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Omar Sy announced, via a photo posted on his Instagram account, that he had started filming the new season of the Netflix series “Lupin”. A third season where he will once again play Assane Diop. This modern version of the French gentleman burglar has enjoyed great international success.
He puts on his tweed cap and his long coat. Omar Sy once again embodies Assane Diop, his character from the Netflix series Lupine, inspired by the adventures of Maurice Leblanc’s novels. The actor has just started filming the third part of this fiction in Paris. This is what he announced by posting a selfie on his Instagram account, where he is wearing his Assane Diop costume, and where we can make out the rooftops of Paris and the Eiffel Tower in the background.
Lupine, third most-watched series on Netflix
“Here, it’s (always) Paris! Lupin, Part 3, filming in progress. It’s good to be at home”, rejoiced Omar Sy in the caption of this photo. This sequence of Lupine is eagerly awaited, in France and around the world. The series is indeed the third most watched in the history of the platform.
Lupine has established itself internationally since its launch in January 2021. And its success was confirmed last June, with the posting of its second part. So much so that Netflix and Omar Sy signed a multi-year contract in October.
As a result, sales of Maurice Leblanc’s books featuring the gentleman burglar soared. But the series does not only direct the readers. Last October, his plot of Lupine had inspired a failed burglary in Italy. Because it is not Arsène Lupin (nor Assane Diop) who wants it: the thief was caught the next day, after having stolen a very meager loot.