'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 the planet of high finance, "Mobius" stars Dujardin being an experienced spy monitoring a effective oligarch suspected of washing money through his bank, and p France like a vibrant youthful trader.In pre-production, pic will boast an worldwide cast. French shingles Recifilms, Axel Films and L'ensemble des Productions du Tresor are creating, in colaboration with Luc Besson's EuropaCorp, that is shopping the project in the AFM and can handle in france they release."Mobius" marks Rochant's comeback towards the bigscreen. Most widely known for pointing Yvan Attal in "The Patriots," helmer continues to be 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 additionally closed additional deals on Bibo Bergeron's 1910-set tale "A Monster in Paris," a three dimensional toon having 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 cope with EuropaCorp. Marie-Laure Montironi, mind of EuropaCorp's worldwide sales, stated the organization is at advanced discussions with purchasers from The country, Italia and Japan.Launched on March. 12, "Monster in Paris" has made 7.68 million ($10.six million). in the French B.O. A French animator who started his career focusing on U.S. tentpoles, Bergeron formerly helmed "Shark Tales" and "The direction to Eldorado."In the AFM, EuropaCorp can also be shopping French noir thriller "Blind Guy," toplining Lambert Wilson and Jacques Gamblin, and British-language game titles including Liam Neeson starrer "Taken 2." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com