Bonjour, Insiders. Jesse Whittock with you as another busy week in entertainment land draws to a close. Max and I were in Lille France for Series Mania for most of it, where encountered everything from Hollywood stars to raging rioters.
Read on and sign up for the newsletter here. Mania On The Streets Thou doth protest too much: Across France, civil unrest has been breaking out all week as anger over heavy-handed pension reforms bubbles over.
Delegates walking the quiet, chilly streets of Lille for Series Mania this week were caught up in the chaos (Deadline’s International TV Co-Editors included), as protestors attempted to storm the purple carpet and rioters burned refuse piles in the backstreets.
Attendees took it all in good spirits and broadly chose to focus on the screen content, not the fresh graffiti adorning windows and flaming trashcans warming the roads.
Read more on deadline.com