‘Lupin’ Star Omar Sy Strikes First-Look TV Deal With HBO Max
deadline.comHBO Max is getting into business with Omar Sy.The star of Netflix’s Lupin has struck a first look television deal with the Warner Bros.
Discovery streamer.He will develop international series with the digital platform including shows out of France.It comes after Sy, who operates his own Paris and LA-based production company Korokoro, struck a multi-year film deal with Netflix last year.Sy broke out with his performance in French film The Intouchables, which was remade in the U.S.
as The Upside starring Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston, before becoming a global success with French crime thriller series Lupin.
The series has run for ten episodes and has been renewed for a third chapter, starring Sy as Assane Diop, a man inspired by the adventures of master thief Arsene Lupin.
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