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Exclusive: Apple TV+ thriller series Liaison, which stars Vincent Cassel and Eva Green, has sold to TF1 in France.

The Anglo-French show remains on Apple globally but has been sold non-exclusively in its second window by distributor Newen Connect.

Produced by Newen Studios-backed Ringside Studio in the UK and Leonis Productions in France, the high-stakes thriller follows two agents (played by Cassel and Green) and former lovers, who must work together in a post-Brexit era to counter violent international cyberattacks that threaten the United Kingdom, while facing the explosive buried secrets of their past relationship. With an international backdrop that includes London, Paris, Brussels and Syria, Liaison explores how the mistakes of the past have the potential to destroy the future. Peter Mullan (Ozark; Mum; The Lords of the Rings – The Rings of Power), Gerard Lanvin (Call My Agent!), Daniel Francis (Small Axe), Laetitia Eido (Fauda), BAFTA Rising Star...

Apple and Canal+ have signed a landmark deal that will bring Apple TV+ to all Canal+ subscribers in France, along with some other European territories.

The deal is different from the aggregation agreements that Canal+ has in place with other streamers such as Disney+ and Netflix, whose offers are being accessible as part of the French pay TV operator’s bundle.

Under the pact, Apple TV+ will be available at no extra cost to Canal+ subs from April 20. Canal+ customers can seamlessly and easily access the films and series of Apple TV+ directly on their existing set-top box — with no separate app or subscription necessary. This is a multi-territory agreement for France, French speaking-Switzerland, Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Speaking to Variety, Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior VP of services, and Maxime Saada, Canal+ chairman and CEO of Canal+ Group, said they’ve known each other for years and celebrated the idea of tying the knot.

It’s easy to forgive a lot in a romance if the chemistry is strong enough, and for the first couple episodes of Apple TV+’s Liaison, the sparks between Eva Green’s Alison and Vincent Cassel’s Gabriel seem reason enough to forge ahead. It hardly matters if we don’t really understand the international conspiracy that’s reunited these estranged exes, or that we don’t yet understand what transpired between them all those years ago. The smolder between them draws us in, even when all they’re doing is exchanging a wordless gaze through a rain-splattered window.

But without enough fuel to ignite a blaze, smolder is about as far as it gets. By the time Liaison stumbles to a close, whatever flickers of promise it showed early on have long since been stamped out by indifferent storytelling and a bloated run time.

The narrative is simultaneously...

Leonis Productions, the Newen Studios-owned French banner created by Jean-Benoit Gillig, is developing a raft of international shows on the heels of “Liaison,” Apple TV+’s first French original.

The company reached a milestone with “Liaison,” a thriller series created and entirely penned by Virginie Brac (“Spiral”) and directed by Stephen Hopkins. Vincent Cassel and Eva Green lead a cast that includes Peter Mullan, Gérard Lanvin, Daniel Francis, Stanislas Merhar, Irène Jacob, Laëtitia Eïdo, Eriq Ebouaney, Tchéky Karyo, Bukky Bakray and Thierry Fremont.

“It’s a sprawling French-British thriller set against the backdrop of Brexit, and there’s a metaphor between the love tragedy playing as the primary plot and the political tragedy embodied by Brexit unfolding in the background,” said Gillig.

“The starting point of this series was our wish to create a series using Brexit as a canvas, and from there Virginie Brac was able to conceive a...

The new thriller series Liaison joins Apple TV+’s long list of original series and movies slated to release in the first quarter of 2023. As recently announced with a first-look image, the series stars Vincent Cassel and Eva Green in major roles. Written by Virginie Brac and directed by Stephen Hopkins, Liasion is also billed as the first French-English original series for the streamer. The drama thriller series has been described as “a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future, combining action with an unpredictable, multilayered plot where espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.” In other words, it’s a political thriller with a backstory of an intense romantic relationship between the protagonists.

Apple’s first French and English-language original series, ‘Liaison,’ starring César Award winner Vincent Cassel and BAFTA Award winner Eva Green (“Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children”), has unveiled its first trailer.

The series is a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future, combining action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot where espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.

In addition to Cassel and Green, Peter Mullan (“Ozark”) Cesar award winner Gérard Lanvin (“Call My Agent!”), Daniel Francis (“Small Axe”), Stanislas Merhar (“The Black Book”), Iréne Jacob (“La double vie de Veronique”), Laëtitia Eido (“Fauda”), Eriq Ebouaney (“Rogue City”), BAFTA rising star Bukky Bakray (“Rocks”) and Emmy award winner Thierry Frémont (“Murder In Mind”) star.

