“Name My Agent!,” the hit French present set at a Parisian expertise company, is ready for a lot of worldwide variations with remakes within the works at high streamers and broadcasters in South Korea, Indonesia, the Center East, Philippines, Malaysia and Poland.
Co-represented by France Televisions Distribution and Newen Join’s TF1 Studio, the present was beforehand tailored in India, Canada and Turkey. A U.Okay. remake with BAFTA award winner John Morton as head author and director of the primary two episodes will quickly launch on Amazon U.Okay. and Sundance Now within the U.S. In Italy, the remake is being produced by Palomar for Sky with German filmmaker Oliver Hirschbiegel on board.
In Indonesia, the present is being tailored by Erik Matti, the critically acclaimed director of “On The Job,” who will function director and showrunner. Dondon Monteverde is government producer. The writing group contains Senedy Que (“A Mom’s Story”), Jinky Laurel (“Tanging Yaman”) and Chris Violago (“The Final Manilaners”).
Ordered by Disney Plus Hotstar, the sequence will probably be headlined by Angel Locsin (“The Basic’s Daughter”) and Edu Manzano (“Marry Me, Marry You”), a neighborhood star concerned in performing, sports activities and politics. The eight-part present will kick off manufacturing in April or Might.
The Indonesian remake of “Name My Agent!” is a part of Disney’s drive to create authentic content material in Asia-Pacific. The streamer just lately introduced its plan to create 50 authentic sequence and exhibits within the area by 2023.
Different topnotch companions for native remakes embrace NBC within the Center East, HBO Go within the Philippines, Astro in Malaysia and TVN in Poland. A South Korean associate will probably be unveiled at a later stage.
Created by Fanny Herrero for French broadcaster France Televisions, the French hit sequence — initially titled “Dix Pour Cent” — revolves across the private {and professional} lives of a tight-knit however typically dysfunctional group of charismatic Parisian expertise brokers. The sequence wrapped its fourth and finale season final yr and producers Harold Valentin at Mom Manufacturing and Dominique Besnehard at Mon Voisin Productions are presently creating a “Name My Agent” TV film. Besnehard, a former casting director-turned-producer, conceived of the unique thought for the present, together with dozens of episodes.
Netflix picked up the sequence a number of months after Season 1 launched on France Televisions’ flagship channel France 2.
“I bear in mind when the sequence was first launched to patrons at Mipcom in 2015, we had Cedric Klapisch (the filmmaker of ‘The Spanish Condo’), who was giving interviews and Dominique Besnehard,” stated Sabine Chemaly, who’s head of worldwide gross sales for movies at TF1 Studios and reps the present and its format in “shared custody” with Julia Schulte, head of worldwide gross sales at France TV Distribution.
“On the time, most French sequence that have been profitable have been procedurals and cop exhibits, so ‘Name My Agent!’ with its comedic tone and Paris as a backdrop and primary character actually stood out,” added Chemaly.
“It was a really glamorous package deal and a completely totally different type of comedy sequence in France, the place the worlds of movie and sequence have been starting to return collectively, not solely with the celebrities doing cameos but in addition with Cedric Klapisch making his TV debut,” added Schulte.
The ensemble forged has damaged by because of the present’s new-found international viewers. Camille Cottin, who performs no-nonsense agent Andréa, starred in “Stillwater” reverse Matt Damon, and likewise had a job in “Home of Gucci.” Laure Calamy, in the meantime, who portrays lovestruck secretary Noémie, received a Cesar award for her position in “My Donkey, My Lover and I” in 2021 and Venice’s Venice Horizons Award for greatest actress for Eric Gravel’s “A plein temps” in 2021.
Netflix initially purchased the present exterior of sure territories together with France, Germany and Spain, after which pre-bought the next season for the world. The present’s fourth season aired on France Televisions earlier than it rolled out on Netflix globally. Chemaly and Schulte stated the streamer has already renewed “Name My Agent!”‘s international rights for all 4 seasons, that means it’s not coming off the platform anytime quickly.
The number of streamers and networks connected for the worldwide remakes underscores the flexibility of ‘Name My Agent!,” stated Schulte. “It’s a multi-faceted present which appeals to wide-ranging audiences, from pay TV to public broadcasters and streaming providers.”
All seven remakes are anticipated to enter manufacturing in 2022. Three or 4 extra remakes will comply with, together with within the Czech Republic, Greece, Germany and Spain, in response to the gross sales brokers.
In every territory, “the format is being tailored by producers who’ve entry to the native expertise pool,” stated Chemaly. The chief stated the variations received’t be straight copies of the unique format, however will have a good time the distinctive features of their respective industries. The U.Okay. remake, as an example, can have a big emphasis on the world of reside theater as a result of the West Finish performs such a significant position within the British biz.
