French filmmaker Luc Besson's EuropaCorp must pay a $140,000 fine for the involuntary manslaughter of a cameraman, a Paris court has ruled. Cameraman Alain Dutartre, 41, was killed in 1999 during the filming of a car chase sequence for the movie Taxi 2.

Lionsgate says it has acquired the North American distribution rights to the EuropaCorp-produced action/thriller From Paris with Love. The movie stars John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. It was shot by Taken director Pierre Morel, who recently completed production on Love in France.

Studio Reunites With Luc Besson's Production Company To Acquire North American Rights To Action Thriller From TAKEN Helmer Pierre Morel Release Slated For February 19, 2010 SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LIONSGATE(R) (NYSE: LGF), a leading next generation studio, announced today that it has acquired North American distribution rights (including Canada) to the EuropaCorp-produced action/thriller FROM PARIS WITH LOVE.

By Ross, Deborah Taken 15, Nationwide Taken is the latest film from the French film-maker Luc Besson and is about American, ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) who turns Paris upside down -- 'I'll tear down the Eiffel Tower if I have to!' -- in his search for his abducted, 17-yearold daughter, Kim, although, personally, I wouldn't have bothered.

The latest high-voltage European-based thriller to come from the Luc Besson stable, Taken, is a trashy action yarn that will please its target audience.