The fifth edition will see the TV festival return to its original springtime slot to run alongside MipTV.
French Oscar-winning director Xavier De Lestrade’s investigative thriller The Inside Game, Seeds Of Wrath and Danish bio-series The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen are among the 10 new series selected for competition in the upcoming edition of French TV festival Canneseries (April 1-6).
The fifth edition sees the event return its traditional springtime slot coinciding with the MipTV content market (April 4-6), after the festival moved to September in 2021 due to the Covid-pandemic.
Political thriller The Inside Game, Seeds Of Wrath stars Alix Poisson...
French Oscar-winning director Xavier De Lestrade’s investigative thriller The Inside Game, Seeds Of Wrath and Danish bio-series The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen are among the 10 new series selected for competition in the upcoming edition of French TV festival Canneseries (April 1-6).
The fifth edition sees the event return its traditional springtime slot coinciding with the MipTV content market (April 4-6), after the festival moved to September in 2021 due to the Covid-pandemic.
Political thriller The Inside Game, Seeds Of Wrath stars Alix Poisson...
- 3/8/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Tagline: "A Deadly Epidemic Strikes the Lake Community. No One Can Escape an Invisible Killer." "Fear by the Lake" is a television series from France. Offering six episodes, this French language series envisions a future pandemic, in an isolated community. The first season has already run in France. TF1 International is handling a possible North American or worldwide release. And, the series creator is Jérôme Cornuau (The Next). Julie De Bona (The Gilded Cage), Lannick Gautry (Vanished by the Lake), Pierre Perrier (The Returned), Juliette Plumecocq-Mech and many others star in the series. Also, an episode trailer, longer synopsis and English language poster are available here, for fans of international productions. The series' synopsis also talks about the virus being a curse. Spreading throughout the city of Annecy, those uninfected are searching for the origins of the virus, while questioning whether this is a biological attack. As the victims increase in numbers,...
- 4/29/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Streaming services are boosting French TV production. Pascal Breton, whose Paris-based company Federation Entertainment co-produced “Marseille” and most recently “Marianne,” said the biggest benefit of streaming services, and Netflix in particular, is the way in which it has created a world audience for French shows. “Netflix amplifies the appeal of French shows abroad, and we expect that ‘Marianne’ will get a bigger audience outside of France than locally,” says Breton.
“That’s the model of Netflix — they’re counting as much on the Spanish, French and British series than on the American and Korean series to attract and retain subscribers,” adds Breton, whose company now has several projects in the pipeline with streaming services.
At Mipcom, the international biz will get a look at these buzzy French TV titles:
“They Were Ten”
Director: Pascal Laugier
Six-part psychological thriller adapted from the Agatha Christie novel involves 10 people at a luxury hotel...
“That’s the model of Netflix — they’re counting as much on the Spanish, French and British series than on the American and Korean series to attract and retain subscribers,” adds Breton, whose company now has several projects in the pipeline with streaming services.
At Mipcom, the international biz will get a look at these buzzy French TV titles:
“They Were Ten”
Director: Pascal Laugier
Six-part psychological thriller adapted from the Agatha Christie novel involves 10 people at a luxury hotel...
- 10/14/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Season two of the French series The Returned debuts on Sundance TV on Halloween, but is there more story to tell? The creator of the series, Fabrice Gobert, spoke about the series with Digital Spy, and he is not against a third season.
"I think there can be a third, but season two is really constructed as a mirror to season one. There are a lot of questions, a lot of mysteries, a lot of stories that began in season one, and those had to be completed in season two. So we can imagine easily season three, but I think it would be different from the two first chapters."
Two members of the cast, Pierre Perrier and Jenna Thiam, also teased the possibility of a third season. However, season two will give fans a satisfactory ending.
Are you a fan of The Returned? Would you want more? Tell us...
"I think there can be a third, but season two is really constructed as a mirror to season one. There are a lot of questions, a lot of mysteries, a lot of stories that began in season one, and those had to be completed in season two. So we can imagine easily season three, but I think it would be different from the two first chapters."
Two members of the cast, Pierre Perrier and Jenna Thiam, also teased the possibility of a third season. However, season two will give fans a satisfactory ending.
Are you a fan of The Returned? Would you want more? Tell us...
- 10/20/2015
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Warning: This article contains spoilers that some readers may prefer to avoid.
Good news - The Returned is back, with its beautiful people, Gallic drama and Mogwai chords. Bad news - the first series aired in 2013 and, two years on, all we can remember is "the Lake Pub".