The thriller is created and written by Virginie Brac (“Engrenages”), and is directed by Emmy Award winner Stephen Hopkins...

Vincent Cassel (Westworld) and Eva Green (Penny Dreadful) lead the cast of Apple TV+’s new thriller Liaison, premiering on February 24, 2023. Liaison, which marks the streaming service’s first French and English language original series, finds the U.K.’s infrastructure under attack by cyber terrorists.

The cast of the six-episode season also includes Peter Mullan (Ozark), Cesar award winner Gérard Lanvin (Call My Agent!), Daniel Francis (Small Axe), and Stanislas Merhar (The Black Book). Iréne Jacob (La double vie de Veronique), Laëtitia Eido (Fauda), Eriq Ebouaney (Rogue City), Bukky Bakray (Rocks), and Emmy Award winner Thierry Frémont (Murder In Mind) also star.

The series was created by Virginie Brac (Engrenages) and directed by Emmy Award-winner Stephen Hopkins (24). Brac writes, and Vincent Cassel, Gub Neal (The Fall), Jean-Benoît Gillig (L’Emprise), Sarada McDermott (Bridgerton), Stephen Hopkins, Justin Thomson, and Edward Barlow executive produce.

In support of the series’ February 24th premiere,...

Liaison Trailer — Apple TV Plus‘ Liaison (2023) TV show trailer has been released. The Liaison trailer stars Vincent Cassel, Eva Green, Peter Mullan, Gérard Lanvin, Daniel Francis, Stanislas Merhar, Iréne Jacob, Laëtitia Eido, Eriq Ebouaney, Bukky Bakray, and Thierry Frémont. Crew ““Liaison” is created and written by Virginie Brac (“Engrenages”) and is [...]

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Can we escape our past mistakes? The new Apple Original project “Liaison” explores complex connections — both personal and professional. It also represents the service’s next step into international programming, marking its first French and English-language series. Apple brings together an accomplished team to tell this story. Virginie Brac — who wrote and directed various episodes of “Engrenages” — created “Liaison” and “24” director Stephen Hopkins helms the entire season.

Continue reading ‘Liaison’ Trailer: Eva Green & Vincent Cassel Star In A New Espionage Thriller Coming To Apple TV+ On Feb 24 at The Playlist.

Vincent Cassel (Westworld) and Eva Green (Dumbo) are trying to save their relationship in Apple TV+’s upcoming French and English-language thriller, Liaison, premiering on Friday, February 24. The streamer has released the official trailer (watch below) for the series, which revolves around two agents — and former lovers — who must work together to combat international cyberattacks threatening Britain while also confronting the buried secrets of their destructive relationship. Created and written by Virginie Brac (Engrenages), Liaison is described as a “contemporary thriller” that explores “how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future.” It combines high-octane action with an unpredictable plot full of espionage and political intrigue, with a passionate and enduring love story playing out alongside it. The teaser shows Cassel’s character on the run after he is accused of working for a terrorist organization behind recent attacks on the U.K., including removing the...

Apple TV+ shared the first trailer for “Liaison,” its first French and English-language original series, which will premiere globally on Feb. 24 and air weekly every Friday through March 31.

The six-episode thriller, which stars César Award winner Vincent Cassel and BAFTA Award winner Eva Green (“Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children”), will explore how the mistakes of the past have the potential to destroy the future, combining action with an unpredictable, multilayered plot where espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.

In addition to Cassel and Green, the show’s cast includes Peter Mullan (“Ozark”) Cesar award winner Gérard Lanvin (“Call My Agent!”), Daniel Francis (“Small Axe”), Stanislas Merhar (“The Black Book”), Iréne Jacob (“La double vie de Veronique”), Laëtitia Eido (“Fauda”), Eriq Ebouaney (“Rogue City”), BAFTA rising star Bukky Bakray (“Rocks”) and Emmy award winner Thierry Frémont (“Murder In Mind”).

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Liaison is a series created by Virginie Brac starring Vincent Cassel and Eva Green.

This contemporary thriller explores how past mistakes have the potential to destroy the future. It blends action with an unpredictable plot in which espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate, enduring love.

