Disney Plus has greenlit Kaiser Karl, a six-episode series about the famed fashion designer from Paris-based Lupin producers Gaumont.
Jan Koeppen, president of Disney EMEA, announced the show during his Series Mania keynote this morning.The project is based on the biography of the same name by Raphaëlle Bacqué who is attached to the series alongside writers Isaure Pisani-Ferry (Vampires) and Jennifer Have (Unfaithful).The story begins in the summer of 1972 and traces Lagerfeld’s quest to become successor of Coco Chanel, who died the year prior, and the most successful French couturier at a time when Yves Saint Laurent was the biggest fashion personality.
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