PARIS -- An insatiable appetite for detective and cop dramas in France has local broadcasters gearing up to present a police-heavy program roster this fall. With the new lineups ready to unwrap later this month, sources say that the healthy French appetite for cop shows will strongly influence schedules. Canal Plus, which has steered clear of commissioning cop series to this point, will air Engrenages (Spirals), its first-ever French police drama. The series will focus on flaws in the French judicial system. And market leader TF1, which reserves primetime slots on Mondays and Thursdays for police action, has roped in feature film director Olivier Marchal (36 Quai des Orfevres) to conceptualize a new police miniseries tentatively titled Flic, to be produced by GMT Prods. and producer Francois Engenger. Shooting is set to begin later this year.
- 8/15/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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