Release Date

February 24, 2023

Where to Watch Liaison

Apple TV+

The Stars Vincent Cassel Venice, Italy – September 02: Actor Vincent Cassel attends the premiere of ‘A Dangerous Method’ during the 68th Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2011 in Venice, Italy. Depositphotos Eva Green Cannes, France – May 27: Eva Green attends the ‘Based On A True Story’ premiere during the 70th Cannes Film Festival on May 27, 2017 in Cannes, France.Depositphotos Created by Virginie Brac

Virginie Brac, born Virginie Brac de La Perrière on July 27, 1955 in Algiers, is a French novelist and television scriptwriter. She is the author of the mini-series Tropiques amers and...

“Liaison,” a new, six episode thriller series starring César Award winner Vincent Cassel and BAFTA Award winner Eva Green (“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”), and the first French and English-language Apple Original series.

“Liaison” will make its global debut with the first episode on Friday, February 24, 2023, followed by one new episode weekly every Friday through March 31, 2023, on Apple TV+.

“Liaison” is a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future, combining action with an unpredictable, multilayered plot where “espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.”

In addition to the stars Cassel and Eva Green, the series’ cast also counts on Peter Mullan (“Ozark”) César award winner Gérard Lanvin (“Call My Agent!”), Daniel Francis (“Small Axe”), Stanislas Merhar (“The Black Book”), Irène Jacob (“La double vie de Veronique”), Laetitia Eido (“Fauda”), Eriq Ebouaney (“Rogue...

Apple TV+ shared a first look (above) at “Liaison,” a six-episode thriller starring Vincent Cassel and Eva Green in the first French and English multi-language Apple Original series. “Liaison” will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first episode on Feb. 24, followed by one new episode weekly every Friday through March 31.

The contemporary thriller explores how the mistakes of one’s past has the potential to destroy their future, combining action with a multi-layered plot where espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love. In addition to Cassell and Green, the series also stars Peter Mullan, Gerard Lanvin, Daniel Francis, Stanislas Merhar, Irene Jacob, Laetitia Eido, Eriq Ebouaney, Bukky Bakray and Thierry Fremont.

“Liaison” is created and written by Virginie Brac, and is directed by Stephen Hopkins. The series is co-produced by Newen Studio-backed companies Ringside Studios and Leonis Productions, and executive produced by Gub Neal,...

Apple TV+ has greenlit Liaison, an English and French-language thriller series starring Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) and Eva Green (The Luminaries).

Co-produced by French outfit Newen’s Ringside Studios and Leonis Productions, here’s the logline: “Liaison is a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future. The series combines action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot in which espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.”

Additional cast includes Peter Mullan (Ozark), Gerard Lanvin (Call My Agent!), Daniel Francis (Small Axe), Stanislas Merhar (The Black Book), Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Call My Agent!), Laetitia Eido (Fauda), Eriq Ebouaney (Rogue City), Bukky Bukray (Rocks), and Thierry Fremont (Murder In Mind).

Liaison’s executive producers are Gub Neal and Jean Benoit Gillig. Stephen Hopkins (24) directs, while the series was created and written by Virginie Brac (Engrenages). Additional executive producers include Sarada McDermott,...

AppleTV has unveiled a first look image of Vincent Cassel and Eva Green in the upcoming Anglo-French thriller ‘Liaison’.

The series is said to be a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future. The series combines action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot in which espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.

Peter Mullan (“Ozark”) Cesar award winner Gerard Lanvin (“Call My Agent!”), Daniel Francis (“Small Axe”), Stanislas Merhar (“The Black Book”), Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (“Call My Agent!”), Laetitia Eido (“Fauda”), Eriq Ebouaney (“Rogue City”), BAFTA rising star Bukky Bukray (“Rocks”) and Emmy award winner Thierry Fremont (“Murder In Mind”) will also star alongside César Award winner, Cassel and BAFTA Award winner, Green.

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Created and written by Virginie Brac,...

Apple has greenlit its first-ever French language original series, Liaison.

The high-stakes thriller will star Vincent Cassel (Black Swan, Westworld) and Eva Green (Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, Casino Royale). The show will feature a mixture of English and French dialogue.

Liaison is a contemporary thriller that will explore how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future. The series blends action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot in which espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.

The series, which was created and written by Virginie Brac (Engrenages), will be directed by Emmy ...

Apple has greenlit its first-ever French language original series, Liaison.

The high-stakes thriller will star Vincent Cassel (Black Swan, Westworld) and Eva Green (Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, Casino Royale). The show will feature a mixture of English and French dialogue.

Liaison is a contemporary thriller that will explore how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future. The series blends action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot in which espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.

The series, which was created and written by Virginie Brac (Engrenages), will be directed by Emmy ...

