Warner Bros. Discovery’s Vera Peltekian Discusses First French Original ‘The Mythomaniac of the Bataclan’ and Streamer’s Plans in France (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent Don’t expect Warner Bros. Discovery’s French original programming team to follow Netflix and Amazon Prime Video’s trail and chase teen audiences.
Vera Peltekian, VP and head of streaming original production for the banner, says the standalone service’s bow in France “is on the roadmap” with a raft of “bold and director-driven Max originals targeting adult audiences in line with what the HBO brand is known for.” Peltekian, who previously worked 15 years at Canal + and played a major role in the pay TV group’s critically acclaimed series such as “The Returned,” “Spiral” and “Savages,” revealed that Warner Bros.
Discovery’s first French original will be “The Mythomaniac of the Bataclan,” a four-part series inspired by the true story of a woman who conned her way into a victims’ association and quickly became one of its pillars.
Now shooting on location in Paris, “The Mythomaniac of the Bataclan” is headlined by Laure Calamy, the versatile Cesar-winning actor of “My Donkey, My Lover & I,” hit series “Call My Agent” and more recently Sebastien Marner’s Venice-premiering “The Origin of Evil.” The series begins on the night of the terror attack at the Bataclan concert hall on Nov.
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