Netflix Greenlights First-Ever Animated Asterix Limited Series

Amazon Prime Video has snapped up the rights to German coming of age series We Children From Bahnhof Zoo for the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, and Benelux.

Louis Leterrier, the director of the French drama Lupin, is reteaming with Netflix for an untitled French action comedy to star Omar Sy, Laurent Lafitte and Izïa Higelin (Samba). The French film will be a follow-up to the 2012 action comedy On the Other Side of the Tracks, with Sy and Lafitte reprising their roles from the original film.

Omar Sy and Louis Leterrier, the star and director respectively of Netflix hit series Lupin, are teaming with the streamer again on a sequel to 2021 French comedy On The Other Side Of The Tracks.

Lise Pedersen Increased competition and higher demand is good for native animation production, says Corinne Kouper, the co-founder of France’s TeamTO, which recently announced the sale of all U.S.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetflix is reteaming with “Lupin” director Louis Leterrier (“Now You See Me”) and star Omar Sy (“The Intouchables”) on a sequel to the 2012 action comedy “On the Other Side of the Tracks.”The film, which is still untitled, began shooting in Paris on March 15 and will also be lensed in the French Alps. It will be available on Netflix worldwide in 2022.Eric and Nicolas Altmayer at the Paris-based banner Mandarin et Compagnie are producing.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFacebook is officially in the running for an Academy Award.The social giant’s Oculus virtual-reality group, together with EA’s Respawn Entertainment, co-produced “Colette,” a documentary short created as part of VR video game “Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond.” On Monday, the film received an Oscar nomination for documentary short subject.The 24-minute film from director Anthony Giacchino and producer Alice Doyard follows former French Resistance member Colette

Oscars history after she picked up a nod for Best Actress today (March 15).The actress received her fourth nomination for playing the lead role in Netflix‘s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at a ceremony earlier alongside Andra Day, Vanessa Kirby, Frances McDormand and Carey Mulligan.She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2017 for Fences, after being nominated in that category in 2009 for her work in Doubt.

EXCLUSIVE: As this week’s animation event Cartoon Movie rolls on (virtually), sales outfit New Europe has picked up rights to the upcoming family animation YUKU And The Himalayan Flower.

Netflix has shared a trailer for the second part of its hit French thriller series Lupin – take a look below.Lupin premiered on Netflix on January 8, 2021, releasing the first five episodes of the series in one go.The streaming giant confirmed later that month that the second part, another five episodes, would be appearing this year, but did not give a specific date.Now, an official trailer for the second part has been revealed, along with the news that it will air in summer.

As you probably assumed already, you won’t be getting a follow-up to HBO‘s excellent and underrated Baltimore-set crime series “The Wire,” though there had been some confusion last year. Last Spring, the French outlet Society interviewed “The Wire” creator David Simon, and he revealed he was working on another Baltimore series, leading people to assume, hope, and “deduce,” that there was a potential sequel series in the works (though the Baltimore Sun shot down those theories quickly).

Assane Diop is on a mission to save his kidnapped son in Netflix’s first trailer for part two of the French crime series. 

Netflix has given a series order for a new animated take on classic comic-book franchiseAsterix & Obelix. The streaming giant is teaming with French publisher Hachette’s Les Editions Albert René on a French-language limited series based on the graphic novel series about the two eponymous Gauls who, with the help of a magic potion, fight the Roman occupation of Europe.

Naman Ramachandran Iconic French comic book character Asterix is all set for a new chapter on Netflix along with French director, screenwriter and actor Alain Chabat.The streamer is partnering with leading French publisher Hachette’s Les Editions Albert René to create a 3D animated limited series based on the classic.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the first trailer for UK drama A Bird Flew In (previously known as Alone), the Goldfinch-backed drama shot during lockdown.

Rosamund Pike took home the award for best performance by an actress in a motion picture, comedy or musical during Sunday night’s Golden Globes for I Care a Lot. The actress beat out Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm), Kate Hudson (Music), Michelle Pfeiffer(French Exit)and Anya Taylor-Joy (Emma).