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Mathieu Kassovitz (Malotru) at the heart of the season 5 finale of “Bureau des Légendes” by Jacques Audiard
SERIES – The Office in Africa. This is what the rest of the series is currently called. The Legends Officewhose producer announced the probable birth on Tuesday, November 5. “ We already have several scenarios, but for the moment it remains a project in development”declared Alex Berger in Abidjan, where he is participating in the International Audiovisual Content Exhibition (Sica).
“France’s historic relationship with West African countries is a good playing field”he elaborates. In short, the continuation of the successful series with Matthew Kassovitz should follow in the footsteps of French agents working under false identities, this time on the African continent.
“France’s geopolitics points more towards Africa, after Françafrique, the events which occurred in Niger, Burkina or Mali, these are things that interest us”he added, referring to the three Sahelian countries which have experienced putsches in recent years and turned their backs on France. “When we started developing the idea in 2021, there were five plausible countries for our story”he explains, specifying that the list is now reduced after the Sahelian putsches.
“The idea was to be able to leave enough time between the two series, so as not to abandon a simple sequel. I don’t think it will be a season six… though! »says the producer. However, he refused to give a date for the start of possible filming.
The Agency, the American remake soon to be released
Canal + flagship series, The Legends Office followed for five seasons, the last in 2020, the adventures of French agents undercover abroad, in countries such as Iran or Syria in particular. It has been sold in more than a hundred countries and was praised for its realism by the DGSEFrench intelligence services, where the characters evolve.
The Agencyan American remake of ten episodes, will also be broadcast in the United States at the end of the month. Michael Fassbender will play Martian, a CIA agent forced to leave his undercover life and return to the London office, whose head is played by Richard Gere. “It’s fantastically well done, it’s very serious”said Alex Berger who attended the filming.
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