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EXCLUSIVE: Top Belgian distribution and production company Belga Films Group is teaming up with French director Cédric Nicolas-Troyan on an English-language, live action adaptation of the iconic, European comic book The Yellow M.
Nicolas-Troyan’s previous credits include the 2016 fantasy action-adventure tale The Huntsman: Winter’s War as well as Netflix’s action hit Kate and recently launched French-language series Furies.
The Yellow M is the sixth volume in Belgian artist Edgar P. Jacobs’ popular 1950s comic book series Blake and Mortimer, about the adventures of MI5 Captain Francis Blake and his scientist friend Philip Mortimer.
The cult series is considered a masterpiece of ligneclaire (the drawing style pioneered by Tintin creator Hergé) and has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 15 languages. Franco-Belgian publishing house Dargaud – Le Lombard owns the rights to the comic strip.
Nicolas-Troyan, who is represented by CAA, will produce alongside Patrick Vandenbosch and Jean-Jacques Neira for Belga Studios, an affiliate company of the Belga Films Group.
Production is slated to begin in the fall with Emmy and Bafta-nominated U.K. casting director Kate Rhodes James (Napoleon, House of the Dragon) attached to the project.
Dutch director and writer Jan Kounen (Flight of the Storks, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinksy) and Jay Ferguson co-wrote the screenplay adaptation with revisions by Nicolas-Troyan.
“We are thrilled to embark on this cinematic journey with such a visionary director as Cédric,” said Belga Films Group CEO Vandenbosch.
“Fans can rest assured that The Yellow M will be a cinematic spectacle, delivering a smart, entertaining, and visually inventive new chapter that, for
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