STUDIOCANAL SELLS CANAL+ CREATION ORIGINALE
ALL THE WAY UP (AKA VALIDÉ) TO HBO MAX AND RADIO-CANADA
11 October – STUDIOCANAL, Europe’s leader in production, distribution and international sales of TV series and feature films, has sold its ratings hit and CANAL+ Creation Originale comedy drama series All The Way Up (otherwise known as Validé) to WarnerMedia Latin America, exclusively for HBO Max and to Radio-Canada. HBO Max, which in June this year rolled out in 39 territories in Latin America and the Caribbean marking the streaming platform’s first launch outside of the U.S. and kicking off its global expansion, will premiere season one of the 10 x 30’ comedy drama. Whilst Radio-Canada’s OTT platform ICI TOU.TV EXTRA has aquired both the first and recently completed second season exclusive rights for Canada.
The first season of All The Way Up had a record-breaking performance on CANAL+ digital platforms with more than 35 million streams to date. Music from the series has also been a huge success with more than 4 million views of the clip on YouTube, with French rapper Hatik – who played the lead role in season one – becoming a rap sensation since the series began.
All The Way Up is a Mandarin Télévision production, in co-production with CANAL+ and Autodidakte for CANAL+ Creation Originale, created by Franck Gastambide, Charles Van Tieghem, Xavier Lacaille and Giulio Callegari. Stars of the series, including director and lead actor Franck Gastambide, will be in Cannes this week as the second series opens CANNESERIES Festival.
Beatriz Campos, SVP Global Sales and Production Financing at STUDIOCANAL comments, “Powerful, and energtic series All The Way Up is a real phenomenon, beating all streaming ratings records on CANAL+ and, at the same time, on the main music streaming services. We are extremely pleased to see this dynamic and universal comedy drama heading to HBO Max for its Latin American audiences and to Radio Canada where we are sure it will be a huge success.”
Clément, aka Apash, is a talented young rapper with his two childhood friends by his side. One day he is recognized for his skills by one of France’s biggest rap stars. But their alliance quickly morphs into a dangerous rivalry. On the cust of fame the boys are about to find out, that in rap, success comes with strings attached.
The second season begins a year after Apash’s tragic death, his friends William and Brahim decide to launch Apash Music in honor of his memory. They place all their hopes on Sara, a young female rapper. But the male-dominated rap industry is reluctant to accept her and the media exposure brings old enemies from Sara’s past back to the surface.
Season 2 is produced by Mandarin Télévision and Autodidakte Production, and directed by Franck Gastambide and David Diane. Starring Laëtitia Kerfa, Saïdou Camara, Brahim Bouhlel, Franck Gastambide, Sabrina Ouazani, Moussa Mansaly, Bosh, Hakim Jemili, Fatou Kaba, Rachid Guellaz, Dimitri Storoge, Youssef Hajdi, with the participation of Saïd Taghmaoui.
About STUDIOCANAL
STUDIOCANAL, a 100% affiliate of CANAL+ Group held by Vivendi, is Europe’s leader in production, distribution and international sales of feature films and TV series, operating directly in all three major European markets – France, the United Kingdom and Germany – as well as in Australia and New Zealand.
STUDIOCANAL owns one of the most important film libraries in the world, boasting nearly, 6,000 titles from 60 countries. Spanning 100 years of film history, this vast and unique catalogue includes among others the iconic Terminator 2, Rambo, Breathless, Mulholland Drive, The Pianist, The Graduate, The Third Man and Belle de jour.
STUDIOCANAL has fully financed box office hits Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Paddington 1 and 2, Non-Stop and Shaun the Sheep Movie. Upcoming films backed by STUDIOCANAL include Will Sharpe’s The Electrical Life of Louis Wain starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy, Augustine Frizzell’s The Last Letter from your Lover adapted from Jojo Moyes’ best-selling novel, Navot Papushado’s female action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake and Gil Kenan’s live action A Boy called Christmas.
STUDIOCANAL is actively producing and developing a slate of premium international TV series in-house, as well as through its network of award-winning subsidiary production companies, which includes Germany’s TANDEM Productions (Shadowplay), the UK’s RED Production Company (Years and Years, It’s a Sin, Finding Alice), URBAN MYTH FILMS (War of the Worlds) and Spain’s BAMBÚ PRODUCCIONES (Instinto). The company is also an associate of Danish-based SAM Productions founded by Søren Sveistrup, Adam Price, and Meta Louise Foldager (Ride Upon the Storm) and Benedict Cumberbatch’s SUNNYMARCH TV (Patrick Melrose).
STUDIOCANAL produces more than 200 hours of TV series each year distributing productions and CANAL+ Creation Originale worldwide with 1,000 hours of current and library content in distribution.
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