Universal International Studios’ Beatrice Springborn Details Deal With Quoc Dang Tran and Global Talent Strategy

variety.com:

Manori Ravindran International EditorUniversal International Studios has struck a first-look deal with “Call My Agent!” and “Parallèles” writer Quoc Dang Tran as it continues a charm offensive directed at international creators.UIS has inked a first-look deal with the French-Vietnamese writer and showrunner who will develop and produce English and French-language television projects with the studio for the global market.

French-language series will be co-produced with the “Marianne” writer’s recently formed label, Daïmôn Films.“He really leads from themes that speak to his heart versus responding to the industry, so we’re excited to do business with a creator who listens to their gut instead of just what the network is mandating,” Beatrice Springborn, president of Universal International Studios, tells Variety ahead of a keynote at French TV festival Series Mania. “That has helped him stand out as someone with a real point of view, [who] is a real visionary.”Dang Tran added: “It’s an absolute privilege to join Universal International Studios, a studio that’s dedicated to telling bold and compelling stories.

I couldn’t be more thrilled to have a creative home at a place where creators’ originality and distinctive vision of the world are truly fostered.”Dang Tran — who is represented by Film Talents in France and Range Media Partners in the U.S. — served as a writer on hit French comedy “Call My Agent!,” a France Televisions title that has become a global sensation via Netflix.

In 2018, he created “Nox,” a limited series for Canal Plus, and went on to write the 2019 Netflix series “Marianne.”His new series “Parallèles,” which world premieres at Series Mania, will debut on Disney Plus on March 23.