On August 11, we learned that a new adaptation of Fantômas was going to see the light of day in the cinema under the leadership of producer Wassim Béji. Who could succeed Louis de Funès and Jean Marais? We offer you our favorite duos!
The man nicknamed the Man with a Hundred Faces is about to return to give Commissioner Juve a hard time!
A new adaptation of the adventures of the famous Ghosts will see the light of day on the big and the small screen. For 20 years, the character has been trying to find a new path to cinemas.
After triumphing in the 1960s in the trilogy with Louis de Funesseveral filmmakers have tried to resurrect the famous criminal genius imagined by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain in 1910.
Thereby, Frederic Forestier and Christopher Gans broke their teeth trying to bring one of the most iconic characters in French literature to the screen.
This time, will the Fantômas curse be lifted? According to Variety, Wassim Bejiproducer of Black Box with Pierre Nineyhas acquired (via SND) the rights to adapt the mystery novels.
A film and a series are already in the pipeline! The project is described by Wassim Beji as “a return to the dark roots of the Fantomas character.”
Who will succeed the emblematic Louis de Funès and Jean Marais in this new adaptation? We have selected 10 potential duos who could slip into the costumes of Fantômas and Commissioner Juve.
Which is your favourite? We’ll let you debate it!
JEAN RENO AND JOSE GARCIA
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If José Garcia, 56, is still in shape to embody the voluble Juve, Jean Reno, 74, is surely too old to become Fantômas. But you never know.
PIERRE NINEY AND JEAN DUJARDIN
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Dujardin and Niney have already demonstrated that they are comfortable in the comic register as much as in the dramatic. To the realization, why not Michel Hazanaviciuswho does not hide his passion for the trilogy ofAndré Hunebelle and has already aspired to take over the reins of Fantômas.
Furthermore, Colonel Gerhard Moeller’s bunker in Cairo, nest of spies of Hazanavicius is inspired by that of Ghosts in films with De Funès and Jean Marais.
FRANCK GASTAMBIDE AND CHRISTIAN CLAVIER
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GILLES LELLOUCHE AND GREGOIRE LUDIG
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The charisma of Lellouche would cause a certain fear in the skin of Fantômas. As for Ludig, his fantasy and his comic talent would allow him to portray a modernized Juve worthy of succeeding Louis de Funès.
ALAIN CHABAT AND BENOIT POELVOORDE
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ROMAIN DURIS AND VINCENT MACAIGNE
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PHILIPPE LACHEAU AND GREGORY GADEBOIS
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As for the second, if he knew how to shine in poignant dramas (J’accuse), he also demonstrated that he was at ease in the comic register (Cut, Presidents).
VINCENT CASSEL AND FRANCK DUBOSC
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Already flamboyant in the costume of the criminal Jacques Mesrine, the actor could use this experience to portray this other criminal genius. To hunt him down, why not hire the whimsical Frank Duboschero of the saga Campingone of the kings of French comedy?
TAHAR RAHIM AND CLOVIS CORNILLAC
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LAURENT LAFITTE AND FINNEGAN OLDFIELD
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