Great news - Digital Spy has prepared a handy guide, for anyone looking to refresh their memories ahead of tonight's (superb) series two premiere:
The basics
The dead have begun returning to life in a small French mountain town. But these are no flesh-chomping zombies - beyond a ferocious appetite, the 'Returned' appear perfectly healthy and normal.
The town, though, is plagued by other strange phenomena - power outages, the reservoir's water level dropping dramatically and strange marks appearing on the bodies of both the living and dead.
What happened in series one's finale?
Remember Toni (Grégory Gadebois), manager of the Lake Pub?...
Good news - The Returned is back, with its beautiful people, Gallic drama and Mogwai chords. Bad news - the first series aired in 2013 and, two years on, all we can remember is "the Lake Pub".
Great news - Digital Spy has prepared a handy guide, for anyone looking to refresh their memories ahead of tonight's (superb) series two premiere:
The basics
The dead have begun returning to life in a small French mountain town. But these are no flesh-chomping zombies - beyond a ferocious appetite, the 'Returned' appear perfectly healthy and normal.
The town, though, is plagued by other strange phenomena - power outages, the reservoir's water level dropping dramatically and strange marks appearing on the bodies of both the living and dead.
What happened in series one's finale?
Remember Toni (Grégory Gadebois), manager of the Lake Pub?...
- 10/16/2015
- Digital Spy
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The Returned series 2 arrives on More4 in the UK tonight, Friday the 16th of October. We spoke to its creators and cast…
Fabrice Gobert, the French creator of supernatural drama The Returned, speaks good English. An inevitability of using a second language though, is the odd grammatical slip. One such slip made by Gobert at the press launch for The Returned series two is too perfect to let pass by. A pitfall of writing fantasy TV, Gobert said, is that “you can lost yourself”.
Add a capital letter to the ‘l’ word, and you can say that again.
During its enviably long run, Lost became both the high and low benchmark for atmospheric, existentially fraught TV dramas. Its early seasons gripped viewers, but its later runs frustrated many by failing to achieve the perfect ratio of mysteries to answers. That’s the tricky challenge The Returned is facing in series two.
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The Returned series 2 arrives on More4 in the UK tonight, Friday the 16th of October. We spoke to its creators and cast…
Fabrice Gobert, the French creator of supernatural drama The Returned, speaks good English. An inevitability of using a second language though, is the odd grammatical slip. One such slip made by Gobert at the press launch for The Returned series two is too perfect to let pass by. A pitfall of writing fantasy TV, Gobert said, is that “you can lost yourself”.
Add a capital letter to the ‘l’ word, and you can say that again.
During its enviably long run, Lost became both the high and low benchmark for atmospheric, existentially fraught TV dramas. Its early seasons gripped viewers, but its later runs frustrated many by failing to achieve the perfect ratio of mysteries to answers. That’s the tricky challenge The Returned is facing in series two.
- 10/16/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The Returned is back for a second series - but will these next eight episodes bring the story to a close?
Fabrice Gobert, creator of the chilling French drama, told press including Digital Spy that he is not ruling out a third series.
"I think there can be a third," he said. "But season two is really constructed as a mirror to season one. There are a lot of questions, a lot of mysteries, a lot of stories that began in season one, and those had to be completed in season two.
"So we can imagine easily season three, but I think it would be different from the two first chapters."
Gobert had planned the climax of The Returned to the very final image. However, while that image does still feature in series two's finale, it is no longer the last shot.
"I had it [in my head] when I wrote season one,...
Fabrice Gobert, creator of the chilling French drama, told press including Digital Spy that he is not ruling out a third series.
"I think there can be a third," he said. "But season two is really constructed as a mirror to season one. There are a lot of questions, a lot of mysteries, a lot of stories that began in season one, and those had to be completed in season two.
"So we can imagine easily season three, but I think it would be different from the two first chapters."
Gobert had planned the climax of The Returned to the very final image. However, while that image does still feature in series two's finale, it is no longer the last shot.
"I had it [in my head] when I wrote season one,...
- 10/16/2015
- Digital Spy
The Us remake of chilling French drama The Returned ran for just one season - and it's fair to say the team behind the original show were not fans.
Pierre Perrier (Simon) and Jenna Thiam (Lena) told press including Digital Spy that they were not impressed by what little they saw of the American series.
