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Gallic Steampunk Superhero Series ‘The Chimera Brigade’ Unveiled by Louis Leterrier, Sacrebleu Productions (EXCLUSIVE)
'Fast X' director Louis Leterrier makes his animated debut with steampunk superhero series evocative of Jules Verne and 'The Rocketeer.'
“Fast X” and “Lupin” director Louis Leterrier will make his animation debut with “The Chimera Brigade,” an action/sci-fi series that pulls from European folklore and pop culture and turns a simple comic-book premise: What if Marie Curie’s discoveries help birth the world’s first superheroes? Taking place between the two world wars in a steampunk (or more precisely, radiumpunk) vision of Paris evocative of Jules Verne and “The Rocketeer,” the series sets a Gallic and Teutonic superhuman squads against one another in a race to prevent – or accelerate – the next global conflict. Like a continental counterpart to Alan Moore’s “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,” the series folds in figures from European literature and mythology, including Doctor Mabuse, the Golem of Prague and Dietrich-esque femme fatale known as the Blue Angel.
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