As global SVOD operators and local pay TV rivals power ever more the future of film and TV in Europe, French state-backed Orange, one of Europe’s biggest telecoms groups, made available in Spain on July 10 its first full Spanish original series, the adrenaline sluiced horror thriller “Caminantes.”

Orange’s first series in Spain marks the full arrival of a new, deep-pocketed producer on Spain’s booming drama series production scene as well as what looks like another significant commitment by a Spanish telecom to premium content in an ever more competitive market, where Telefonica’s Movistar Plus began to produce around 11 original series a year from September 2017.

Directed by “Money Heist’s” Koldo Serra, and produced by The Mediapro’s Studio’s 100 Balas, “Caminantes” comes hot on the heels of the exclusive release by Orange of two other Tms series: Antarctic survival thriller “The Head,” whose cast includes “Money Heist’s” Alvaro Morte,...

Under the new leadership of industry veteran Kristina Zimmermann, Orange Studio, the film/TV division of the French telco group Orange, is launching three new projects at Berlin’s European Film Market: “Last Film Show,” “Old Fashioned” and “Love Song for Tough Guys.”

Directed by Pan Nalin (“Samsara”), “Last Film Show” follows Samay, a 9-year-old boy living with his family in a remote village in India. One day, he discovers films and is instantly mesmerized. Against his father’s wishes, he returns to the cinema day after day and sets off to become a filmmaker at all costs.

“It’s a personal film for Pan Nalin as it’s inspired by his own life, and it has a beautiful cinematography, because Pan Nalin is also a talented photographer,” said Zimmermann, who joined Orange Studio last July after working for nearly three decades at Canal Plus Group. “‘Last Film Show’ is...

Apple TV Plus and Disney Plus are the next global streaming services slated to roll into Europe, joining Netflix and Amazon Prime Video in some of the world’s most lucrative markets. But along with the opportunities come local programming and investment obligations that the new players — including upcoming services Peacock and HBO Max — may struggle to meet.

Chief among these is a requirement that their catalogs offer at least 30% European content by the end of 2020. It’s still unclear how that 30% will be assessed — according to number of hours or number of titles — but officials are expected to clarify the issue by the end of this year. “It’s going to be a challenge for the European Commission to come up with a fair system for the quota,” says Ed Border of London-based consultancy Ampere Analysis. Counting either by titles or hours could be open to abuse.

Regardless, Netflix...

Following “The Name of the Rose”(pictured) and “Devils,” France’s Orange has unveiled four internationally-driven series projects as part of its commitment to step into premium original shows with its film/TV division Orange Studio and pay TV group Ocs both of board.

Currently in development, the social western “Cheyenne & Lola,” the dance-filled workplace drama “The Opera,” the French army series “Les Sentinelles” and English-language cyber-thriller “Unpunished” have been added to the company’s rising drama slate.

“Unpunished” is an ambitious series which is being developed with the writers and creators Coline Aubert (“The Returned”) and Fredrik Agetoft (“Arne Dahl: Eye in the Sky”) and the critically-acclaimed Argentine helmer Alex Garcia Lopez, whose credits include “The Punisher” and “Dardevil.”

A European co-production, “Unpunished” is being produced by Sydney Gallonde (“No Second Chance”) and Marc Nowak at Paris-based Make It Happen Studio, as well as Laurent Boissel and Emmanuelle Guilbart at About Premium Content,...

International TV drama’s golden age is continuing. As buyers and sellers from around the world congregate in Cannes, Variety speaks to the stars, writers, and distributors of 10 of the scripted series that will be the talk of the Croisette.

The Bisexual (pictured top left)

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Desiree Akhavan wrote the first draft of “The Bisexual” right after premiering her indie film “Appropriate Behaviour” at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and then spent a year developing it. Having moved to London she took the script out in the U.K. and partnered with Jane Featherstone’s hot indie, Sister Pictures. Just as her movie “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” was greenlit, Channel 4 ordered “The Bisexual” to series.

Akhavan and longtime collaborator Cecilia Frugiuele co-wrote the show. Akhavan also directs, and stars as Leila, a New Yorker in London. Having split with her girlfriend and business partner Sadie (Maxine Peake...

Lille, France — France’s Leonis and the U.K.’s Artists Studio, owned by Endemol Shine, are re-teaming with Virginie Brac, one of France’s most celebrated screenwriters, on the development of a new miniseries “Faceless,” described by Endemol Shine as “a smart, tense, disruptive thriller which dynamites Anglo-French entente cordiale.”

