— Original title: Le Bureau des Légendes.
— Number of episodes: 10.
— Running time of each episode: 52-60 minutes.
— Language: French.
— Locations: Paris (studios at La Cité du Cinéma) and Morocco (standing in for Syria).
— Filming: Started on September 25 (will end on February 10, 2015).
— Broadcast: Spring 2015 on Canal+.
— Creator / showrunner / director (of episodes 1.01/1.02) / executive producer : Eric Rochant.
Rochant is the writer / director of films such as Un monde sans pitié, Aux yeux du monde, Les Patriotes, Total Western, Möbius, and Canal+'s own Mafiosa (seasons 2 & 3 - 16 episodes).
— Other directors:
- Jean-Marc Moutout (La fabrique des sentiments (The Feelings Factory), De bon matin).
- Mathieu Demy (Americano).
- Hélier Cisterne (Vandal).
- Laïla Marrackchi (Marock, Rock the Casbah).
— Other writers:
- Emmanuel Bourdieu (Esther Kahn, Un conte de Noël).
- Cécile Ducrocq (Les Bleus, Canal+'s Maison Close (season 2)).
- Camille de Castelnau (Disparitions).
— In the writing staff: Elena Hassan, Corinne Garfin, Duong Dang Thaï and Juliette Senik.
— Cast:
Mathieu Kassovitz will play the main character, a DGSE agent returning from Syria to France who goes against every protocol by being unable to let go of the "legend" under which he was living undercover for six years in Damas.
Kassovitz starred in films such as:
- Regarde les hommes tomber (See How They Fall), by Jacques Audiard.
- Un héros très discret (A Self-Made Hero), by Jacques Audiard.
- Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amelie), by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
- Amen., by Costa-Gavras.
- Munich, by Steven Spielberg.
- La vie d'une autre (Another Woman's Life), by Sylvie Testud.
- Le guetteur (The Lookout), by Michele Placido.
He's starring in two new films released in the next few weeks: Un illustre inconnu (A Complete Stranger) and Vie sauvage (Wild Life). He also had cameos in La cité des enfants perdus, The Fifth Element, Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre, Avida, Louise-Michel, Haywire, and Angélique.
Kassovitz is a director, too, helming films such as:
- Métisse (Café au lait - starring Vincent Cassel and him).
- La haine (La Haine - starring Vincent Cassel - Kassovitz had a cameo too). Cult film.
- Assassin(s) (starring Michel Serrault and him).
- Les rivières pourpres (Crimson Rivers - starring Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel).
- Gothika (starring Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr. and Pénélope Cruz).
- Babylon A.D. (starring Vin Diesel, Mélanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson and Gérard Depardieu).
- L'ordre et la morale (Rebellion - starring him, Philippe Torreton and Sylvie Testud). Amazing film.
Starring alongside him are:
- Jean-Pierre Darroussin.
- Léa Drucker.
- Sara Giraudeau.
Also in the cast:
- Florence Loiret Caille.
- Alexandre Brasseur.
- Gilles Cohen.
- Michael Abitboul.
- Zineb Triki.
- Atmen Kelif.
Le Bureau des Légendes joins other upcoming new Canal+ original series coming in 2015:
- Panthers (thriller) - 6 episodes.
- Spotless (dramedy) - 10 episodes.
- Versailles (historical drama) - 10 episodes.
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