French Producers Matthias Weber, Thibault Gast’s 2425 Films Develops New Projects Under Mediawan’s New Ownership (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent Paris-based company 2425 Films, recently acquired by Mediawan, is working with a pool of rising filmmakers on timely movies, including Charly Delwart’s “1,5 degré,” Ilan Duran Cohen’s “Le coup d’apres” and Thomas Kruithof’s “Les Braises.” 2425 Films, founded by Thibault Gast and Matthias Weber, has been thriving with smart, high-concept commercial movies, such as Yann Gozlan’s “La boite noire” and “An Ideal Man,” as well as the thriller “Burn Out.” The company also presented Gozlan’s latest film, “Visions,” a thriller starring Diane Kruger (co-produced by Eagle Team Entetainment) at this year’s Angouleme Film Festival.
Duran Cohen’s “Le coup d’apres” is a film set in the world of French politics, with a duo of French stars, Marina Fois and Laurent Laffite, who previously co-starred in “Papa ou Maman,” a French hit comedy franchise.
Laffite, who also stars in Netflix’s limited series “Tapie,” plays a veteran communication advisor working for a minister on the eve of an overhaul of the government.
Fois, meanwhile, plays a famous TV host. “Le coup d’apres” will “show the power struggle and use of seduction within high political circles,” said Weber.
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