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Apple TV+ has set its latest French original: six-part thriller A L’ombre des Forêts. Cannes Best Actor and three-time César Best Actor winner Benoît Magimel (Pacification, De Sont Vivant) and two-time César winner Mélanie Laurent have landed the leading roles. Cédric Anger (Next Time I’ll Aim For the…

French film and TV company Gaumont has announced it is developing a six-part drama devoted to French President Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte Macron. The Paris-based company said the film would consist of six 45-minute episodes and be entitled Brigitte, une femme libre, which translates as…

The creator of Disney+’s Becoming Karl Lagerfeld has explained the thinking behind the team’s decision to eschew a biopic when telling the story of a crucial stage in the fashion icon’s life. Gaumont’s Daniel Brühl-starring six-parter, which premiered out of competition at Canneseries last night…

Disney+ has unveiled a proper first look of German-Spanish actor Daniel Brühl as the titular iconic designer in the new show Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, produced by leading French film and TV company Gaumont. Rush, Good Bye, Lenin! and Captain America: Civil War actor Brühl is shown sporting Lagerfeld’s…

Gaumont Launches Production Services Division Lupin maker Gaumont has launched a production services division. Helmed by Roxanne Pinheiro, who was previously Head of Production for the outfit’s TV distribution unit, Gaumont Production Services will oversee shoots in France for both Gaumont and…

Gaumont and Egerie Productions have announced they are teaming with Prime Video on heartwarming French-language drama My Mother, God, And Sylvie Vartan (Ma Mère, Dieu, Et Sylvie Vartan), which is the platform's first French-language feature destined for a theatrical release. The picture is adapted…

EXCLUSIVE: Gaumont Animation, the company behind series including Kristen Bell's Do, Re & Mi, has struck a first-look deal with Maya The Bee producer Studio 100 Media. The two companies will co-produce and distribute a slate of animated, kids and family TV series and films. The first series that…

Beta Film, Germany’s ZDFneo and France Télévisions have boarded Gaumont’s Ukrainian war drama In Her Car. Showran by Eugen Tunik, the 10-part series is set during the early days of the Ukraine War and draws on the lived experiences of Kyivans scrambling for shelter following the Russian invasion in…

EXCLUSIVE: Gaumont, the production company behind Netflix's Narcos and Apple TV+'s Stillwater, is making changes to its animation, kids and family division. The company is centralizing its division in Europe and has promoted Terry Kalagian to President, Global Animation, Kids & Family. Kalagian will…

Long-serving Sky Deutschland exec Quirin Schmidt is moving to Gaumont as an executive producer in April. Schmidt helped build Sky’s in-house production division in Germany, where he was oversaw three seasons of the German-Austrian crime series Der Pass, dramedy Ich Und Die Anderen and mystery series H…

Gaumont Lands Debut Channel 5 Drama ‘Under Her Skin’ Gaumont is producing Paramount-owned Channel 5’s latest primetime psychological thriller, with Banijay Rights on board to distribute internationally. Jo Joyner and Rachel Shenton are leading Under Her Skin [w/t], which follows a perfect woman whose…

Hemlock Grove is coming back to streaming. The Eli Roth-exec produced horror drama series was removed last month from Netflix but now, thanks to a deal between producer/distributor Gaumont and FilmRise, the show will return to air. The deal will see Hemlock Grove, as well as Gaumont's Hannibal…