fremantle-owned Wildside landed rights.

Lacuna Coil. However after footage of the band setting up their instruments and donning makeup for the gig the band instead stood completely silently onstage at Milan’s Alcatraz venue.You can view Lacuna Coil’s part of the protest below, whose actions were matched by dozens of other Italian artists.“You were expecting to see a live show while we just stood in silence,” said Lacuna Coil in a statement.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2 Films has come on board to handle world sales on “House Arrest,” a satirical drama directed by critically acclaimed Russian helmer Aleksey German Jr. (“Dovlatov”) that tackles Russia’s judicial system.“House Arrest” follows David, a Russian university professor who takes to social media to criticize his city’s administration and the Mayor’s dodgy dealings.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2 Films has boarded Italian-American filmmaker Jonas Carpignano’s anticipated movie “A Chiara” which recently wrapped shooting in Calabria, in Southern Italy.Carpignano’s third feature, “A Chiara” is now in post and will be ready this summer. Carpignano made his feature debut in 2015 with “Mediterranea,” which premiered in Cannes Critics’ Week.