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Kick-ass female assassins “In the ’80s, the hero was always a guy full of muscles, and the girl was crying behind his back,” Besson says. In response, he made La Femme Nikita (1990), triggering a new subgenre: the gun-toting dame in a little black dress. In addition to spawning Hong Kong and American remakes, Nikita inspired the concept of Alias.
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Besson's fourth Arthur book, Arthur and the War of Two Worlds, is at the top of the French bestseller lists less than a month after its launch. The first three, starting with Arthur and the Minimoys - which has just been published in Britain - have sold more than 1m copies in more than 30 countries.
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Besson shares the same US representation as Jason Statham and Jet Li... attached to the project, adding more fuel to the rumor fire. Writer/Producer Ben Trebilcook did believe he had a leading lady in Kelly Brook [Statham's Mrs], though is presently without one, however word reaches us that him and his team's list of acting talent to speak with are Rachel Weisz, Charlize Theron and Kate Beckinsale as MI6 Agent Daisy Scarlett.
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The document said Besson might continue to own more than 50 percent of EuropaCorp after a listing but, in line with AMF rules, it gave no details on how much money the company might be seeking to raise. That information will be contained in an offer prospectus to be filed at a later date.
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