"I saw ten minutes of it," Perrier admitted. "It was the same shots. But... bad. So I stopped it."
"I've seen it very briefly," Thiam added. "But there's no artistic movement behind it. It's just, 'Oh this was a big hit, let's copy it'. - it's a different way of thinking."
Fabrice Gobert, creator of the original Les Revenants, confirmed that he played no role in the Us remake, but did speak briefly with its showrunner, Lost veteran Carlton Cuse.
"They asked me if I wanted to participate, but I couldn't, because I was writing season two [of the French show]," he explained.
Pierre Perrier (Simon) and Jenna Thiam (Lena) told press including Digital Spy that they were not impressed by what little they saw of the American series.
"I saw ten minutes of it," Perrier admitted. "It was the same shots. But... bad. So I stopped it."
"I've seen it very briefly," Thiam added. "But there's no artistic movement behind it. It's just, 'Oh this was a big hit, let's copy it'. - it's a different way of thinking."
Fabrice Gobert, creator of the original Les Revenants, confirmed that he played no role in the Us remake, but did speak briefly with its showrunner, Lost veteran Carlton Cuse.
"They asked me if I wanted to participate, but I couldn't, because I was writing season two [of the French show]," he explained.
- 10/15/2015
- Digital Spy
Spooky French drama The Returned is back for a second series - but why has it taken over 2 years for new episodes to reach our screens?
In fact, there's been a 3-year gap since the first series aired in its naive France - but creator Fabrice Gobert told press including Digital Spy that the French television industry is simply not equipped to work at a faster pace.
"It's a problem in France. and we have to solve it," he said. "As a spectator, when I love a series, I expect it to have 10 episodes every year. I would be very frustrated if Game of Thrones stopped for three years.
"So we know that we have to improve that in France, everybody knows that, but it's difficult to imagine a system where we have to make 10 episodes every year.
"In France, you have to write every script before shooting. So you...
In fact, there's been a 3-year gap since the first series aired in its naive France - but creator Fabrice Gobert told press including Digital Spy that the French television industry is simply not equipped to work at a faster pace.
"It's a problem in France. and we have to solve it," he said. "As a spectator, when I love a series, I expect it to have 10 episodes every year. I would be very frustrated if Game of Thrones stopped for three years.
"So we know that we have to improve that in France, everybody knows that, but it's difficult to imagine a system where we have to make 10 episodes every year.
"In France, you have to write every script before shooting. So you...
- 10/14/2015
- Digital Spy
The next seven days are just bursting with quality television, with almost too many of our telly favourites making a triumphant return.
The Apprentice, The Walking Dead, Tfi Friday and The Returned are all back - and that's just the start. Make sure to tune in, or set your DVR, for this little lot.
1. The Apprentice - Wednesday / Thursday, 9pm on BBC One
Lord Sugar's search for his next business partner... begins. A new roster of budding entrepreneurs are looking to impress Shugs, Karren Brady and - replacing Nick Hewer - the formidable Claude Littner. And as ever, there's some prize berks among them.
One candidate even compares himself - without a hint of irony - to Martin Luther King Jr. We predict his dream of business success might not come true.
2. The Walking Dead - Monday, 9pm on Fox UK
One of Us TV's best drama series, and certainly one of its goriest,...
The Apprentice, The Walking Dead, Tfi Friday and The Returned are all back - and that's just the start. Make sure to tune in, or set your DVR, for this little lot.
1. The Apprentice - Wednesday / Thursday, 9pm on BBC One
Lord Sugar's search for his next business partner... begins. A new roster of budding entrepreneurs are looking to impress Shugs, Karren Brady and - replacing Nick Hewer - the formidable Claude Littner. And as ever, there's some prize berks among them.
One candidate even compares himself - without a hint of irony - to Martin Luther King Jr. We predict his dream of business success might not come true.
2. The Walking Dead - Monday, 9pm on Fox UK
One of Us TV's best drama series, and certainly one of its goriest,...
- 10/11/2015
- Digital Spy
While the dead returning to life has traditionally been the foray of the horror genre, a number of movies and tv shows over the years have used the premise to tell different kinds of stories. Among the latter group is the French television series The Returned. Also known as Les Revenants, the show made its debut in 2012, growing its fans in ensuing years, with many eagerly anticipating the second season.
Following the airing of the second season premiere and second episode at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, a premiere date has now been announced. The second season will once again air on SundanceTV, beginning on October 31st at 10 pm Et. The second season synopsis is as follows.
