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‘Emily in Paris’ and ‘Monsieur Spade’ Lead the Charge For France-Focused Shoots
With series like 'Emily in Paris' to 'Franklin,' France has become Europe's top destination for film and television production.
Returning titles such as Netflix’s “Emily in Paris” (which is currently shooting Season 4), limited series such as AMC’s Clive Owen-led “Monsieur Spade” and mammoth biographical dramas including Apple TV+’s “The New Look” and “Franklin” all seized on Franco-centric narrative elements to take full advantage of the country’s production infrastructure. Over the course of 118 production days, the project’s bi-national historical import lent producers “a lot of pull” with the French ministry of culture, Bernard tells Variety, easing access to heritage sites in Versailles, Paris’ Palais Royale and the castles of Ormesson-sur-Marne more than, say, a contemporary action movie might be granted. Last year, Gaumont launched its own production-services and line-producing banner, hiring veterans of “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” and “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” to prospect and proselytize, touting the benefits of the local industry for projects not initially threaded with French DNA.
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