Mélanie was at the 27th edition of the Francofolies Summer Music Festival in La Rochelle, France, to perform some of her album. I’ve added a few photos of the concert to the gallery. Enjoy! There are videos of some of the performances on the festival’s official website, but unfortunately it doesn’t look like there’s one of Mélanie.

Gallery Links:
Public Appearances > 2011 > Francofolies Summer Music Festival

I’m eating my words, it seems! Mélanie has joined the film “Now You See Me”, as it was previously reported here that she’d been offered a part. Jake Gyllenhaal passed on the project, but I trust Mélanie’s judgment if she wants to be part of it. Read more below.

EXCLUSIVE: Melanie Laurent is in negotiations for the female lead in Summit’s magician-heist pic “Now You See Me.”

Louis Leterrier (“Clash of the Titans”) will direct with Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt penning the script.

Jesse Eisenberg will star, as Variety first reported June 8. Jake Gyllenhaal was also circling the project at one point, but passed.

Story revolves around FBI agents tracking a group of illusionists and magicians who pull off bank heists during their performances and shower money on the audience.

Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will produce through their Kurtzman Orci Paper Products banner. Yakin and Bobby Cohen are exec producing.

Erik Feig, Summit’s President of Production; Michael Schaefer, Summit’s Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions; and Ashley Schlaifer, Summit’s Creative Executive, will oversee the project for the studio.

Best known for her role in “Inglourious Basterds,” Laurent can currently be seen in the Focus Features pic “Beginners” starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer.

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Big scans update today! The lovely Mariana has donated scans of Mélanie in the July 2011 issue of Glamour Italy, and Marine has sent in a bunch more, including an old issue of Marie Claire, Gala, Numéro, and TV Magazine. Enjoy!

Gallery Links:
Magazine Scans > 2006 > Marie Claire (December)
Magazine Scans > 2011 > TV Magazine (May)
Magazine Scans > 2011 > Gala (May)
Magazine Scans > 2011 > Numéro (May)
Magazine Scans > 2011 > Glamour Italy

In an interview with designer Maxime Simoëns, he spoke briefly of Mélanie. He doesn’t say much, but I thought it was a cute story — he wanted to meet her for a long time, but her agent always said no, and then one day they met randomly at the gym. She went to his show back in January, but unfortunately not the one this past week!

Quelles autres stars avez-vous séduites ?
Pauline Lefevre, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, l’actrice de Pirates des Caraïbes 4. Puis évidemment Mélanie Laurent.

Vous avez l’air de bien vous entendre, comment vous êtes-vous rencontrés ?
En fait, je voulais la rencontrer depuis longtemps, j’avais demandé à son agent si cela l’intéresserait de porter mes créations. Mais il m’a toujours répondu “Non ça ne l’intéresse pas”. Puis un jour je l’ai vue dans ma salle de sport, et j’y suis allé au culot, mais gentiment hein ! Et elle m’a dit qu’elle voulait bien voir ce que je faisais. On est allé boire un verre et elle a beaucoup aimé ce que je faisais. Elle a porté une de mes robes au Sidaction, où elle m’a d’ailleurs invité !

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I’ve added some new photoshoot images to the gallery. Some are untagged versions that we previously only had tagged, and the rest are new photos of an existing session. Enjoy!

Gallery Links:
Studio Photoshoots > 2010 > Session 05
Studio Photoshoots > 2007 > Session 12
Studio Photoshoots > 2006 > Session 05

Today I’ve added over 500 screencaptures of the making-of in the DVD extras on “Requiem pour une tueuse.” I always look forward to these because Mélanie is so lively and fun behind the scenes! Enjoy. Also, we officially have over 40,000 photos in the gallery now!

Gallery Links:
Film Productions > Requiem pour une tueuse (2011) > DVD Extras – Making-Of

Mélanie’s February 2011 film “Requiem pour une tueuse” was released on DVD this week and I’ve added over 1,000 captures to the gallery. It didn’t receive very good reviews, but Mélanie looks lovely and her all-Balenciaga wardrobe was great!

Gallery Links:
Film Productions > Requiem pour une tueuse (2011) > DVD Screencaptures

Mélanie had a concert in Paris a couple days ago June 15th at famous venue La Cigale. See some photos in the gallery!

Gallery Links:
Public Appearances > 2011 > Live Concert at La Cigale