Crime gang drama to shoot next year
French production company Haut et Court (Les Revenants) and UK based Warp Films are collaborating on Barbarians, a drama series set to shoot from early 2014.
By Nia Daniels 10 Jul 2013
French production company Haut et Court (Les Revenants) and UK based Warp Films are collaborating on Barbarians, a drama series set to shoot from early 2014.
Jerome Pierrat, Jean-Alain Laban and Jack Thorne are writing the script, based on real events, which centres on the jewellery-stealing crime gang which was 'established' following the Balkans war.
Known as the Pink Panthers, the presumed-to-be Yugoslavian gang includes hundreds of people, including ex-soldiers, who cut a swathe across Europe as they carry out audacious high profile jewel thefts, and occasionally traffick weapons and drugs.
The 6 x 60 drama is made in association with Canal+ and Sky Atlantic, and is likely to shoot in Belgium, France and Serbia.
Currently a documentary entitled Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers is doing the festival rounds before being released in Europe and the US in July 2013. Directed by Havana Marking (director of award-winning 2009 documentary Afghan Star) the film features five Pink Panther members who each share bits about their roles in the syndicate.
Known as the Pink Panthers, the presumed-to-be Yugoslavian gang includes hundreds of people, including ex-soldiers, who cut a swathe across Europe as they carry out audacious high profile jewel thefts, and occasionally traffick weapons and drugs.
The 6 x 60 drama is made in association with Canal+ and Sky Atlantic, and is likely to shoot in Belgium, France and Serbia.
Currently a documentary entitled Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers is doing the festival rounds before being released in Europe and the US in July 2013. Directed by Havana Marking (director of award-winning 2009 documentary Afghan Star) the film features five Pink Panther members who each share bits about their roles in the syndicate.
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