{"id":1948735,"date":"2026-05-22T07:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1948735"},"modified":"2026-05-22T07:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:40:15","slug":"zapper-bollore-hollywood-stars-join-petition-against-billionaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1948735","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Zapper Bollor\u00e9&#8217;: Hollywood stars join petition against billionaire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/76\/85\/03\/1200x675_cmsv2_d122a003-e4f1-53d2-9faf-05e61d4e069d-9768503.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2894870-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2894870\" data-cid=\"9768447\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2894870-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img 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<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          Culture<\/p>\n<p>                          Culture news<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            &#8216;Zapper Bollor\u00e9&#8217;: Hollywood stars join petition against billionaire<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/76\/85\/03\/1536x864_cmsv2_d122a003-e4f1-53d2-9faf-05e61d4e069d-9768503.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Vincent Bollor\u00e9 attends a hearing before a parliamentary inquiry commission at the National Assembly in Paris on Wednesday, 13 March 2024.\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Vincent Bollor\u00e9 attends a hearing before a parliamentary inquiry committee at the National Assembly in Paris on Wednesday 13 March 2024<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">Thibault Camus\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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loading=\"lazy\"><span>Threads<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-threads.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"threads\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"whatsapp\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Whatsapp<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        Heavyweight support: Javier Bardem, Ken Loach, Mark Ruffalo, Aki Kaurism\u00e4ki and Yorgos Lanthimos have joined an op-ed denouncing Vincent Bollor\u00e9\u2019s grip on cinema, now backed by nearly 3,500 film professionals.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content c-article-content--culture js-article-content\">\n<p>The collective &#8220;Zapper Bollor\u00e9&#8221; has announced that Spanish actor Javier Bardem, British director Ken Loach and American actor Mark Ruffalo have joined the signatories of the open letter expressing concern about conservative businessman Vincent Bollor\u00e9\u2019s grip on the film industry.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" 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They warn of an increasing concentration of media and cultural power in the hands of the billionaire from Brittany.<\/p>\n<p>The first signatories included actors Ad\u00e8le Haenel, Juliette Binoche and Blanche Gardin, actors Swann Arlaud and Jean-Pascal Zadi, photographer and documentary-maker Raymond Depardon, as well as director and screenwriter Arthur Harari.<\/p>\n<p>None of the new signatories highlighted by &#8220;Zapper Bollor\u00e9&#8221; is French. Alongside the big Hollywood names, they include other directors: Palestinian Annemarie Jacir, Finn Aki Kaurism\u00e4ki, Greek Yorgos Lanthimos and Brazilian Walter Salles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">&#8216;Zapper Bollor\u00e9&#8217;: Publishing protest spreads to French cinema at Cannes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The Canal+ boss\u2019s outburst, a snowball effect from a &#8220;two-bit pressure tactic&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>According to the collective, 3 460 industry professionals have now signed this open letter; there were 600 before the statement on Sunday by Canal+ president Maxime Saada. He had said he no longer wanted to work with the signatories of the text, who denounced &#8220;the hold of the far right&#8221; on cinema via Canal+, in which Vincent Bollor\u00e9 is the main shareholder.<\/p>\n<p>Maxime Saada\u2019s comments in the middle of the Cannes festival caused something of a stir in the film world, with several actors and directors voicing concern about a threat to freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, actor Alain Chabat, a key figure of the Canal+ &#8220;spirit&#8221;, told AFP he deplored the group boss\u2019s &#8220;two-bit pressure tactic&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were plenty of ways of responding to this thing,&#8221; said the actor, who stars in Quentin Dupieux\u2019s <em>Vertige<\/em>, screened out of competition in Cannes. &#8220;But from there to adding this two-bit pressure tactic on people who are expressing an opinion, or at any rate who have a concern, legitimate or not\u2026&#8221;, he went on.