Panthers - Full presentation (cast, synopsis, etc.)

— Number of episodes: 6.
— Running time of each episode: 52-60 minutes.
— Languages: French, English, Arabic.
— Locations: Marseille, London, Belgrade and Montenegro.
— Filming: Starts on October 27.
— Broadcast: Fall 2015 on Canal+, Sky Atlantic (UK) and Sky Deutschland (Germany).


— Showrunner: Jack Thorne (creator of Skins, This is England, The Fades, and Glue), based on an idea by journalist Jérôme Pierrat.

— Director: Johan Renck (Breaking Bad, Vikings, The Walking Dead, and Halt and Catch Fire).


— Cast:

- Tahar Rahim (Canal+'s La Commune, Un Prophète, Le passé, À perdre la raison, Grand Central, Gibraltar) is playing Khalil, a French cop looking for the diamonds stolen by the Black Panthers.

- Samantha Morton (Minority Report, In America, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, John Carter, Cosmospolis) is playing Naomi, a British insurance expert in charge of recovering the diamonds.

- John Hurt (Alien, 1984, Elephant Man, Hellboy, V for Vendetta, Harry Potter, Doctor Who) is playing Tom, Naomi's boss.


— Synopsis: The miniseries will start with a spectacular diamond robbery, our entry point into the seedy European underbelly caught in a ominous alliance of gangsters and finance bandits.

Fabrice de la Patellière, big shot at Canal+'s original creation department, adds this: "It's the story of robbers who still fascinate people to this day. Through the hunt of a handful of them, the show will depict the portrait of an Europe caught in new forms of criminality where smugglers, European civil servants, war criminals and bankers get tangled up".

Caroline Benjo, producer, said: "The enthusiasm of Canal+ and Sky Atlantic has carried us through the development, and now the production of this massive international series, an ambitious work of art, modern and without concessions on today's Europe. Through the points of view of several characters, Panthers asks the question of knowing if the alliances of the past can survive today's cruel realities and shows how much the personal stories in each of us and the moral choices we make have an unpredictible impact on our lives."

Panthers joins other upcoming new Canal+ original series coming in 2015:

- Le Bureau des Légendes (espionage drama) - 10 episodes.
- Spotless (dramedy) - 10 episodes.
- Versailles (historical drama) - 10 episodes.

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