Paris-based world distribution powerhouse Newen Connect has secured a primary spherical of pre-sales on the French live-action drama collection “Cats Eyes,” primarily based on the unique cult manga work ‘Cat’s Eye’ from Japanese artist Tsukasa Hojo.
The female-led collection, produced by Big Bang Production for prime French industrial channel TF1, has been acquired by RTS for Switzerland and RTL for Belgium.
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“”Cat’s Eyes” is proving to be an enormous success internationally,” commented Leona Connell, chief industrial officer for TF1’s world distribution arm Newen Connect.
“The existing IP based on a manga by Tsukasa Hojo is known in many territories, also thanks to its animated version produced in the 1980s. In addition to securing Amazon as a co-producer for a second window in France and first window in Latin America and Japan, RTS Switzerland and RTL Belgium came in early to pre-buy the series,” she underscored. “This is testament to the quality of the script, the level of casting and the ambitions of the series which Big Band Story have committed to deliver for TF1.”
At this week’s London TV Screenings, Newen Connect is teasing remaining world patrons with a primary clip of the collection, at present in post-production.
The eight-part action-packed TV present is helmed by Alexandre Laurent (“Women at War”) from a script by Michel Catz, Justine Kim-Gautier, Antonin Martin-Hilbert, Anne- Charlotte Kassab, Coline Dussaud and Audrey Gagneux.
Toplining the forged are Camille Lou (“Women at War”, “Bonfire of Destiny”), Contance Labbé (“Balthazar”), and Claire Romain (“Where It All Begins”) because the Chamade sisters Tam, Sylvia and Alexia, on the prowl for essentially the most stunning and secured artworks in Paris.
After years aside, the trio will get again collectively to steal a murals, on show in a high-class exhibition on the Eiffel Tower. The siblings hope that the art work which belongs to their father, will assist them clear up the thriller of his vanishing10 years earlier, when a fireplace broke out in his artwork gallery.
Police chief and head of its organised crime unit Quentin Chapuis (Mohamed Belkhir, higher generally known as vocalist and beatboxer MB14) is quickly on their path. What he doesn’t know is that the good love of his life-Tam, leads a double life and is without doubt one of the uncatchable phantom thieves.
“Cat’s Eyes” is a part of Newen Connect’s combined slate of factual and scripted titles to be showcased this week to world patrons in London.
Among the most well liked new scripted entries highlighted by Connell are “two very timely political thrillers”: France’s “In The Shadows,” primarily based on a e-book by former French prime minister Edouard Philippe, and “8 Months,” primarily based on Magnus Montelius’s eponymous best-selling novel, produced by Newen Studios’ label Anagram Sweden. Both titles will compete subsequent month at Series Mania.
Commenting on the pivotal position of the London TV Screenings within the annual TV market calendar, Connell stated the occasion is before everything a chance for her gross sales crew “to meet international buyers and showcase the very best of European programming in both English and non-English language.”
Connell additionally feels the market is “increasingly important for buyers to secure early funding for new shows coming through the pipeline.”
“In an age where production costs are increasing, and the platforms are more selective about the projects they support, there’s a growing call on distributors like Newen Connect to secure funding that will enable producers to move forward with their projects,” she underscored, including that Newen Connect is subsequently “increasingly involved at the early stages of a project’s lifecycle, when we can advise on appetite and likely interest, and devise a plan to deliver against these objectives,” she stated.
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