Overview
- Emotion Pictures, launched Tuesday by Pathé, Merit France and Vendôme, will make commercial English-language movies.
- The company will develop, acquire, fully finance and produce a slate that Pathé will release in France, Switzerland and Benelux.
- Executives said the focus is original, character-driven stories made for the big screen.
- The venture builds on their work on CODA, as Ibelin began filming in Oslo this month.
- Funding strength includes Merit France, which took a 20% stake in Pathé in May 2025.