The second season picks up six months after the deceased disappeared into the mountains with Simon (Pierre Perrier), Camille (Yara Pilartz), her mother, Claire (Anne Consigny), Julie (Céline Sallette) and the mysterious youngster Victor (Swann Nambotin). Since then,...
Following the airing of the second season premiere and second episode at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, a premiere date has now been announced. The second season will once again air on SundanceTV, beginning on October 31st at 10 pm Et. The second season synopsis is as follows.
The second season picks up six months after the deceased disappeared into the mountains with Simon (Pierre Perrier), Camille (Yara Pilartz), her mother, Claire (Anne Consigny), Julie (Céline Sallette) and the mysterious youngster Victor (Swann Nambotin). Since then,...
- 10/2/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
"The dead are back." That's the chilling message at the heart of this trailer for The Returned's second series.
The Lake Pub is back open for business on Friday, October 16 at 9pm.
The series will also be moving from Channel 4 to More4.
The Returned centres on a small French town where many of the deceased rise from the dead, seemingly fine and normal.
Series two picks up six months later, with Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) are still searching for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz), while a mysterious man named Berg (Laurent Lucas) pays a visit to the town, appearing to know more than he actually claims.
The second run is getting a Halloween premiere in the Us, launching October 31 on SundanceTV.
The Lake Pub is back open for business on Friday, October 16 at 9pm.
The series will also be moving from Channel 4 to More4.
The Returned centres on a small French town where many of the deceased rise from the dead, seemingly fine and normal.
Series two picks up six months later, with Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) are still searching for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz), while a mysterious man named Berg (Laurent Lucas) pays a visit to the town, appearing to know more than he actually claims.
The second run is getting a Halloween premiere in the Us, launching October 31 on SundanceTV.
- 9/30/2015
- Digital Spy
The Returned will finally be back on our screens this autumn - but the spooky French thriller is shifting channels.
The unorthodox zombie series is moving from Channel 4 to More4 for its second series.
It's been two years since The Returned gripped the nation with its tale of deceased French folk coming back from the dead.
Set six months on from the events of the first series, series two will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Meanwhile Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg (Laurent Lucas) - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
Channel 4 is yet to confirm when new episodes will air on...
The unorthodox zombie series is moving from Channel 4 to More4 for its second series.
It's been two years since The Returned gripped the nation with its tale of deceased French folk coming back from the dead.
Set six months on from the events of the first series, series two will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Meanwhile Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg (Laurent Lucas) - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
Channel 4 is yet to confirm when new episodes will air on...
- 9/28/2015
- Digital Spy
The French resurrection drama Les Revenants, also known as The Returned, is set to return for a second season later this year.
While a formal return date has not been announced, the series’ second season has been now announced for a fall return, with the season’s first teaser now released. Anne Consigny, Clotilde Hesme, and Pierre Perrier are among those who are set to reprise their roles for the show’s second season.
The show revolves around a group of previously dead people who begin reappearing in a small French town, with no previous connection outside of their demise. The show’s second season will pick up six months after the end of the first season and will also consist of eight episodes, like the show’s first season.
This marks the series’ return after three years off the air, due to writing delays that pushed back shooting, as...
While a formal return date has not been announced, the series’ second season has been now announced for a fall return, with the season’s first teaser now released. Anne Consigny, Clotilde Hesme, and Pierre Perrier are among those who are set to reprise their roles for the show’s second season.
The show revolves around a group of previously dead people who begin reappearing in a small French town, with no previous connection outside of their demise. The show’s second season will pick up six months after the end of the first season and will also consist of eight episodes, like the show’s first season.
This marks the series’ return after three years off the air, due to writing delays that pushed back shooting, as...
- 8/20/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
The Returned is returning - as Channel 4 confirms the series will be back on UK screens soon.
The second series of the paranormal French thriller will air this autumn.
Its UK premiere will come shortly after new episodes air on Canal+ in France.
It's been two years since The Returned gripped the nation with its tale of deceased French folk coming back from the dead.
Set six months on from the events of the first series, series two will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Meanwhile Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg (Laurent Lucas) - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
Us network A...
The second series of the paranormal French thriller will air this autumn.
Its UK premiere will come shortly after new episodes air on Canal+ in France.
It's been two years since The Returned gripped the nation with its tale of deceased French folk coming back from the dead.
Set six months on from the events of the first series, series two will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child.
