CANNES -- A brooding Alain Delon prowled into Cannes on Tuesday to announce that he will star in an adaptation of Joseph Kessel's classic French novel The Lion and play the title role in the original cop miniseries Frank Riva, both for pubcaster France 2. Both productions will be written by Philippe Setbon. Delon is co-producing both programs, the first time he has done so for television works despite having produced more than 20 movies. Riva is produced by PM Audiovisuel and is co-produced with Italy's RAI, Germany's ZDF and Swiss pubcaster TSR. The three 90-minute episodes are due to begin shooting in February, with a total budget of about 10 million ($9.8 million), nearly two-thirds coming from France 2.
- 10/9/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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