JANUARY 2006 NEWS

Though this news is not confirmed, recent developments lead me to believe that Vincent has dropped out of THE LAST WARRIOR production. First off, last night Vincent and his wife Karine attended the "Diner de la Mode" organized by Sidaction and held at the Pavillon d'Armenonville in Paris. Obviously, he's not in Prague. By the way, Sidaction is a French non-government organization, which supports the development of AIDS Programs in research, prevention and care both in France and in developing countries.

Secondly, Le Film Francais just announced that Vincent will star in a police drama called TRIVIAL, directed by Sophie Marceau. Four years ago, the actress-turned-director won the prize for Best Director at the Montreal World Film Festival for her first film, Parlez-moi D'Amour.  This next venture, co-written with Guianguido Spinelli, will be a whodunnit, also starring Christophe Lambert with Marceau taking on the principal female role. Filming will  begin in  May in Normandy. Sophie and Vincent have previously starred together in FANFAN and JE RESTE!. Here's an old magazine photo of the pair back in 1993.

Here's the latest photo from THE SECRET showing David Duchovny with Olivia Thirlby. The second photo shows Vincent posing with Kathleen Mackey, the actress who plays the librarian in the film.

You can now view the trailer for THE SECRET, which was filmed and directed by Vincent last spring in Montreal. Though the film is in English, it will premiere in France (with French subtitles) on April 12. Starring David Duchovny, Lili Taylor and Olivia Thirlby, the film is based on a Japanese novel by Keigo Higashino. It tells the story of a man whose life is devastated when his wife and daughter are in an accident. While filming in Quebec, it was necessary to do some scenes in Sherbrooke, so Vincent and his lead stars stayed at the Marquis de Montcalm B&B. These photos show Ms. Taylor in the Jardin du Luxembourg guest room, and Vincent and David with their hostess.

On December 21 Vincent attended the Paris premiere of Luc Besson's film Angel-A, starring Jamel Debbouze and Rie Rasmussen. The French comedy marked Besson's return as a director after an absence of six years. Though journalists were not invited to the premiere, Vincent was joined by Helene de Fougerolles, Ludivine Sagnier, Claudia Cardinal, Guillaume Canet and  Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

As many of you know, Luc Besson is Vincent Perez's brother-in-law as their wives are sisters. It's just come to my attention that Luc and his wife, Virginie, welcomed a third daughter in September 2005. They are also parents to Talia, age 4 and Satine, age 2. The photo below shows Virginie working with Vincent on PEAU D'ANGE as the film's producer.

Back in October it was announced that Vincent would begin filming THE LAST WARRIOR in Prague this month. While I haven't heard any further news, I can only assume production will be on schedule. Directed by John Eyres, the sci-fi thriller takes place in a dystopic society in the year 2060. Vincent plays Alexander, the Genitek Corporation's last genetically-engineered warrior. Three months ago casting information was posted online for the other main characters, requesting French, Canadian and American major stars.  The characters include Jonathan Summers, a not-so-talented rookie with the Public Defense Unit, Gabriel, the beautiful and secretive daughter of Genitek scientist Marion Baines, and  Valdez, the ruthless head of Genitek Security.

It's Oscar time again and perhaps you never knew that Vincent attended the cermonies back in 1989 when he accompanied the beautiful Jacqueline Bisset. Here are some photos I recently came across. The couple began dating while making LA MAISON DE JADE.

I've added these new photos to the Black & White Gallery. Except for the last two in the first row, the photos are dated 1992.

And I added several pictures to the Photo Shoots Gallery as well as larger images for some of the previously posted photos on that page. You can see from the May 1992 issue of Podium Hit Magazine that the photo they're using is obviously from the January 1992 photo shoot with Vincent looking so cool in his "wife beater".

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