Senator Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to "
Public Enemy No. 1," a two-part biopic about infamous French criminal Jacques Mesrine that stars Vincent Cassel. The French dual production is one of the largest of its kind, with a budget of about $80 million.
Mesrine's story has drawn the interest of every great French actor over the years, but Cassel, who spent seven years pushing this incarnation with producer Thomas Langmann, ultimately stole the part.