Studiocanal Sells Multiple Canal Plus Original Dramas to MHz in North America (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentSporting a powerful slate of new shows at MipTV, Studiocanal, owned by Vivendi’s Canal Plus, has announced what it describes as a “substantial” distribution deal with U.S.

streaming service MHz Networks.The deal features banner Canal Plus Creation Originale series  “UFOs” and “Paris Police” as well as a modern classic, the pay TV’s groundbreaking premium crime drama “Spiral.”Covering VOD and home entertainment rights, the licensing agreement takes in Season 1 and the brand new Season 2 of “UFOs,” which is part of Studiocanal’s MipTV’s sales slate, led by “Django,” starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Noomi Rapace and Canneseries official selection title “Infiniti.” The sales also include Season 1 and Season 2, now in production, of large-scale period crime drama “Paris Police” and the renewal of the entire eight seasons of the multiple award-winning “Spiral.” Series will be made available to MHz Networks’ viewers across North America.A retro French mystery dramedy produced by François Ivernel at Paris-based Montebello Productions, “UFOs” is set in 1978 France, a world of aviator glasses, patterned shirts and near fridge-sized computers.It turns on Didier Mathure, a brilliant space engineer but less competent husband who is transferred in disgrace to a real-life French government UFO department populated by a bevy of odd-balls with hearts of gold.A high-end, crafted slice of 1899 Parisian Noir unspooling as the capital seethes with anti-Semitism, violence, riots, conspiracy and the customary women’s subjugation of the age, “Paris Police” is created and written by Fabien Nury, a celebrated French graphic novelist (“I Am Legion,” “Il était une fois en France”).Among other major.