Here are some new interviews of the cast and from Tom Fontana when they were at a premiere for Borgia :
From 13:00 to 15:17, Stanley Weber (Juan Borgia) says it's difficult to talk about a character because ultimately it's the audience that defines the way they choose to portray him. More than his predatory side, what interested Weber in this role in the first place is the journey Juan is going through from episode 1 to 12, he has no barrier, no limits, he enjoys power, but he'll be confronted to some obstacles along the way and he will settle them not thinking of the consequences of his actions. The fact that the production of this show is huge is more galvanizing than frightening. Then he tells an anecdote : Sergio Ballo, costumer on Borgia, worked on Cyrano de Bergerac 20 years ago, and he found the armor Stanley's dad (Jacques Weber) wore on this movie, so if there's comparative photos between Cyrano de Bergerac and Borgia it will clearly appear it is the same armor, and it was touching for him to wear it. Before he signed to do the show, Stanely knew the Borgia family by name, but the truth is he didn't know much more, he had seen the Victor Hugo play, "Lucrèce Borgia", but that was it. After 6 months of work on the show, he can tell Borgia's take on the Borgia family is nowhere near Hugo's play. Now he knows much more about this family, and in the end learning new things every day is part of why he's an actor.
Tom Fontana has planned 4 seasons, and things are already in motion for the shooting of season 2, it might start in Spring 2012. By the way, 126 actors from 18 different countries played a part in the first season, 4000 hours of work were used for the paintings shown on the set and it took 1575 hours to shoot all 12 episodes.
I finished watching the 1st season of Platane last Tuesday : amazing, the last 6 episodes were as funny and well thought-out as the first 6 episodes. I won't repeat what I've said in the last thread where I talked about this show, I'll just say that Eric Judor's humor in Platane is Larry David meets Ricky Gervais, a smart, funny and sometimes dark writing providing genuine laughter), but I'm just as enthusiastic about episodes 1.06 to 1.12 than I was for episodes 1.01 to 1.06. It simply is the best new comedy I've seen since... Wilfred (well it's not that long ago, but still, even the best comedy pilot this fall on american networks (Suburgatory) is nowhere near as good as Platane, or Wilfred for that matter). It certainly is as original as Wilfred, and even a little bit more ambitious, technically speaking, since the whole season is just one big, interesting plotline. There's room for a second season, which has not been greenlit yet (but Eric already has plans and stories so since this season has been critically acclaimed and was a quite a success, there won't be any problem). Another win for Canal+.
Here's a promotional poster for the second season of Braquo, premiering on Monday, November 21 at 9pm on Canal+. To sum up, the first season of Borgia begins in 8 days, 2 episodes each Monday, it ends with episodes 1.11/1.12 on November 14, the DVDs/Blu-rays will be released on November 17, and Braquo season 2 (8 episodes) will air from November 21 to December 14. The tagline of the following poster says "the rules of the game have changed", and given the cliffhanger ending the first season, I tend to think so, too. I wonder what they will talk about in season 2 (I purposely stayed away from any kind of spoilers) but I can't wait to find out.And 20th Century Fox Television has recently signed a deal with La Parisienne d'Images to have the rights to adapt Doom-Doom. It's an 90-minute comedy (split in three parts) that aired on Canal+ in June 2008 as a part of the third edition of La Nouvelle Trilogie, which allows young, new writers to have their first project being shot, launching them in the industry (you just have to send a script to Canal+ and if you're selected, you get to go pitch it to them in person, and then if you're chosen, they give you carte blanche to develop your project). In this case, the US adaptation of Doom-Doom wouldn't be told as a movie but as a possible television pilot for the 2012/2013 season. Doom-Doom talks about the qualms of two hitmen who're friends. This movies deals with some relevant questions in their line of duty : what do you say to someone you're about to kill ? Do you kill the same way a person who reads philosophy and someone who reads cheap magazines ? Maybe this concept is going to be at the core of a new dramedy series, next season.
I'm going to try and be thorough and say a few words on this subject : the projects labelled "La Nouvelle Trilogie" include Madame Hollywood, Les interminables and Pierre 41 in 2007, Doom-Doom, En Attendant demain and Hard (season 1, 6 episodes) in 2008, Sweet Dream, La fille au fond du verre à saké and Kali in 2009, Darwin 2.0 and Catch Moi in 2010, De l'encre, BXL/USA and Hard (season 2, 12 episodes) in 2011.
The upcoming 90-minute movies being a part of the new season of La Nouvelle Trilogie are L'ile aux cons (a guy discovers he has the power to make people who make his life miserable go away, these jerks all end up on an island... on which the hero of the story will ultimately end up as well, and he'll live his worst nightmare : live among all these jerks), Les voix impénétrables (a convent is about to be sold, the nuns will have nowhere to go but the situation is especially tricky for the main protagonist, who's muslim, who's in France illegally, she has no papers but she can't go back to where she came from because of the unstable regime over there) and Les anomymes (a dealer realizes the best place to sell stuff (drug, food, alcohol) is where people try to quit their addiction (meetings, associations) but just can't help themselves, and he's here to provide them with their need). All these 90-minute stories from newcomers in the industry will air in 2012.
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