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French helmer Patrice Leconte's next project will be the comedy "La Guerre des Miss," which begins shooting March 25 in the mountains of the Franche-Comte region in eastern France.

Produced by Gaumont's Franck Chorot, pic is about a ski resort village determined to get back on the sporting tourism map by besting a neighboring hamlet that mysteriously keeps grinding out champions.

Belgian comic Benoit Poelvoorde ("Asterix at the Olympic Games") will topline a cast including Olivia Bonamy ("Them") and Laurent Gamelon ("The Valet").

Release date is set for Jan. 7.

Leconte helmed one of France's biggest local hits, 2006 laffer "Les Bronzes 3: Amis pour la vie" ("Friends Forever") which grossed more than $81 million in France.