<\/p>\n<p>The director of <em>Asterix &amp; Obelix: Mission Cleopatra<\/em> nonetheless said he &#8220;understood&#8221; that Canal+ staff might have been hurt by the open letter. The group &#8220;produces films that are nothing like one another, because there is real diversity there&#8221;, the actor explained.<\/p>\n<p>Actor Jonathan Cohen, who shares top billing with Alain Chabat in <em>Vertige<\/em>, an animated film directed by Quentin Dupieux, told AFP he &#8220;understood the legitimate fear&#8221; of the open letter\u2019s signatories.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Cohen himself co-directed <em>La Flamme<\/em>, a comedy series broadcast on Canal+. He says that the Canal+ teams, including Laurent Hassid, head of film acquisitions, and Maxime Saada, &#8220;protect&#8221; and &#8220;turn Canal into a kind of haven which, for now, produces French films in all their plurality&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>Bollor\u00e9, the deep pockets behind publishing and cinema<\/h2>\n<p>Canal+ has in fact committed to investing \u20ac160 million in French cinema in 2026 and \u20ac170 million in 2027, after \u20ac150 million in 2025 (which funded 189 French films). These sums are nevertheless down on the \u20ac220 million invested in previous years.<\/p>\n<p>More broadly, Vincent Bollor\u00e9\u2019s list of acquisitions reads like a &#8220;who\u2019s who&#8221; of the cultural world.<\/p>\n<p>The group that bears his name manages an equity portfolio <em>(source in French)<\/em> worth \u20ac10.6 billion as of 31 December 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This notably includes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 18.4% of Universal Music Group, the world leader in music,<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 30.4% of Canal+, a global audiovisual group,<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 30.4% of Louis Hachette Group, a leader in publishing, travel retail and media,<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 30.4% of Havas, one of the world\u2019s largest communications groups,<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 29.3% of Vivendi, which manages a portfolio of listed and unlisted assets in the content, media and entertainment industries.<\/p>\n<h2>The publishing world already up in arms against Bollor\u00e9<\/h2>\n<p>The Breton billionaire is already well used to protest open letters.<\/p>\n<p>In April, more than a hundred writers announced they were leaving publishing house Grasset after the dismissal of its chairman Olivier Nora. In a joint letter, they denounced \u2013 you guessed it \u2013 Vincent Bollor\u00e9\u2019s excessive influence, accusing him of &#8220;imposing authoritarianism everywhere in culture and the media&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Wave of departures at Grasset: 115 authors leave publishing house after ousting of CEO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The tycoon bought the Hachette group in 2023, the owner of Grasset and other major publishing houses, as well as the pay-TV channels Canal+ and CNews, radio station Europe 1 and magazines such as Elle.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, more than 300 authors and publishing figures, led by Le\u00efla Slimani, Virginie Despentes and Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re, called for the creation of a &#8220;conscience clause&#8221; in their sector.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is time to draw a line. That line has a name: the conscience clause. It exists for journalists. It must be extended, not to weaken companies, but to restore a basic balance between freedom of enterprise and the freedom not to serve what one disapproves of,&#8221; the 308 signatories of this open letter demanded on Sunday 19 April.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Crisis at Grasset: Bollor\u00e9 strikes back as 308 authors call for a &#8216;conscience clause&#8217; in publishing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>For his part, the conservative billionaire penned an opinion piece in one of his own newspapers and bluntly promised to find new authors for one of France\u2019s most prestigious publishing houses, following the departure of those who object to political interference.