French actor Omar Sy, stars of the series on Netflix Lupineannounced on Thursday that it is partnering with competing streaming platform HBO Max to develop content, specifically for French -speaking Africa, France and the United States.
I am very excited to partner with HBO Max, which shares my dream to develop immersive content for audiences around the world, particularly in French-speaking Africa, France, and the United States.written by the 44-year-old actor on Instagram, taking articles from American magazines different at HollywoodReporter who declared this contract.
Omar Sy is one of the great talents of our time and it is fascinating to watch him become famous all over the world after having a recognized acting career in his native France.greeted Sarah Aubrey, head of original content at HBO Max, quoted by two special magazines.
A contract was already signed with Netflix in October
Less than a year later, in October, the French star signed a multi-year contract with Netflix to develop original content for the platform, with Omar Sy as actor and executive producer.
Neither HBO Max nor the actor first specified the details of their contract on Thursday.
It has been known around the world and in the United States since the film’s success Untouchables (2011), Omar Sy greatly boosted his worldwide popularity with the series Lupinethe first French success on Netflix showing him as a modern conventional thief and winning over tens of millions of subscribers worldwide.
In early May, he returned to the platform with another success: the film away from the ring roadsequel of detective comedy On the other side of the ring road (2012) that she wore in a duet with Laurent Laffite.
Omar Sy was at the Cannes Film Festival last week to screen the film Skirmishers by Mathieu Vadepied, drama of a Senegalese father and son thrown into hell trenches during the First World War.
Source: Radio-Canada
