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Carrousel Studios names Cécile Gaget CEO

Wild Bunch executive Cécile Gaget has been appointed CEO at Carrousel Studios, the French media company recently launched by Lupin star Omar Sy alongside Thomas Benski and Louis Leterrier.

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Starting her new role on May 1, Gaget is charged with ramping up Carrousel’s production slate and forging strategic partnerships.

Her remit also includes overseeing development, production, financing and distribution strategies.

Gaget joins from European distributor Wild Bunch, where she served as head of film and worked on the Oscar-winning movie The Boy & the Heron.

Prior to that, Gaget was president of international production and distribution at European producer and financier Anton.

She also previously spent almost 10 years at French studio Gaumont, where she served first as head of international sales before being upped to head of international production and distribution.

During that spell, Gaget oversaw Gaumont’s global sales, including acquisitions, English- and local-language productions and foreign remakes. She also set up Gaumont’s US films division.

Launched in March, Carrousel Studios is based in Paris, with offices in London, LA and Senegal.

Founders Sy, Benski and Leterrier describe their outfit as an “artists first” company that will make scripted TV series and movies across genres including action, thriller, sci-fi, fantasy and comedy.

Sy is best known for his starring role as professional thief Assane Diop in Netflix’s hit French mystery thriller Lupin. Benski previously co-founded London-based Pulse Films, while Leterrier has directed Hollywood blockbusters such as The Incredible Hulk and Fast X, as well as Netflix fantasy series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.

In a joint statement, Sy, Benski and Leterrier said: “With her extraordinary experience and deep international relationships, we know Cecile will be an incredible asset to Carrousel Studios.

“Our goal is to create a home for talent – both emerging and established – looking to make passion projects in the most efficient and rewarding manner, both creatively and financially, and we believe Cecile will help us achieve it.”

Gaget added: “I am very grateful to Omar, Louis and Thomas for their trust in my abilities to help build and lead this studio to its fullest potential.

“I’m thrilled to embark on this journey with Carrousel Studios, united by a shared vision and a collective drive to create and produce high-end and bold content for a global audience.”

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Lupin’s Omar Sy signs HBO Max deal

French-Senegalese actor and Lupin star Omar Sy has entered into a television deal with US subscription video-on-demand service HBO Max.

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Sy will develop international series with the service, which is part of the newly merged Warner Bros Discovery group.

Announcing the news on Instagram, Sy said: “I am very happy to be partnering with HBO Max who share my dreams of developing globally appealing TV content for audiences around the world, including French-speaking Africa, France and the United States.”

Sy recently signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to develop original feature films. He is also set to co-star in Lionsgate action-thriller Shadow Force and has starred in comedy-drama film The Intouchables, as well as Inferno, Transformers: The Last Knight and The Takedown.

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Lupin star on track for Netflix film sequel

Netflix has ordered a sequel to French comedy film On the Other Side of the Tracks, with Senegalese-French actor Omar Sy reprising the role he played in the 2012 movie.

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The as-yet-untitled sequel has already begun shooting in Paris, according to Variety. Best known for starring in Netflix series Lupin and hit movie The Intouchables, Sy will return alongside French actor Laurent Lafitte.

The film follows two cops with very different styles, backgrounds and careers. The unlikely pair are reunited once again for a new investigation that takes them all the way to the French Alps.

The film is scheduled to debut on Netflix in 2022. It will be directed by Louis Leterrier from a screenplay by Stéphane Kazandjian and Eric Altmayer  Nicolas Altmayer.

Sy won the César Award for Best Actor in the 2011 comedy-drama The Intouchables; he also starred in Lupin, Chocolat and Jurassic World.

 

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Omar Sy to star in Shadow Force

French-Senegalese actor Omar Sy (Lupin) is set to co-star in Lionsgate action-thriller film Shadow Force.

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Shadow Force follows an estranged couple with a bounty on their heads who must go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer, a shadow ops unit that has been sent to kill them.

The thriller will be directed by Joe Carnahan (Copshop, The Grey) and executive produced by Kathy Atkinson, Danielle Reardon and Jennifer Wiley-Stockton. US actor Kerry Washington (Scandal) will co-star with Sy.

Announcing the news on his Instagram page, Sy said: “Kerry Washington and Joe Carnahan, thumbs up.”

The release date for Shadow Force has yet to be announced. Sy is best known as the star of  hit Netflix series Lupin, which debuted last year and has been renewed for a third part. He has also partnered with the streaming giant to develop original feature films.

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Aduba, Erivo, Sy up for Golden Globes

L-R: Uzo Aduba, Cynthia Erivo and Omar Sy

Nigerian-American actor Uzo Aduba, award-winning Nigerian-British actor Cynthia Erivo and Senegalese-French actor Omar Sy are among the nominees for the 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards next month.

Aduba is up for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Drama Series for her role as Dr Brooke Taylor in HBO drama series In Treatment.

Erivo has been nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for her role as singer Aretha Franklin in National Geographic series Genius, while Sy is up for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Drama Series for his role in Netflix drama Lupin.

“Thank you all for this nomination which, whatever the outcome, is so symbolic for me for so many reasons,” said Sy on Instagram.

The 79th Golden Globe Awards will honour the best in film and American television from 2021 and are scheduled to take place on January 9, 2022.

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Netflix signs Omar Sy to multi-year deal

Global streaming platform Netflix has partnered with Senegalese-French actor Omar Sy to develop original feature films.

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In the multi-year deal, Sy’s Paris- and LA-based production company will handle the development of the films while Sy will act as executive producer.

He said: “I have experienced Netflix’s collaboration with artists and their passion to bring unique and diverse stories to homes all over the world. I am very happy to have the opportunity to extend the relationship and look forward to this next step of our journey together.”

Gaelle Mareschi, director of international original films for Netflix in France, added: “We have been lucky enough to have worked closely with Omar for a number of years and are excited to now expand our partnership further to bring his creative vision to our global audiences. We look forward to working together with Omar and his team as he grows as a producer and brings more unique stories and voices to Netflix.”

Sy has starred in a series of hit French films including 2011’s Intouchables, 2016’s Chocolat and Le Chant du Loup, which was released in 2019. He is set to partner with Lupin director Louis Leterrier on the upcoming action comedy film Tour de Force, launching on Netflix next year.

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