Carrere takes stake in PM Holding
PARIS -- French TV company Carrere Group has added to its roster of local production companies by taking a 51% stake in drama producer PM Holding, Carrere said Monday. Run by Alain Pancrazi, PM specializes in law-and-order drama series and mini-series such as Frank Riva starring Alain Delon, Commissaire Moulin and The Judge. The company has annual revenue of around $25 million. PM joins Carrere's growing galaxy of production companies, which includes drama producers Dune and Ego Productions, documentary-maker Productions Tony Comiti, and the production banners of popular local presenters Benjamin Castaldi and Guillaume Durand. Carrere's core activity is cartoon series with occasional forays into motion picture production, recently making The Last Sign starring Andie MacDowell and Tim Roth.
- 7/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MacDowell to get new do in MGM's 'Shop'
Andie MacDowell, Alfre Woodard and Bryce Wilson are joining the cast of MGM's Queen Latifah comedy Beauty Shop. MacDowell will play a conservative Southern socialite who goes through a rebirth when she follows Queen Latifah's character from her fancy hairdressers, run by Jorge (Kevin Bacon), to her new salon. Woodard is set to play Miss Josephine, the shop's Afrocentric stylist, who spouts Maya Angelou poetry. Wilson, meanwhile, will play James, a con/truck driver turned hairstylist. Nobody can figure out whether he is the ultimate metrosexual or actually gay. Alicia Silverstone, Djimon Hounsou, Mena Suvari and Lil' JJ round out the cast of the Barbershop spinoff. Bille Woodruff directs from a script by Kate Lanier, Norm Vance and Audrey Wells. Beauty Shop is being produced by Queen Latifah, her producing partner Shakim Compere, Mandeville's David Hoberman and State Street partners Robert Teitel and George Tillman. Mandeville president of production Todd Lieberman and CubeVision's Ice Cube and Matt Alvarez are executive producing. Elizabeth Cantillon, Erik Baiers and DeVon Franklin are overseeing for the studio. MacDowell next appears in The Last Sign from director Douglas Law. Woodard's upcoming features include The Forgotten with Julianne Moore. MacDowell is repped by ICM. Woodard is repped by WMA. Wilson is repped by Anonymous Content.
- 4/14/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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