Leonis’ Jean-Benoît Gillig, Artists Studio’s Gub Neal and Justin Thomson at DoveTale, which will also develop “Faceless,” made the announcement at France’s Series Mania. The co-development deal follows on Leonis, Artists Studio and Brac’s first collaboration, “Insoupconnable,” a series which world premiered last weekend at Series Mania.

Described by Endemol Shine as a “provocative new show,” and scripted by Brac and Oliver Butcher, “Faceless” “blows open the cracks at the heart of the European project,” taking audiences on a “wild ride through the corridors of power on both sides of the Channel,” Endemol Shine continued. The...

Second edition of high-end drama showcase featured 12 upcoming shows.

Brazilian prison drama Jailers and Tom Tykwer’s ambitious detective tale Babylon Berlin, capturing the city in the Golden Twenties, clinched the grand jury awards in the full episode and work-in-progress categories at MIPDrama Screenings on Sunday.

Unfolding on the eve of Miptv, the second edition of the showcase put the spotlight on 12 upcoming drama shows, screening either full episodes or extracts as a work-in-progress.

“There is a lot of commercial pressure to do a certain type of drama series but what really struck me was the diversity and originality of all these shows… every one of them was very unique and defied simple expectations,” jury member Frank Spotnitz, creator of hit series such as The Man In The High Castle and Medici: Masters Of Florence, said.

Also on the jury were The Bridge producer Lars Blomgren, writer Virginie Brac (Cannabis, Spiral), director...

Second edition of high-end drama showcase featured 12 upcoming shows.

Brazilian prison drama Jailers and Tom Tykwer’s ambitious detective tale Babylon Berlin, capturing the city in the Golden Twenties, clinched the grand jury awards in the full episode and work-in-progress categories at MIPDrama Screenings on Sunday.

Unfolding on the eve of Miptv, the second edition of the showcase put the spotlight on 12 upcoming drama shows, screening either full episodes or extracts as a work-in-progress.

“There is a lot of commercial pressure to do a certain type of drama series but what really struck me was the diversity and originality of all these shows… every one of them was very unique and defied simple expectations,” jury member Frank Spotnitz, creator of hit series such as The Man In The High Castle and Medici: Masters Of Florence, said.

Also on the jury were The Bridge producer Lars Blomgren, writer Virginie Brac (Cannabis, Spiral), director...

Apparently the first Monday after Sundance is going to be a relatively slow one. That is, unless you are a TV journalist.

First, Variety is reporting that Sam Mendes will be producing a new TV series entitled Grand Hotel. An eight-episode series penned by Richard McBrien and Virginie Brac, the story will follow “the guests and staff of a ritzy international hotel in Paris who are suddenly taken hostage. Held captive in the lap of luxury, they try to find out why they’re being held prisoner, and plan to escape.” Mendes is not set to direct any episodes that this point, as he’ll be quite busy on the upcoming Bond 23, but with no start date set in stone yet, that may ultimately change.

Read more on TV News: Aaron Sorkin, Mark Wahlberg, Sam Mendes and more get new projects…...

Sam Mendes ("Revolutionary Road," "American Beauty"), BBC Worldwide and Canal Plus will team to produce the eight-episode TV drama series "Grand Hotel" says Variety.

The story revolves around the guests and staff of a ritzy international hotel in Paris who are suddenly taken hostage. Held captive in the lap of luxury, they try to find out why they're being held prisoner, and plan to escape.

Richard McBrien ("Wallander, "Spooks") and Virginie Brac ("Spiral") are penning the scripts. Mendes will produce but not direct.

Canal Plus is also behind three big international series, each twelve episodes long, currently in the works. One is the $35 million "Borgia" which Tom Fontana ("Oz," "The Philanthropist") is show running while Oliver Hirschbiegel ("Downfall") directs the first four episodes. Despite the title, it is not to be confused with the upcoming Showtime series "The Borgias".

Also in production is the ancient Egypt epic "Pharaoh" from "Rome" creator John Milius,...

Call it "Prison Break" set inside a swanky hotel, but we have to admit we're curious about this one thanks to the talent aboard. Variety reports that director Sam Mendes is set to produce "Grand Hotel" (not to worry, classic film buffs, it's not a remake of the John Barrymore/Greta Garbo pic) along with Canal Plus and BBC Worldwide. The eight-episode series, with installments written by Richard McBrien ("Wallander," "Spooks") and Virginie Brac ("Spiral"), will center on "the guests and staff of a ritzy international hotel in Paris who are suddenly taken hostage. Held captive in the lap of luxury,…...