Hitman Dramedy ‘Knok,’ Eco-Thriller ‘LT-21,’ Dystopian Farce ‘Rictus’ Lead Mipcom Slate, as HAGO Boards Series ‘The Cat,’ ‘Sex (re)Education’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comBen Croll Hitman dramedy “Knok,” pandemic-thriller “LT-21,” and dystopian sendup “Rictus” will head off Have A Good One’s (HAGO) Mipcom slate, as the Paris-based TV development and sales company has boarded two additional series currently in production.
Produced by Mifa Pictures (Groupe StoryPlus) and N22 Productions for 13ème Rue France, and created by Guillaume Duhesme, Bastien Ughetto and Lucie Moreau, the off-kilter “Knok” follows a hapless single-dad inducted into the underworld and made an unwilling contract-killer after accidentally witnessing a hit.
César-winner Sylvie Testud (“Fear and Trembling”) and up-and-comer Johann Cuny lead the cast for a loopy six-part season that won acclaim at the La Rochelle Fiction Festival earlier this year.
Given the spotlight at the Biarritz Unifrance Rendez-vous last month, eco-thriller “LT-21” tracks a disquieting pandemic plot about an international virus that forces amnesia on those afflicted.
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