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The adventures of "Young Wallander" arrive at Netflix. The streaming giant has commissioned a US-Swedish series based on the young police inspector Henning Mankell, who has already been featured on the BBC's Wallander screen with Kenneth Branagh and a Swedish version with Krister Henriksson. .
Netflix also commissioned a new original French set during the French Revolution. The untitled drama will follow Joseph Guillotin, the future inventor of the guillotine, who investigates a series of mysterious murders and discovers an unknown virus.
"Young Wallander" will see the detective in charge of his first case. Netflix's vice president of originals, Erik Barmack, announced the project on Wednesday at the C21 Content London event.
"We are looking at Wallander in his early twenties, before becoming so jaded," he said, pointing out that Mankell's books had sold 50 million copies in several languages around the world. "When we talked to Berna [Levin] at Yellow Bird and I saw the opportunity to work on a project like this, we were very excited.
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Production will begin on the six-issue serial, which will be in English, in 2019.
Levin, creative director of Yellow Bird UK, owned by Banijay, said, "Meeting Wallander in his youth and exploring how time and his new experiences will enable him to become the man we already know and love is an exciting opportunity. . We are confident that he will captivate new audiences and will once again delight longtime fans with his keen intelligence, youthful enthusiasm and undeniable humanity. "
Barmack also teased the new drama unfolding during the French Revolution. The new series begins in 1787, two years before the revolution. After Guillotin discovered the unknown virus, dubbed Blue Blood, the disease quickly spread among the French aristocracy, pushing them to kill ordinary people and soon leading to a rebellion.
The series was created by the French novelist Aurélien Molas, who co-wrote the eight episodes with Gaia Guasti. The series is produced by John Doe Productions for Netflix.
"When we discussed the idea of going back over the history of France through an epic and breathtaking series, the first question we had to ask ourselves was: who would support us? Short answer – only Netflix for such a revolution! "Said Molas and François Lardenois, creator and producer of the series.
In a statement, Barmack described Molas as "a very talented and innovative creator with whom we are excited to be working with our next French original series". The series must begin production in 2019.
Netflix recently announced the launch of a fully equipped office in Paris and seven new original series in French. "Osmosis", a romantic science fiction series, is one of the upcoming French shows.
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