'Artist' thesp Dujardin boards 'Mobius'

Moving off "The Artist," French thesp Jean Dujardin will star opposite Cecile p France ("Hereafter") in Eric Rochant's thriller-romance, "Mobius."Occur Monte Carlo, on earth of high finance, "Mobius" stars Dujardin becoming an experienced spy monitoring a effective oligarch suspected of washing money through his bank, and p France just like a vibrant youthful trader.In pre-production, pic will boast an worldwide cast. French shingles Recifilms, Axel Films and Ces Productions du Tresor are coming up with, in colaboration with Luc Besson's EuropaCorp, that's shopping the project within the AFM and may handle french release."Mobius" marks Rochant's comeback for the bigscreen. Most broadly noted for pointing Yvan Attal in "The Patriots," helmer remains busy with "Mafiosa" popular TV drama series commissioned by Gallic paybox Canal Plus.Delivery of "Mobius" is skedded for winter 2012.The Paris-based company has furthermore closed additional deals on Bibo Bergeron's 1910-set tale "A Monster in Paris," a 3 dimensional toon getting a original score from Vanessa Paradis and Mathieu Chedid.The animated-feature was acquired by Entertainment One for U.K. and Canada. Previous sales were inked with Russia's MGN Paradise, and Germany's Universum via its output deal with EuropaCorp. Marie-Laure Montironi, mind of EuropaCorp's worldwide sales, mentioned the business reaches advanced discussions with customers in the country, Italia and Japan.Released on March. 12, "Monster in Paris" makes 7.68 million ($10.6 000 0000). within the French B.O. A French animator who began his career concentrating on U.S. tentpoles, Bergeron formerly helmed "Shark Tales" and "The road to Eldorado."Within the AFM, EuropaCorp may also be shopping French noir thriller "Blind Guy," toplining Lambert Wilson and Jacques Gamblin, and British-language game game titles including Liam Neeson starrer "Taken 2." Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com