Lupin star Omar Sy has hit back at critics of comments he made about differing attitudes to the war in Ukraine and further afield conflicts, saying the attacks against him are simply an example of racism.
Sy, who is one of France's most popular actors and the country's most successful Black actor…
EXCLUSIVE: Following the critical acclaim of his Netflix western The Harder They Fall,Jeymes Samuel’s follow-up, The Book of Clarence, has gained momentum with a new producing partner and two major stars to lead the ensemble. Sources tell Deadline that Legendary has acquired the BAFTA Award winner’s next…
What do Idris Elba, Lupin superstar Omar Sy and emerging French-Vietnamese writer Quoc Dang Tran have in common? Other than their obvious creative skills, they are among a growing number of stars born outside the U.S. who have signed talent deals in the last year. Deadline estimates as many as 20…
Netflix released a teaser for Lupin Part 3 at its Tudum celebration on Saturday. No release date for the new season has been announced as of yet.
The hit French series follows professional thief Assane Diop (Omar Sy), the only son of an immigrant from Senegal who had come to France to seek a better life for his child…
Universal has announced that Lupin‘s Omar Sy will lead John Woo’s reimagining of his 1989 crime drama The Killer for Peacock.
The original film written and directed by Woo watches as the disillusioned assassin Ah Jong (Chow Yun-fat) accepts one last hit, in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to the singer…
HBO Max is getting into business with Omar Sy.
The star of Netflix's Lupin has struck a first look television deal with the Warner Bros. Discovery streamer.
He will develop international series with the digital platform including shows out of France.
It comes after Sy, who operates his own Paris and LA-based…
EXCLUSIVE: Omar Sy’s star continues to burn bright on Netflix, as the French star’s thriller The Takedown comfortably held on to top spot in the streamer’s non-English language film chart.
The film, which pairs the Lupin star with Laurent Laffite for a buddy comedy, collected 32.37M hours of viewing.
Just ten days…
EXCLUSIVE: "Things have changed a little bit," Omar Sy admits about life after Lupin. He laughs. "My parents do know what I do now."
That's how the actor and his family like it. Low key. The Frenchman's move to LA a decade ago was in part driven by a desire for more anonymity. In his home country, Sy is a superstar…
Cannes Film Festival section Un Certain Regard, part of the Official Selection, will open with Mathieu Vadepied's World War One film Father & Soldier.
The movie is the latest addition to the Official Selection, which revealed the bulk of its lineup for this year two weeks ago, with a few further additions last week.
Fa…
Netflix has dropped the first full trailer for its upcoming buddy cop action comedy The Takedown. Lupin's Omar Sy reteams with Laurent Lafitte in the follow-up to their 2012 On The Other Side Of The Tracks. In another reunion, Lupin director Louis Leterrier has the reins. The French film is part of Netflix’s drive to…
EXCLUSIVE: Lupin and Intouchables star Omar Sy will now co-star opposite Emmy winner Kerry Washington (Scandal, Django) in Lionsgate action-thriller Shadow Force, we can reveal.
BadBoys For Life scribe and The Grey director Joe Carnahan is newly aboard to direct the feature, which will follow an estranged couple with…
Netflix today provided a taste of its slate of original French productions coming up in 2022, which includes 25 new titles for launch this year and 20 projects currently in production. The slate, selected and developed by the Netflix France creative team, reps a total investment of more than 200M euros ($221M) across…