Culture news This French action series dethrones Avatar the Last Airbender on Netflix: genre cinema has a future in France
For days now, the Avatar the Last Airbender series has proven its superiority over other series in the Netflix catalog. However, the number 1 spot can quickly be assigned to another program if you are not careful. Aang and his allies may have stood up to the Fire Nation, but they were unable to control the breakthrough of Furies, the new French action series of the moment!
Netflix confirms the great success of its latest live-action series thanks to Avatar!
On February 22, Netflix pulled an ace up its sleeve: the live-action adaptation of the flagship animated series from the Nickelodeon channel, Avatar: The Last Airbender. Since the release of the series in live action One Piece, the American giant feels itself growing wings, after years and years of getting its feet wet on this type of project. Once again, Netflix saw its efforts rewarded since the first season quickly became one of the most followed programs on the platform. In France, the series ranked first in the top 10: a phenomenon that also occurred across the planet.
Less than a week after the launch of the first season, the American SVOD giant was quite proud to announce that its new adaptation was the most watched Netflix series in the world. This one may not have kept all its promises, according to the critics (the JV editorial team included), but the spectators apparently had a pleasant time (75% public recommendation on Rotten Tomatoes ). In terms of viewing hours, it was also a record since the series could boast of having had a better start than the live-action One Pieceproof of the popularity of the franchise created by Nickelodeon.
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All the elements could not compete against French creation signed Netflix: Furies is unleashed and makes top 1
However, given the hectic release schedule that we find every month on streaming platforms, the series Avatar: The Last Airbender has already been driven out by another Netflix original show. The Avatar has fallen from its throne and now occupies second place in the top series in France, and it is Furiesreleased on March 1, which is at the origin of this rebound ! Cherry on the cake, Furies is in reality a French creation headed by the SVOD giant, proof that French cinema can clearly compete with blockbusters!
For those who missed the series Furies, we tell you about it briefly. This new program, imagined by Jean-Yves Arnaud and Yoann Legave, brings together a handful of very well-known faces in France, such as those of Marina Foïs, Lina El Arabi (Family Business) and Mathieu Kassovitz (Hate, The Legends Office). Wishing to avenge her father, Lyna will gradually sink into the world of organized crime, governed by a secret society, called the Fury, which ensures order.. Very focused on action, Furies is spread over eight episodes of around forty minutes each. For now, confirmation of a second season has still not been made : we will have to wait to see if the success continues to know if we will have the right to have an answer to the many questions raised by the final cliffhanger.
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