During an event for the press, organized this Thursday, March 10, the Netflix platform unveiled a handful of its new projects to come or in development.
After a good year 2021, led, in France, by the success of Lupin, Netflix unveils its program for 2022. In accordance with the decisions taken in 2020, the platform devotes between 20 and 25% of its turnover to the creation of productions French.
For 2022, the total investment amounts to more than 200 million euros. In total, more than 25 new titles will be launched during the year and 20 are currently in development. Presented by part of the Netflix France creative team, the conference unveiled some of its new projects.
Jean-Pascal Zadi on Netflix
Among them there is In placea series co-created by Jean-Pascal Zadi and François Uzan, one of the screenwriters of Family Business. The story follows the journey of an educator propelled into the heart of a presidential election. Alongside the actor, we will also find Benoît Poelvoorde and Éric Judor. The series, described as a “slapstick and whimsical comedy”, is currently filming.
On the cinema side, Kaaris is attached to a film project entitled The Shadow Kingrealized by Marc Fouchard. The feature film is based on an original idea by the rapper which is inspired by an ancestral African legend. A family drama about resilience. Shooting scheduled for 2022.
four years later The world is yours – broadcast by Netflix internationally -, Romain Gavras is back. His third feature film, Athenais an immersive and modern tragedy carried by Dali Benssalah, Sami Slimane, Anthony Bajon and co-written by Ladj Ly, the director of Miserables.
A trilogy for Lost Ball
Release scheduled for 2022. Driven by the success of his first film, Lost Ball – viewed by more than 30 million households during its first 28 days online – director Guillaume Pierret is preparing the sequel, which is currently being edited. But the Netflix France team also announces the release of a third and final opus.
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Photo taken from “Loin du périph” by Louis Leterrier.
The sequel the other side of the ring-road, Loin du périph directed by Louis Leterrier, was revealed through the first exciting images. The action comedy is carried by Omar Sy, Laurent Lafitte and Izïa Higelin.
Other exclusive images have been unveiled, such as those of Notre-Dame, la part du feu, a series centered on the fire that affected Notre-Dame-de-Paris in April 2019. The project, led, among others, by Roschdy Zem, is expected on the platform in the fall of 2022.