Netflix readies first French original series

PARIS and BEVERLY HILLS – Netflix will begin production on its first French-language original series in spring 2015, with its expected debut later that year in all of its territories.The Internet TV network described Marseille as an eight episode tale of power, corruption and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the French port city. Shot entirely in France, Marseille is created and written by Dan Franck, writer of La Separation and Les Hommes de l'ombre and co-writer of Carlos, which won a Golden Globe for best miniseries and a Cesar for most promising actor, Edgar Ramirez, and was nominated...