Meanwhile Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg (Laurent Lucas) - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
Us network A...
- 8/17/2015
- Digital Spy
Toronto brass on Thursday paid homage to arguably the most dynamic and provocative content format in entertainment, announcing the festival’s inaugural slate of six TV projects from the likes of Baltasar Kormákur, Jason Reitman and Lucía Puenzo.
The selections highlight what Tiff director and CEO Piers Handling called a “cross-pollination” of the film and TV worlds from international storytellers, broadcasters and streaming services.
The six selections appear below. All are world premieres except The Returned, which is an international premiere.
Casual (Us), created by Zander Lehmann and directed by Jason Reitman.
Episodes 1 and 2 of the comedy from Hulu and Lionsgate that follows a dating site entrepreneur and his therapist sister who move in together after the latter’s recent divorce.
Starring Tommy Dewey, Michaela Watkins and Tara Lynne Barr.
Cromo (Argentina), created by Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo.
Episodes 1, 2 and 8 of the eco-thriller from directors Lucía Puenzo (Xxy, Wakolda), Pablo Fendrik (Blood Appears, El Ardor) and Nicolás Puenzo...
The selections highlight what Tiff director and CEO Piers Handling called a “cross-pollination” of the film and TV worlds from international storytellers, broadcasters and streaming services.
The six selections appear below. All are world premieres except The Returned, which is an international premiere.
Casual (Us), created by Zander Lehmann and directed by Jason Reitman.
Episodes 1 and 2 of the comedy from Hulu and Lionsgate that follows a dating site entrepreneur and his therapist sister who move in together after the latter’s recent divorce.
Starring Tommy Dewey, Michaela Watkins and Tara Lynne Barr.
Cromo (Argentina), created by Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo.
Episodes 1, 2 and 8 of the eco-thriller from directors Lucía Puenzo (Xxy, Wakolda), Pablo Fendrik (Blood Appears, El Ardor) and Nicolás Puenzo...
- 8/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Toronto brass on Thursday paid homage to arguably the most dynamic and provocative content format in entertainment, announcing the festival’s inaugural slate of six TV projects from the likes of Baltasar Kormákur, Jason Reitman and Lucía Puenzo.
The selections highlight what Tiff director and CEO Piers Handling called a “cross-pollination” of the film and TV worlds from international storytellers, broadcasters and streaming services.
The six selections appear below. All are world premieres except The Returned, which is an international premiere.
Casual (Us), created by Zander Lehmann and directed by Jason Reitman.
Episodes 1 and 2 of the comedy from Hulu and Lionsgate that follows a dating site entrepreneur and his therapist sister who move in together after the latter’s recent divorce.
Starring Tommy Dewey, Michaela Watkins and Tara Lynne Barr.
Cromo (Argentina), created by Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo.
Episodes 1, 2 and 8 of the eco-thriller from directors Lucía Puenzo (Xxy, Wakolda), Pablo Fendrik (Blood Appears, El Ardor) and Nicolás Puenzo...
The selections highlight what Tiff director and CEO Piers Handling called a “cross-pollination” of the film and TV worlds from international storytellers, broadcasters and streaming services.
The six selections appear below. All are world premieres except The Returned, which is an international premiere.
Casual (Us), created by Zander Lehmann and directed by Jason Reitman.
Episodes 1 and 2 of the comedy from Hulu and Lionsgate that follows a dating site entrepreneur and his therapist sister who move in together after the latter’s recent divorce.
Starring Tommy Dewey, Michaela Watkins and Tara Lynne Barr.
Cromo (Argentina), created by Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo.
Episodes 1, 2 and 8 of the eco-thriller from directors Lucía Puenzo (Xxy, Wakolda), Pablo Fendrik (Blood Appears, El Ardor) and Nicolás Puenzo...
- 8/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Boiler Plate Weekend: Granier-Deferre’s Familiar, Forgettable Getaway
Inappropriate lovers contending with a criminal while trapped in an isolated locale is hardly an original premise on its own and Christophe Granier-Deferre’s directorial debut, Dirty Weekend, doesn’t supply the necessary energy to make up for its familiarity. Bypassing a theatrical release altogether, even its title has been subjected to reconsideration, initially titled Le Weekend (snagged by Roger Michell for his 2013 film), Neil Labute’s Alice Eve/Matthew Broderick vehicle will most likely superimpose Granier-Deferre’s alternate, as well. Rudimentary, predictable, and sometimes a bit forced in its bid for a comedic affect, you’ll see every narrative twist and turn miles before they land.
