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Cannes: Helmer Olivier Assayas To Make U.S. Film Debut With ‘Hubris’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday May 22, 2013 @ 11:43am PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Wrap-Up, Hubris, Olivier Assayas

CANNES, FRANCE (May 22, 2013) – CG Cinema’s Charles Gillibert, Bluegrass Films’ Scott Stuber, Emjag Productions’ Alexandra Milchan, and Film 360’s Scott Lambert announced today from the 2013 Cannes Film Festival that they will jointly produce HUBRIS with acclaimed filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Summer Hours, the Golden Globe award-winning miniseries Carlos) directing. CG Cinema and Orange Studios are financing. The film, which marks the first time Assayas is shooting a film in the U.S., is set to begin production in the second quarter of 2014. Inspired by a true story based on an article by Hillel Levin, HUBRIS is a fast-pacedcrime thriller that follows a crew of thieves led by John Mendell who rob apawn shop and discover it is a front for the most brutal crime boss in Chicago history, Tony Accardo. Assayas is represented by CAA, and Intertalent in Paris. Assayas’ next film SILS MARIA will shoot this summer.

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IFC Acquiring Olivier Assayas Pic ‘Sils Maria;’ Juliette Binoche, Mia Wasikowska To Star

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday April 22, 2013 @ 5:01pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, IFC, Juliette Binoche, Olivier Assayas, Sils Maria
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Why wait for Cannes? IFC is taking domestic distribution rights off the table for Sils Maria, the Olivier Assayas-directed film that will star Mia Wasikowska and Juliette Binoche. The … Read More »

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CAA Lands ‘Carlos’ Star Edgar Ramirez

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday May 6, 2011 @ 2:35pm PDTTags: CAA, Edgar Ramirez, Olivier Assayas, Representation
Mike Fleming

Edgar Ramirez last starred in the Olivier Assayas-directed Carlos, for which he won the Cesar Award for Best Male Newcomer. The Venezualan-born Ramirez also starred in The Bourne Ultimatum and is currently shooting the sequel Wrath of the Titans alongside … Read More »

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‘Social Network’ Wins LA Film Critics Award

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday December 12, 2010 @ 2:49pm PSTTags: Aaron Sorkin, Awards, Colin Firth, David Fincher, Movies, Olivier Assayas, Paul Mazursky, The Social Network

LOS ANGELES, DECEMBER 12, 2010 – “The Social Network” was voted Best Picture of the Year, it was announced today by Brent Simon, President of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA). The runner up was “Carlos”.

The 36th annual

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