France’s Gaumont and Albertine Productions have introduced they’re creating a French characteristic movie model of Robin Hood.
Ludovic Bernard, whose credit embrace characteristic The Climb and episodes of hit sequence Lupin, which Gaumont produced for Netflix, will direct.
He may also co-write the screenplay with Julien Lambroschini, whose credit embrace Melanie Laurent’s Breathe, and male synchronized swim crew comedy Sink Or Swim.
Gaumont CEO Sidonie Dumas is producing for Gaumont, which may also deal with French distribution and worldwide gross sales, with Matthieu Tarot at Albertine Productions.
“Robin des Bois’ ambition is immense. Robin is a brigand with a giant coronary heart: he’s Saxon, he falls in love with a Norman, he’s trustworthy to his King and he redistributes wealth.” stated Tarot.
“After Eroll Flynn, Walt Disney’s Fox and Kevin Costner, our want is to convey a French contact to this modern-day hero. I’m very proud to deal with this nice journey movie with Gaumont, in a useful relationship of belief and loyalty.”
Tarot’s current credit underneath the Albertine Productions banner embrace kids’s Placés, a couple of younger man who takes a life-changing job in a kids’s house, and Allan Mauduit’s crime comedy Rebels.
Dumas and Tarot beforehand collaborated on the 2015 courtroom drama Courted, starring Fabrice Luchini and Sidse Babett Knudsen.