Arriving in Normandy from England for a weekend getaway, Mike’s (Jamie Palmer) actions seem immediately suspicious, finagling a car rental with cash rather than a credit card. He’s a married teacher that’s...
Inappropriate lovers contending with a criminal while trapped in an isolated locale is hardly an original premise on its own and Christophe Granier-Deferre’s directorial debut, Dirty Weekend, doesn’t supply the necessary energy to make up for its familiarity. Bypassing a theatrical release altogether, even its title has been subjected to reconsideration, initially titled Le Weekend (snagged by Roger Michell for his 2013 film), Neil Labute’s Alice Eve/Matthew Broderick vehicle will most likely superimpose Granier-Deferre’s alternate, as well. Rudimentary, predictable, and sometimes a bit forced in its bid for a comedic affect, you’ll see every narrative twist and turn miles before they land.
Arriving in Normandy from England for a weekend getaway, Mike’s (Jamie Palmer) actions seem immediately suspicious, finagling a car rental with cash rather than a credit card. He’s a married teacher that’s...
- 10/22/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The Returned has begun filming its second series.
The supernatural thriller - known as Les Revenants in its native France - started shooting earlier this week and will continue until March 20, 2015.
All of the original cast will return for eight new episodes, with actor Laurent Lucas also joining for series two.
Set six months after the conclusion of the first run, the new episodes will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child, while Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
The show will return to Canal+ in late 2015. Channel 4 has confirmed that it will air series two in the UK,...
The supernatural thriller - known as Les Revenants in its native France - started shooting earlier this week and will continue until March 20, 2015.
All of the original cast will return for eight new episodes, with actor Laurent Lucas also joining for series two.
Set six months after the conclusion of the first run, the new episodes will see Adele (Clotilde Hesme) about to give birth to Simon's (Pierre Perrier) child, while Lena (Jenna Thiam) and her father Jerome (Frederic Pierrot) search desperately for Claire (Anne Consigny) and Camille (Yara Pilartz).
Matters are complicated further when a stranger named Berg - who knows more than he claims - arrives into town. Worse still, a new wave of resurrections could be about to occur.
The show will return to Canal+ in late 2015. Channel 4 has confirmed that it will air series two in the UK,...
- 10/1/2014
- Digital Spy
The Returned (original French title: Les Revenants)
Written by Fabrice Gobert, Emmannuelle Carrère, Fabien Adda, Nathalie Saugeon
Directed by Fabrice Gobert (episodes 1-4) and Frédéric Mermoud (episodes 5-8)
Premiered on November 26th 2012 on Canal+
Satisfying the hunger of movie and television consumers in dire need of original content grows more difficult with each and every passing year. Not only do the people who produce content want to release more of the same, but the very fact of the matter is that nearly every story has already been told. What bold, creative new ideas can emerge in this early 21st century, where the quantity of the content grows exponentially at a dizzying rate? Making a television show that looks, sounds, and most importantly feels like no other is no small order. One option is to genre mash; that is, splicing two or more disparate genres together to make something that, while familiar,...
Written by Fabrice Gobert, Emmannuelle Carrère, Fabien Adda, Nathalie Saugeon
Directed by Fabrice Gobert (episodes 1-4) and Frédéric Mermoud (episodes 5-8)
Premiered on November 26th 2012 on Canal+
Satisfying the hunger of movie and television consumers in dire need of original content grows more difficult with each and every passing year. Not only do the people who produce content want to release more of the same, but the very fact of the matter is that nearly every story has already been told. What bold, creative new ideas can emerge in this early 21st century, where the quantity of the content grows exponentially at a dizzying rate? Making a television show that looks, sounds, and most importantly feels like no other is no small order. One option is to genre mash; that is, splicing two or more disparate genres together to make something that, while familiar,...
- 6/12/2014
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
As "The Returned" heads into its Season 1 finale, there are still some big twists to be revealed.
One big surprise comes in the above clip of episode 8, "La horde," which is a Zap2it exclusive. Though the Horde is nowhere to be seen here, there is some pretty serious drama happening in the Simon-Adele storyline.
In the clip, Simon (Pierre Perrier) and Lucy (Ana Girardot) show up to take Chloe (Brune Martin) away, much to Adele's (Clotilde Hesme) horror. But that isn't the biggest surprise revealed here. It turns out that Adele is pregnant again with Simon's child, this time making it a zombie baby. Expect this to be a pretty big plot point going forward.
