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The BBC has acquired eight-part French play The Sentinels from Studiocanal.
The warfare drama-meets-sci-fi is based connected Xavier Dorison and Enrique Breccia’s schematic novels Les Sentinelles and tells an alternate type of World War I.
Per nan synopsis: “At nan outbreak of World War I, Gabriel Ferraud – a gravely wounded worker – is recruited into a top-secret French subject programme designed to create nan eventual weapon: enhanced humans. After being injected pinch a mysterious serum, Gabriel gains bonzer strength, speed, and resilience. He joins an elite portion known arsenic nan Sentinels – augmented soldiers forged for nan beforehand lines. But arsenic nan warfare intensifies, Gabriel uncovers a terrifying truth that could change nan destiny of nan conflict.”
The stars Louis Peres arsenic Ferraud. Also successful nan formed are Thibaut Evrard, Kacey Mottet-Klein, Carl Malapa, Olivia Ross and Ouassini Embarek.
The show comes from Federation Studio France and Espirits Frappeurs. Originally for Canal+, it is shopped internationally by Studiocanal. Thierry Poiraud and Édouard Salier are nan directors, pinch Lionel Uzan and Thierry Sorel producing for Federation and Delphine Clot and Guillaume Lemans doing nan aforesaid for Esprits Frappeurs.
“The Sentinels is a afloat immersive warfare drama, drenched successful adrenaline,” said Nick Lee, Head of BBC Programme Acquisitions. “The schematic caller origins has been cleverly adapted into a premium tv acquisition by Canal+ and BBC audiences will revel successful nan blend of steam punk meets robo-cop. There’s besides a Frankenstein-ian level of extent and empathy to this communicative that really grips. Prepare for thing wholly different and unforgivingly entertaining.”
The show launched had a simultaneous merchandise connected Canal+ crossed complete 30 countries successful Europe, Africa, and Asia past twelvemonth – marking nan group’s first multi-continental launch. It has besides has besides aired successful Australia (SBS), Belgium (BeTV), Benelux (Play Media), Germany (ProSieben), Canada (TV5), Denmark (DR), Greece (NOVA), Portugal (NOS), Spain (Disney), Turkey (Tivibu).
In nan UK, nan BBC will motorboat it connected iPlayer and BBC Four later this year.
