Robert De Niro's Malavita begins principal photography in France
Collaborating with Besson behind the scenes is a creative below-the-line team including: director of photography Thierry Arbogast (The Fifth Element), production designer Hugues Tissandier (Taken), sound editor Ken Yasumoto (The Transporter), costume designer Olivier Bériot (Taken) and editor Julien Rey (The Lady).
The darkly comedic action film Malavita is the story of the Manzonis, a notorious mafia family who gets relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program. While they do their best to fit in, old habits die hard and they soon find themselves handling things the "family" way.
Filming commenced in Normandy and will continue in France at La Cité du Cinéma, where the brand new Studios de Paris are located. Additional shooting will take place in New York. The film will bow in 2013 with Relativity handling US distribution as well as working with its foreign output partners on the film's release in the UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Spain, Greece, Thailand and CIS. EuropaCorp will take on distribution in France and handle international sales.
The script is adapted by Besson from the book Badfellas by author Tonino Benacquista. Virginie Silla (From Paris with Love) from EuropaCorp is producing. Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh (The Fighter) is producing, while the studio's Tucker Tooley (Immortals) will executive produce.
Malavita comes to theaters October 18th, 2013 and stars Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, Ricardo Cordero, Dominic Chianese, Domenick Lombardozzi, Vincent Pastore. The film is directed by Luc Besson.
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skywise
I really dont have high hopes for this wone but i am loving the cast
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empath86
i can see this being crap, which wouldn't suprise me, being that, that's what de niro's mostly been turning out these days. surprised "fiddy cent" isn't in this.
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