Netflix has ordered a French original series starring Omar Sy (The Intouchables) as Arsène Lupin, the world famous gentleman thief and master of disguise. The series is slated to premiere globally on Netflix in 2020. Netflix and Sy announced their collaboration today on Twitter. Produced by Gaumont Television, the…

Lionsgate has boarded international sales on multi-language action comedy Belleville Cop, starring French actor Omar Sy and directed by Rachid Bouchareb. Sy, who starred in French box office hit The Intouchables, is joined by Luis Guzman, Algerian actress Biyouna, Julie Ferrier, Frank Gastambide and Diem Ngyen…

Has Sony's publicity team hatched a new Cannes Film Festival marketing trend? Rather than wait for the event to begin, the folks behind The Angry Birds Movie are strategically aiming to get out in front of the media before heads turn towards the red carpet. The festival kicks off officially tomorrow evening with Woody…

EXCLUSIVE: Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart are in talks to star in The Weinstein Company’s remake of French smash hit The Intouchables. Although neither deal has closed yet, Deadline understands that these talks are in the advanced stages. TWC has been working on this for some time now, having recruited Paul Feig to…

French filmmakers Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledo scored big in 2012 with their drama The Intouchables, which managed Hollywood-proportion numbers at the international box office and even totaled well over $10M in the U.S. Their latest film, Samba, resonates as a personal story about a hot-button topic in many…

Sony and Columbia Pictures’ Inferno, the latest in the lucrative movie franchise based on the Dan Brown books that started with The Da Vinci Code, has added a trio of international stars to its cast: Omar Sy, star of the French hit The Intouchables who has already crossed over via X-Men: Days of Future Past and…

Directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano reteamed with their Intouchables breakout star Omar Sy for the upcoming Samba. Their highly-anticipated follow-up to the $426M-grossing 2012 sensation (no pressure, guys) will have its world premiere in Toronto as a Gala presentation. Sy plays the eponymous character who…

César winning French actor Omar Sy, who’s bulked up his Hollywood resumé since his star turn in French mega-hit The Intouchables, has added another high-profile title to the list. Sy is joining the cast of Universal franchise reboot Jurassic World. He tweeted this morning, both in French and in English, that he was a…

BREAKING: Millennium Films is starting production at the end of May in London on Good People, which will star James Franco, Kate Hudson and Omar Sy and be directed by Henrik Genz, who ismaking his English-language debut. The contemporary thriller centers on an American couple living in London who fall into severe debt…

Lionsgate and Good Universe are partnering on Candy Store, a character-driven action thriller co-written and to be directed by Stephen Gaghan. Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) and Omar Sy (The Intouchables) are starring in the ensemble cast. Lionsgate will distribute the pic in North America, and Good Universe will…

Bryan Singer tweeted today that “the brilliant” Omar Sy of the French film The Intouchables has joined the cast of 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Today’s news about Sy follows a stream of tweets from the director about other castings for the followup to X-Men: First Class including Anna Paquin, Ellen…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Omar Sy, the French actor, comedian, writer, producer and television personality who drew raves starring in The Intouchables. That film, an international box office phenomenon, has become the highest-grossing non-English-language film since The Passion Of The Christ, grossing more than $414…