“The Intouchables” directors Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, whose latest film, “The Specials,” played on closing night at Cannes, are set to make their TV debut with a French adaptation of the hit ...
Cultural differences can be delightful or fascinating, but sometimes they can be merely baffling. Case in point, "The Intouchables," a French film that arrives in America on a wave of enormous ...
The French hit comedy “Intouchables” is set for an Arabic remake from production outfit Yalla Yalla, the joint venture formed recently by Dubai-based distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment and ...
French box office smash 'Intouchables' is getting an Arabic adaptation in the form of a Saudi/Egyptian co-production. By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent Having already been remade into Spanish, Hindi ...
What if an intimate uplifting dramedy based on the real life bond between a rich quadriplegic and an ex-con on welfare became such a phenomenon that it out-grossed “Avatar”? That’s what happened when ...
In a change of direction, a markedly younger seven-member film commission including Cannes director Thierry Fremaux has chosen heart-tugging crowdpleaser “The Intouchables” as their official Oscar ...
The meteoric performance of”The Avengers”has been the buzz of Hollywood in recent weeks, with the superhero film zooming to more than $1 billion in worldwide receipts in just 19 days. But the real box ...
Not since Julia Roberts has a movie star had a smile so wide and so ingratiating as Omar Sy, the likable lead of “The Intouchables.” When this French actor smiles, between his white teeth glistening ...
Reporting from Bondy, France — Most everyone in the low-income housing projects in northern Bondy knows about “Intouchables,” the hit French film about a poor black man from their neighborhood who is ...
The Weinstein Company has an option on the remake and plans to release the film in the U.S. By Rebecca Leffler PARIS – French film Intouchables is indeed untouchable at the box office with the drama ...
Hollywood rules the movie world, dominating the box office in every country where American films are freely shown. So how to explain the startling success of the French dramatic comedy Intouchables?