Netflix: Robbers creators unveil new series ‘closer to the action’

Julien Leclerc, French director, producer and screenwriter, to whom we owe films such as L’Assaut with Vincent Elbaz, the film and series Braqueurs with Sami Bouajila or the recent Wages of Fear with Franck Gastambide, continues his partnership with Netflix and will soon return with a new With a major action series for the platform called GIGNAs he said on his Instagram account.

“After Braqueurs, we are proud at Netflix to announce my next series: GIGN. 13 years after the release of The Assault, I have the chance to find this absolutely extraordinary team. We will enter their privacy. And as close to the action as possible. The series is produced with the support of GIGN.“

As he details in his post, the series is being created with his writing partner Sylvain Caron and his “Lifelong companionJulien Maddon. He also adds that Tomer Sisley will play the lead role while the rest of the casting is still underway.

“The values ​​of this group are ultimate: respect for life, commitment, spirit and a sense of self-sacrifice. Cheers to GIGN! Let’s go!– he finally concluded.

So the director will return to the world of GIGN in this new series, which promises French action. remind you attackReleased in 2011, it told the story of the December 1994 hijacking of Air France Flight 8969 and featured an attack then carried out by GIGN.

The Assault is currently streaming on Prime Video. Otherwise, you can watch the Braqueurs series on Netflix. For the 2015 film, we’ll have to turn to VOD.