<\/p>\n<p>Bollor\u00e9, a devout Catholic who has invested part of the 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They warn of an increasing concentration of media and cultural power in the hands of the billionaire from Brittany.The first signatories included actors Ad\u00e8le Haenel, Juliette Binoche and Blanche Gardin, actors Swann Arlaud and Jean-Pascal Zadi, photographer and documentary-maker Raymond Depardon, as well as director and screenwriter Arthur Harari.None of the new signatories highlighted by &#8220;Zapper Bollor\u00e9&#8221; is French. Alongside the big Hollywood names, they include other directors: Palestinian Annemarie Jacir, Finn Aki Kaurism\u00e4ki, Greek Yorgos Lanthimos and Brazilian Walter Salles.The Canal+ boss\u2019s outburst, a snowball effect from a &#8220;two-bit pressure tactic&#8221;According to the collective, 3\u00a0460\u00a0industry professionals have now signed this open letter; there were 600 before the statement on Sunday by Canal+ president Maxime Saada. He had said he no longer wanted to work with the signatories of the text, who denounced &#8220;the hold of the far right&#8221; on cinema via Canal+, in which Vincent Bollor\u00e9 is the main shareholder.Maxime Saada\u2019s comments in the middle of the Cannes festival caused something of a stir in the film world, with several actors and directors voicing concern about a threat to freedom of expression.On Thursday, actor Alain Chabat, a key figure of the Canal+ &#8220;spirit&#8221;, told AFP he deplored the group boss\u2019s &#8220;two-bit pressure tactic&#8221;.&#8221;There were plenty of ways of responding to this thing,&#8221; said the actor, who stars in Quentin Dupieux\u2019s Vertige, screened out of competition in Cannes. &#8220;But from there to adding this two-bit pressure tactic on people who are expressing an opinion, or at any rate who have a concern, legitimate or not\u2026&#8221;, he went on.The director of Asterix &amp; Obelix: Mission Cleopatra nonetheless said he &#8220;understood&#8221; that Canal+ staff might have been hurt by the open letter. The group &#8220;produces films that are nothing like one another, because there is real diversity there&#8221;, the actor explained.Actor Jonathan Cohen, who shares top billing with Alain Chabat in Vertige, an animated film directed by Quentin Dupieux, told AFP he &#8220;understood the legitimate fear&#8221; of the open letter\u2019s signatories.Jonathan Cohen himself co-directed La Flamme, a comedy series broadcast on Canal+. He says that the Canal+ teams, including Laurent Hassid, head of film acquisitions, and Maxime Saada, &#8220;protect&#8221; and &#8220;turn Canal into a kind of haven which, for now, produces French films in all their plurality&#8221;.Bollor\u00e9, the deep pockets behind publishing and cinemaCanal+ has in fact committed to investing \u20ac160 million in French cinema in 2026 and \u20ac170 million in 2027, after \u20ac150 million in 2025 (which funded 189 French films). These sums are nevertheless down on the \u20ac220 million invested in previous years.More broadly, Vincent Bollor\u00e9\u2019s list of acquisitions reads like a &#8220;who\u2019s who&#8221; of the cultural world.The group that bears his name manages an equity portfolio (source in French) worth \u20ac10.6 billion as of 31 December 2025.This notably includes:\u2022 18.4% of Universal Music Group, the world leader in music,\u2022 30.4% of Canal+, a global audiovisual group,\u2022 30.4% of Louis Hachette Group, a leader in publishing, travel retail and media,\u2022 30.4% of Havas, one of the world\u2019s largest communications groups,\u2022 29.3% of Vivendi, which manages a portfolio of listed and unlisted assets in the content, media and entertainment industries.The publishing world already up in arms against Bollor\u00e9The Breton billionaire is already well used to protest open letters.In April, more than a hundred writers announced they were leaving publishing house Grasset after the dismissal of its chairman Olivier Nora. 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It must be extended, not to weaken companies, but to restore a basic balance between freedom of enterprise and the freedom not to serve what one disapproves of,&#8221; the 308 signatories of this open letter demanded on Sunday 19 April.For his part, the conservative billionaire penned an opinion piece in one of his own newspapers and bluntly promised to find new authors for one of France\u2019s most prestigious publishing houses, following the departure of those who object to political interference.Bollor\u00e9, a devout Catholic who has invested part of the family fortune in a media empire aligned with his conservative convictions, said he was surprised by the &#8220;din&#8221; caused within the publishing house, blaming &#8220;a small caste that thinks it is above everything and everyone, and that co-opts and props itself up&#8221;.This tone hardly bodes well for any potential dialogue with the French film industry which, it bears repeating, depends heavily on Vincent Bollor\u00e9\u2019s largesse.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2026\/05\/22\/zapper-bollore-hollywood-stars-join-petition-against-billionaire&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/76\/85\/03\/1200x675_cmsv2_d122a003-e4f1-53d2-9faf-05e61d4e069d-9768503.jpg&#8221;] Europe News Hunger and overcrowding in Europe&#8217;s prisons: where is your country? 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