Netflix Romances French Industry, Finances Restoration of 'Napoleon'

Production has wrapped on Fire (Feu), the latest movie from French filmmaking royalty Claire Denis. Pic stars heavyweight actors Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon, appearing opposite each other for the first time, in a love triangle story about a woman caught between two men – her long-time partner and his best friend, her former lover.

It was the bubbly beverage of choice for Coco Chanel. And now Imelda May is the latest star to reveal her love for champagne – thanks to an encounter with fellow musician Johnny Hallyday.

One of the more intriguing international offerings to stream on Netflix recently has been “Lupin”, a French crime drama that debuted in early January.

If you’re looking for some new telly to get stuck into, Lupin could be just show you didn’t know you needed in your life.

With so many spare hours on our hands over lockdown to watch new TV series, it’s no surprise that streaming giant Netflix is raking in viewers with mega hit shows like Bridgerton and The Queen’s Gambit. But surprisingly, neither of those popular series have topped the channel’s ratings charts, as French series Lupin has snuck into the number one spot.The ten part show, which is an adaptation of Maurice LeBlanc’s best-selling novels, is on track to hit 70 million views by 5 February.

Lupin on is projected to surpass the streaming service's biggest hit shows, and . The French series debuted on January 8 and is expected to reach 70 million households during its first 28 days, reports.

Ahead of its fourth-quarter results later on Tuesday, global streaming giant Netflix said original series Lupin, starring Omar Sy, has become "our biggest French hit." The company, led by co-CEOs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos, is forecasting that the crime drama, which debuted on the service on Friday, would be viewed by 70 million subscribers within its first 28 days. It has "already ranked no.

Netflix’s "Lupin" is quietly breaking records on the platform as one of the most-viewed French series on the platform.  The show focuses on a teenager whose life is upended by the death of his father after he was accused of a crime he didn’t commit.The show picks up 25 years after those events when the son uses the famous thief and master of disguise, "Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar," as an inspiration to avenge his departed dad.  Netflix reports that 28 days after its debut on the platform,

Netflix’s Lupin is primed to set a global benchmark for a French series on the service with 70M households projected to watch the five-parter through its first 28 days. That’s bigger than other recent English-language hit series Bridgerton (projected at 63M) and The Queen’s Gambit (62M). The Omar Sy-starrer made its Netflix debut on January 8, and quickly became the first French series to land on the streamer’s U.S. Top 10 list.

Manori Ravindran International EditorNetflix’s French original “Lupin” is the streamer’s latest international hit.The SVOD giant projects that the clever Omar Sy-fronted crime caper will be watched by 70 million members within its first 28 days on the service.

Kitbag, which stars Joaquin Phoenix, is set to be released via Apple TV+.Kitbag, which Scott will direct and produce, will see Phoenix take on the role of French emperor and military leader Napoleon Bonaparte.

Bridgerton moved out of the top spot for the first time in a week, dethroned by true crime series Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer. The French crime series Lupin is in No.

Ben Croll Changes in local financing coupled with new opportunities in global distribution have pushed the French industry towards a more international outlook, argued panelists at a Tuesday round table presented as part of UniFrance’s Rendez-vous With French Cinema.“[For certain French producers] ‘international’ used to mean who would take care of their talent when they travelled,” said film exporter Nicolas Brigaud-Robert.

Apple has landed theJoaquin Phoenix and Ridley Scott reteam Kitbag. Phoenix will star as the French military leader and emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, in the film that will track his origins and, as the logline reads, "swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine."David Scarpa penned the screenplay.

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon Bonaparte biopic with Joaquin Phoenix has been given the green light by Apple Studios.

EXCLUSIVE: Apple Studios has committed to finance and produce Kitbag, the Napoleon Bonaparte epic that Ridley Scott will direct, with Oscar-winning Joker star Joaquin Phoenix playing the French emperor and military leader. Production will begin in early 2022 in the UK. Scott and Kevin Walsh will produce for Scott Free.

Bridgerton still in the top spot, while the French crime series Lupin is in No. 2.