Will Ferrell is govt producing a live-action model of France’s Completely Spies! animated collection for Prime Video.
Sacré bleu! Will Ferrell is brushing up on his French for a live-action adaptation of the cult cartoon collection Completely Spies! at Amazon! Ferrell is executive-producing the YA adaptation primarily based on the Banijay Children animated present. Completely Spies! focuses on Clover, Alex, and Sam, three worldwide spies executing life-threatening missions whereas navigating a turbulent first 12 months at school. Completely Spies! is like Charlie’s Angels with a French twist, Clueless-like humor, and Mission: Inconceivable-style motion.
The Completely Spies! live-action undertaking is from Amazon MGM Studios and Banijay Children & Household. Amazon’s head of Pan-English authentic content material, Rola Bauer, is main the cost. Will Ferrell govt produces alongside Jessica Elbaum and Alix Taylor via Gloria Sanches Productions. Banijay Children & Household CEO Benoît Di Sabatino additionally govt produces.
“Totally Spies!’ is a huge success for Banijay Kids & Family, having been translated in 60 languages and sold to more than 220 territories,” Di Sabatino mentioned. “With a social media base of 3 million, the series continues to thrive in its animation form with the recently launched 7th season. Rola Bauer approached me for a live-action adaptation, and we were thrilled to partner with Amazon MGM Studios. With her, Ludovic Attal, and Punit Matoo’s support, we are honoured to join such a stronghold of female-focused producers in Gloria Sanchez Productions to produce for Prime Video.”
Whereas Completely Spies! might go below most individuals’s radar, the present is a smash abroad. Created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel, the primary iteration of Completely Spies! is near airing 200 episodes of cheeky spy shenanigans. The animated collection paved the best way for a prequel movie, Completely Spies! The Film and the spinoff The Wonderful Spiez! The spinoff is in its seventh season in France, with the present coming to U.S. Cartoon Community later this 12 months. To prime youngsters and oldsters for the live-action adaptation, episodes of Completely Spies! are streaming on Prime Video now.
With Will Ferrell govt producing the live-action Completely Spies!, the collection might show a stage of absurdist comedy that earlier installments didn’t have. Completely Spies! has at all times been humorous, however Ferrell comes from a unique line of comedians. Can Ferrell and associates thread the needle of holding Completely Spies! genuine whereas including a brand new twist on the fan-favorite spy setup? I believe so.