"The Returned" finale airs at 9 p.m. Et Thursday (Dec. 19). What have you thought of this season so far?...
One big surprise comes in the above clip of episode 8, "La horde," which is a Zap2it exclusive. Though the Horde is nowhere to be seen here, there is some pretty serious drama happening in the Simon-Adele storyline.
In the clip, Simon (Pierre Perrier) and Lucy (Ana Girardot) show up to take Chloe (Brune Martin) away, much to Adele's (Clotilde Hesme) horror. But that isn't the biggest surprise revealed here. It turns out that Adele is pregnant again with Simon's child, this time making it a zombie baby. Expect this to be a pretty big plot point going forward.
"The Returned" finale airs at 9 p.m. Et Thursday (Dec. 19). What have you thought of this season so far?...
- 12/18/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Sundance Channel's French zombie drama, "The Returned," is the latest supernatural series to take the television landscape by storm. After premiering on Oct. 31 to positive reviews, the story continues in episode 2, "Simon."
Zap2it has an exclusive clip from the second episode, which can be watched above. In it, Simon (Pierre Perrier) goes to see his former fiancee Adele (Clotilde Hesme). Though she doesn't understand why he has returned, Adele welcomes him back with open arms.
While Simon and Adele try to pick up where they left off, Camille (Yara Pilartz) also tries to return to her family in "Simon." It turns out that reintegrating herself into her former life is something that is easier said than done. All of these personal events unfold against a backdrop of strange happenings that suggest something sinister might be afoot.
"The Returned" airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on Sundance Channel. What do...
Zap2it has an exclusive clip from the second episode, which can be watched above. In it, Simon (Pierre Perrier) goes to see his former fiancee Adele (Clotilde Hesme). Though she doesn't understand why he has returned, Adele welcomes him back with open arms.
While Simon and Adele try to pick up where they left off, Camille (Yara Pilartz) also tries to return to her family in "Simon." It turns out that reintegrating herself into her former life is something that is easier said than done. All of these personal events unfold against a backdrop of strange happenings that suggest something sinister might be afoot.
"The Returned" airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on Sundance Channel. What do...
- 11/7/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
French supernatural drama "The Returned" had its U.S. premiere on Sundance Channel last week to considerable critical acclaim (see Indiewire's review here). The series is set in a small French town in which the dead have inexplicably returned to life, in some cases years after the originally passed. The eight-part first season continues this Thursday, November 7th at 9pm with episode two, entitled "Simon," in which Camille (Yara Pilartz) finds that reintegrating herself back into her family may not be an easy feat and Simon (Pierre Perrier) tries to pick up where he left off with his former fiancée Adèle (Clotilde Hesme). As the returned struggle to piece together the years they lost, strange happenings seem to suggest their homecoming may be accompanied by something more sinister. We've got an exclusive clip from the upcoming episode below -- take a look at Adèle receiving some bad news on a big day.
- 11/5/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Chicago – They have already made a statement in 2013 by broadcasting Jane Campion’s brilliant “Top of the Lake” and the riveting “Rectify” but Sundance Channel goes for the hat trick, starting tonight, as they debut the French supernatural hit “The Returned,” a brilliant twist on the undead genre that places the emphasis on mood, dread, and emotion instead of the unexpected.
The subtitled program can get a bit melodramatic but it’s more often mesmerizing in its effort to capture a small town in which the past seems to have been erased. It’s like “Broadchurch” meets “The Walking Dead,” but even that doesn’t capture the unique tone and subtle accomplishments of this gem.
Television Rating: 4.5/5.0
“The Returned” opens with a bus crash. 38 students go over the edge of a mountain road. Four years later, one of them, a girl named Camille (Yara Pilartz), climbs out of the ravine...
The subtitled program can get a bit melodramatic but it’s more often mesmerizing in its effort to capture a small town in which the past seems to have been erased. It’s like “Broadchurch” meets “The Walking Dead,” but even that doesn’t capture the unique tone and subtle accomplishments of this gem.
Television Rating: 4.5/5.0
“The Returned” opens with a bus crash. 38 students go over the edge of a mountain road. Four years later, one of them, a girl named Camille (Yara Pilartz), climbs out of the ravine...
- 10/31/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
When is a zombie not a zombie? Do you have to be a full-fledged skull-munching, low-moaning, slow-walker to qualify? Or is being “undead” more of a philosophical problem, one that’s less about the flesh than it is about the braaain?
