While Besson did not follow through with his plan, he came up with the idea as a means of resisting the temptation to take uninspiring studio jobs. When Quentin Tarantino begins production on his ...

Luc Besson — the French filmmaker behind The Professional, The Fifth Element, and La Femme Nikita — has been cleared of all charges in the alleged rape of actress Sand Van Roy. According to legal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The former casting director wrote to the Public Prosecutor to “relate that of which I was both a witness and a victim,” the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Four decades have passed since Luc Besson found fame as an emerging 26-year-old director with thriller Subway starring Isabelle ...

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The early trailer for Luc Besson’s new film, “Lucy,” promised giddy digital wizardry, and the movie delivers, in a way that surprised me. I saw that it would have a pulp-fiction setup (though I couldn ...

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The judge responsible for overseeing a rape complaint brought against filmmaker Luc Besson today dismissed the case following a lengthy investigation. This follows a request made by the Paris public ...

The director of "The Fifth Element" and "Lucy" knows a lot about having commercial sensibilities that don't fit Hollywood's sci-fi franchise mold. Like any director about to release a massive summer ...

In his over 35-year career, French writer-director-producer Luc Besson has been responsible for blockbuster hits like “The Fifth Element” and spectacular flops like “The Messenger: The Story of Joan ...

The French director gave a press conference in Taipei after wrapping 11 days of filming there with Scarlett Johansson, saying, "shooting at nighttime was a nightmare" because of constant paparazzi ...

Appeal court in Paris rules Nikita director ‘massively borrowed key elements’ of the 1981 film Escape from New York The French filmmaker Luc Besson has been ordered to pay Hollywood’s self-styled ...