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17-03-2025
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France TV Distribution's Corsica Blood Feud Thriller ‘Vendetta,' from ‘A Prophet' Producer Marco Cherqui, to Launch at Series Mania (EXCLUSIVE)
'Vendetta,' the awaited Corsican blood feud drama-thriller from Marco Cherqui, who produced Jacques Audiard's breakout movie 'A Prophet,' will be brought onto the sales market at Series Mania by France TV Distribution. Set up at CPB Films, behind Rebecca Zlotowski's 2019 Toronto player 'Savages' and the upcoming series expansion of 'A Prophet,' both produced by Cherqui as CPB head of TV drama and cinema, 'Vendetta' is co-produced by public broadcaster France TV, where it will air on France 2. More from Variety Series Mania Program Seriesmakers Unveils New Projects From 'Pusher,' 'Blackport,' 'The Cakemaker' Creatives (EXCLUSIVE) About Premium Content, AMC Board Series Mania Selected 'Requiem for Selina' About First Beauty Influencers (EXCLUSIVE) Series Mania Buyers Upfront: Series From Beta, Fremantle, Mediawan, Erik Barmack, ZDF Studios Make for a Mouthwatering Lineup News of its international distribution launch comes just after 'Vendetta' went into production in the first week of March, shooting in Corsica. Billed as a mafia thriller and family tragedy, the six-part series turns on Anto, a Parisian cop of Corsican origin, who returns to his homeland with wife Vanina, to take over the family vineyard. Ambushed, his father is murdered and Anto, wounded, falls into deep coma. As a child, Anto had sworn to his brother – killed soon after in a vendetta – to break the cycle of vengeance plaguing his family for generations. Awaking 10 years later, he discovers that his now teen son Santu is obsessed with revenge. 'How far will Anto go to protect his son and reclaim his life?' the synopsis asks. 'Vendetta' toplines Thierry Neuvic ('Code Unknown,' 'Hereafter') Vahina Giocante ('Bellamy'), Tchéky Karyo ('The Missing'), Stanley Weber ('Borgia'), Laetitia Eïdo ('Fauda') and Philippe Corti ('Mafiosa'). Cherqui's credits also take in, before joining CPB Films in 2017, comedy series 'Kabul Kitchen,' a Monte Carlo TV Festival top prize winner, and, at CPB, popular crime comedy movie series 'Everyone Lies.' 'Vendetta' is co-written and directed by Ange Baserga ('Dealer'), and also penned by Emmanuelle Michaux ('Master Crimes') and Pierre-Marie Mosconi ('Surf Therapy). The crime drama joins an International distribtion slate at France TV Distribution, the commercial arm of France Télévisions, which also includes renewed comedy series 'Apsergirl' and thriller 'Danger in the Valley,' co-written by bestselling Michel Bussi ('Prison Island'). Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Oscars 2026: First Blind Predictions Including Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone, 'Wicked: For Good' and More What's Coming to Disney+ in March 2025
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18-02-2025
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France TV Distribution Kicks Off International Sales on French Thriller Series ‘Danger in the Valley' (EXCLUSIVE)
France TV Distribution, the commercial arm of the French public broadcaster France Télévisions, one of the most powerful TV companies in Europe, is kicking off international distribution on thriller series 'La Vallée en Danger' ('Danger in the Valley'), co-written by bestselling French author Michel Bussi. Produced by Paris-based Cinétévé in co-production with France TV and Belgium's Be-Films, 'Danger in the Valley' will be launched at the upcoming edition of MIP London, which runs Feb. 23-27. More from Variety Mip London Won't Be a 'Rival Event' to London TV Screenings, Says Director Lucy Smith, Teasing 'More Content, More Deals and More Networking' MIP London Attracts More Than 80 Companies, Including Beta, Armoza, Fox, PBS Cineteve Banks International Sales on Michael Haneke, Modern History, Global Forests Docs (EXCLUSIVE) A prolific but successful writer, Bussi wrote his first original script for a TV series in 2023, 'Prison Island,' in which he collaborated with future 'Danger in the Valley' co-scribe, Christian Clères. 'Prison Island' unspooled on a peaceful island that turns into a prison when a group of armed activists take hostage the whole population of the quaint, isolated place off the coast of Brittany hostage. In 'Danger in the Valley', Bussi is re-teaming with Cléres for the six one-hour miniseries. In co-production terms, 'Prison Island' was the fruit of a Cinétévé-France 2 partnership, which they are replicating now with 'Danger in the Valley,' where Belgium's Be-Films teams as another co-producer. The drama thriller toplines 'The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon' actress Anne Charrier, Thierry Godard ('Spiral,' 'A French Village, The Head') and Anna Cervinka ('Grand Ciel'), with the last two thesps being also part of the prestigious Comédie Française. Directed by Elsa Bennet, 'Danger in the Valley' is set in the quiet village of Salvérac, nestling in the rugged Causses region, which faces the looming threat of a shale gas drilling project. The village is deeply divided between the project's financiers – billionaire engineer Charles Kaskia and the powerful consortium Seth – while others vehemently oppose it, led by defiant mayor Floriane Bourdieu (Charrier). As Bourdieu fights to stop the project, she becomes the target of dark threats. In this high-stakes battle, the cost of resistance may be far greater than she ever expected. Helped by engineer Pierre Donjon (Thierry Godard), Floriane will do everything to prevent this drilling by exposing herself to the worst threats from the industrialists. Key cast also features Anna Cervinka as Jana Kaskia, Nicolas Gob (Rodolphe Durand), Théo Augier (Samuel Duval), Philippe Resimont (Max Desailly), John Robinson (Kay Lewis), Jane Cara (Kelly O'Brian), Laura Sepul (Prune Larcy) and Emma Lemoine (Camille Bourdieu). France 2 will broadcast the series in France on a still to be disclosed date. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Grammy Predictions, From Beyoncé to Kendrick Lamar: Who Will Win? Who Should Win? What's Coming to Netflix in February 2025