My coworkers and I have been debating this lately, because many of us are addicted to the French drama The Returned, one of the coolest, creepiest new shows on TV. (It premieres Halloween night on Sundance. Watch it now so you’re up to speed when Carlton Cuse of Lost adapts it for American television.) It’s nothing like The Walking Dead.
My coworkers and I have been debating this lately, because many of us are addicted to the French drama The Returned, one of the coolest, creepiest new shows on TV. (It premieres Halloween night on Sundance. Watch it now so you’re up to speed when Carlton Cuse of Lost adapts it for American television.) It’s nothing like The Walking Dead.
- 10/29/2013
- by Melissa Maerz
- EW.com - PopWatch
"The Returned," a French drama premiering on October 31st at 9pm on Sundance Channel and airing on subsequent Thursdays, is about the dead coming back to life, but it's not a horror series, not really. It plays with horror tropes -- a figure glimpsed in a reflection and gone when a character turns around, lights flickering on and off -- but it skips the scares in favor of emotional turmoil. For instance, when Camille (Yara Pilartz), a 15-year-old girl who wakes up at the location of the bus accident in which she died four years earlier, comes home, her mother Claire (Anne Consigny) reacts with stunned, trembling acceptance. Since her daughter's death, Claire's turned to religion while her estranged husband Jérôme (Frédéric Pierrot) has sought solace in grief counseling, and Claire wonders, with some uncertainty, if Camille's resurrection may not be the result of her prayers. But Camille isn't the...
- 10/25/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
The Returned is to be remade for Us television by cable channel A&E.
The supernatural French drama - devised by Fabrice Gobert - explores the impact on the members of a village community when their deceased friends and relatives return, unharmed and un-aged.
"The Returned takes an incredibly unique approach, filled with suspense and twists and turns, to the subject of the living dead," said A&E's Executive Vice President David McKillop.
"Part mystery, part thriller; The Returned is a perfect complement to A&E's unique brand of scripted storytelling."
The original version of The Returned is to premiere on Us screens on the Sundance Channel on Halloween (October 31), continuing on Thursday nights at 9/8c.
The Canal+ drama - which currently has a second series in development - aired on Channel 4 in the UK earlier this year.
> The Returned Pierre Perrier: 'Series 2 could be like Rosemary's Baby...
The supernatural French drama - devised by Fabrice Gobert - explores the impact on the members of a village community when their deceased friends and relatives return, unharmed and un-aged.
"The Returned takes an incredibly unique approach, filled with suspense and twists and turns, to the subject of the living dead," said A&E's Executive Vice President David McKillop.
"Part mystery, part thriller; The Returned is a perfect complement to A&E's unique brand of scripted storytelling."
The original version of The Returned is to premiere on Us screens on the Sundance Channel on Halloween (October 31), continuing on Thursday nights at 9/8c.
The Canal+ drama - which currently has a second series in development - aired on Channel 4 in the UK earlier this year.
> The Returned Pierre Perrier: 'Series 2 could be like Rosemary's Baby...
- 9/30/2013
- Digital Spy
Did you catch The Returned when it aired on UK television? Were you swept up by the dark drama's blend of compelling characters, genuine scares and a hypnotic soundtrack? And, after watching the last episode, were you left wondering... what next?
Whether or not you found yourself addicted to the comings-and-goings at the Lake Pup, we'd recommend picking up the entire first series - available on DVD from Monday (September 9).
To mark the release, Digital Spy were put in touch with one of The Returned's standout stars, Pierre Perrier - who plays the moody and mysterious Simon - to talk the show's global success and what might be coming up in series two...
Did you expect The Returned to become a hit across the globe?
"Honestly no - because it was so bold to make something like this in France. It was completely new - we saw the reaction...
Whether or not you found yourself addicted to the comings-and-goings at the Lake Pup, we'd recommend picking up the entire first series - available on DVD from Monday (September 9).
To mark the release, Digital Spy were put in touch with one of The Returned's standout stars, Pierre Perrier - who plays the moody and mysterious Simon - to talk the show's global success and what might be coming up in series two...
Did you expect The Returned to become a hit across the globe?
"Honestly no - because it was so bold to make something like this in France. It was completely new - we saw the reaction...
- 9/5/2013
- Digital Spy
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- 6/9/2011
- by Michelle Wray
- Monsters and Critics
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