The Accursed Kings, which inspired Game of Thrones, could get its own film saga
French film producer Dimitri Rassam was destined to make movies.
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The son of Bond girl Carole Bouquet – whose role in 1990's Too Beautiful for You saw her pick up a best actress award from France's César Awards – and French film producer Jean-Pierre Rassam, he has been immersed in cinema since birth. Francis Ford Coppola is his godfather.
In 2024, Rassam's The Count of Monte Cristo was one of the top-grossing films in France. Now, he has big plans to produce global blockbusters in English, with a French twist.
Rassam, 43, is on a quest to produce a costly medieval saga based on The Accursed Kings, a French novel series that inspired Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin.
The films are set to be shot in English with an all-star international cast, designed to appeal to a global audience.
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It is probably the riskiest movie project out of France since Luc Besson's €197 million (US$222 million) science fiction flop Valerian in 2017.
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