Mass Producing European Cinema: Studiocanal and Its Works

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Equal parts historical study, industrial analysis and critical survey of some of the most important films and television programs in recent European history, this book gives readers an overview of the development and output of this important company while also giving them a ringside seat for the latest round of the oldest battle in the film business. With films like Lucy, The Impossible and Paddington, European studios are producing hits that are unprecedented in terms of global success. Christopher Meir delves into Studiocanal, the foremost European company in the contemporary film and television industries, and chronicles its rise from a small production subsidiary of Canal Plus to being the most important global challenger to Hollywood’s dominance Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Studiocanal and an Era of Studio Building in Contemporary European Cinema Part One The History of European Studios and Studiocanal's Place Therein 1 The Bones that Litter the Shore: A Brief History of Integrated, Pan-European Studios 2 Le Studio Canal Plus as "Dumb Money": Working within Hollywood and Building a Library, 1990-99 3 Surviving Jean-Marie Messier and Vivendi Universal: 1999-2006 4 Once More into the Breach: International Expansion, 2006 Onwards Part Two Studiocanal's Works, 2006 Onwards 5 The European Studio as Creative Force: Defining and Analyzing Studiocanal's Output 6 Studiocanal's Mining of the Middlebrow 7 Studiocanal and Popular Genre Cinema and Television Conclusions: Studiocanal and European Studios Then, Now, and in the Future Appendix 1: International Films and TV Dramas Made by Studiocanal, 2009-17 Appendix 2: Film and Television Drama Projects Developed by Studiocanal, 2006 Onwards Notes Bibliography Index