Gaumont Chiefs Sidonie Dumas & Christophe Riandee On The Future Of ‘Lupin’ & ‘Narcos’, Their New Paramount+ Deal, European Expansion & Talent Deals – MIP TV Interview
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: In a rare double interview, Sidonie Dumas, CEO of France’s oldest film company Gaumont, and Vice CEO Christophe Riandee, tell us about transforming the storied theatrical business into a major TV player in Europe and beyond.Gaumont, producer of international shows including Lupin (one of Netflix’s biggest ever hits), Narcos (the streamer’s first global foreign language success), Barbarians and El Presidente, currently has TV outposts in Paris, LA, London, Berlin, Cologne and Rome.
The duo discuss corporate growth, their recently announced slate deal with Paramount+ and what is next for their hit franchises.The company, which continues to produce and distribute movies, is working on four foreign-language series for Paramount+: horror-thriller The Signal led by showrunner François Uzan (Lupin); dystopian thriller Desolate Future from Argentinian filmmaker Lucia Puenzo; German dramedy Anywhere from creator Jana Burbach (Bad Banks); and French thriller Impact from Jean-Xavier de Lestrade (The Staircase), Antoine Lacomblez (Laetitia) and Severine Werba (Spiral).These originals arrive while Gaumont already has 40 TV projects in different stages of production including Narcos season six (U.S.) Barbarians season two (Germany), Lupin season three (France), Damage (U.K.) for Netflix, El Presidente (U.S.) and Totem (France) for Amazon, Kaiser Karl (France) for Disney, and animated series Stillwater (U.S.) for Apple.DEADLINE: Tell us how the Paramount deal came about?
Why did you choose them over Netflix or another streamer for this deal?CHRISTOPHE RIANDEE: Well, we didn’t chosen them.
They chose us. Paramount approached us around six months ago. Given that they’re launching around the world, they are looking for
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