Isabelle Adjani to Star in Louvre Thriller ‘Belphégor’ From ‘The King’s Favorite’ Director Josée Dayan
variety.comEd Meza @edmezavar Isabelle Adjani is re-teaming with “The King’s Favorite” director Josée Dayan on the six-part mystery thriller “Belphégor.” The acclaimed actress stars as the enigmatic 16th-century noblewoman and courtier Diane de Poitiers in “The King’s Favorite,” which premiered at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous on Monday.
The €7.6 million ($7.5 million), four-part series, produced by Dayan’s Passion Films and sold internationally by France TV Distribution, examines de Poitiers’ complicated relationship with the young French king, Henry II (played by Hugo Becker), that lasted more than two decades.
The large ensemble cast also includes Samuel Labarthe, Virginie Ledoyen and Gérard Depardieu. Adjani next stars in an action-comedy helmed by Mélanie Laurent, which is set to go into production next week, Adjani told Variety.
Adjani is also set to star in a TV thriller alongside Benjamin Biolay likewise to be directed by Dayan later this year and described as in the style of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s “Diabolique.” She is then set to follow that up with “Belphégor,” written by Maxime Chattam and based on the 1927 novel by French writer Arthur Bernède about a mysterious phantom sighted in the Louvre and a young man’s investigation into the strange goings-on at the famed Paris museum.
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