Cat's Eyes (TV series)

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Cat's Eyes
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Genre
Created byMichel Catz
Based on Cat's Eye
by Tsukasa Hojo
Directed byAlexandre Laurent
Starring
Theme music composer
  • Cyril de Turckheim
  • Alexandre Révérend
Opening theme"Signé Cat's Eyes" performed by Anne Sila
ComposerFrançois Lietout
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerStéphane Amphoux
Producers
  • Benjamin Dupont-Jubien
  • Mehdi Sabbar
Production locations Île-de-France, France
CinematographyJean-Philippe Gosselin
Editors
  • Jean de Garrigues
  • Nicolas Pechitch
  • Grégory Attia
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time55-59 minutes
Production companies
Budget €25 million [1]
Original release
Network
Release11 November 2024 (2024-11-11) –
present (present)

Cat's Eyes is a French television series created by Michel Catz, and produced by Big Band Story for TF1 and Amazon Prime Video. It is based on the Japanese manga series Cat's Eye by Tsukasa Hojo.

Contents

The series, set in Paris, follows the three Chamade sisters who are art thieves trying to collect all the works belonging to their missing father. It stars Camille Lou, Constance Labbé, and Claire Romain as the sisters alongside an ensemble cast.

The series development was announced in April 2023 by the TF1 Group with Benjamin Dupont-Jubien and Mehdi Sabbar serving as producers. Casting began in June 2023 with Lou, Labbé, and Romain announced to play their respective roles. Filming took place in Île-de-France, mainly in Paris, and began in October 2023. On a budget of €25 million, it is currently the most expensive French television series ever made.

Prior to its debut in France, Cat's Eyes first premiered in French speaking regions of Belgium and Switzerland on 6 November 2024 on RTL-TVI, and on 8 November on RTS 1. It premiered in France on 11 November on TF1, and will premiere later on Amazon Prime Video internationally.

Premise

Cat's Eyes is set in Paris where Tamara Chamade, along with her older sister Sylia and her younger sister Alexia, lead a double life as a trio of art thieves, stealing works of art which primarily belonged to their long-missing father, Michaël Heinz, who was a famous art collector who died during a mysterious fire in his art gallery, while trying to discover the real reasons behind his disappearance. They often have to escape a special unit of the BRB, lead by Quentin Chapuis, Tamara's ex-boyfriend, who is investigating the Cat's Eye case.

Cast and characters

Starring

Co-starring

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateFrance viewers
(millions)
1"Tamara"Alexandre LaurentMichel Catz [b] 11 November 2024 (2024-11-11) [c] 5,12 [2]
2"Sylia"Alexandre LaurentJustine Kim Gautier, Antonin Martin-Hilbert & Michel Catz [b] 11 November 2024 (2024-11-11) [c] 4,01 [2]
3"Alexia"Alexandre LaurentJustine Kim Gautier & Michel Catz [b] 18 November 2024 (2024-11-18) [d] 4,20 [3]
4"Quentin"Alexandre LaurentAntonin Martin-Hilbert, Mari Mouazan, Mohamed Benyekhlef & Michel Catz [b] 18 November 2024 (2024-11-18) [d] 3,54 [3]
5"Gwen"Alexandre LaurentTBA25 November 2024 (2024-11-25) [e] 4,08 [4]
6"Prudence"Alexandre LaurentTBA25 November 2024 (2024-11-25) [e] 3,51 [4]
7"Durrieux"Alexandre LaurentTBA2 December 2024 (2024-12-02) [f] TBD
8"Heinz"Alexandre LaurentTBA9 December 2024 (2024-12-09) [g] TBD

Production

Development

In April 2023, the TF1 Group announced that a French live-action adaptation of the Japanese manga series Cat's Eye by Tsukasa Hojo. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

The serie was in development for TF1 and Amazon Prime Video. Benjamin Dupont-Jubien and Mehdi Sabbar were set to produce the series under Big Band Story. [10] The two producers revealed that they were working on the project since 2017 but they had to obtain the rights from Hojo first. The artist was convince as he thought that the idea of modernizing the story was good and liked the Parisian setting. [11]

To Frenchify the series, the production took the names used for the characters in the French dubbing of the 1983 anime series which already used French names despite taking place in Japan. A new version of the anime French opening theme, titled "Signé Cat's Eyes" (in English "Signed Cat's Eyes"), was recorded for the series by Anne Sila. [12]

Casting

In June 2023, Camille Lou, Constance Labbé, and Claire Romain were cast for the roles of the three sisters. [13] The series is the third collaboration between Lou and director Alexandre Laurent after the TF1/Netflix's limited series The Bonfire of Destiny , and Women at War . [14]

Singer Mohamed Belkhir, know as MB14, was cast as Quentin Chapuis. Belkhir was offered to audition for the role through his agent who knew the series's casting director. [15] In October 2023, Carole Bouquet, and Élodie Fontan joined the cast. It is the second time Fontan star in a French adaptation of a Tsukasa Hojo's manga after the 2018 film Nicky Larson et le parfum de Cupidon , based on City Hunter . [16]

Filming

The series began shooting in October 2023 in Île-de-France, mainly in Paris. Scenes were filmed at the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Guimet Museum, the Monnaie de Paris, and at the Palace of Versailles. [17]

Release

Cat's Eyes premiered on TF1 with its first two episodes on 11 November 2024, with subsequent episodes releasing weekly. Two episodes will premiere every week, except for the last two episodes. [18] When news episodes aired on TF1, the following ones are simultaneously made available in advance for the subscribers of the TF1+ service premium plan.

Prior to its debut in France, the series first premiered in French speaking regions of Belgium and Switzerland on 6 November 2024 on RTL-TVI, and on 8 November on RTS 1. In the rest of the world, the series is set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video at a later date.

Notes

  1. ↑ In association with Amazon Prime Video, and in collaboration with Coamix Inc.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Alexandre Laurent & Benjamin Dupont-Jubien are credited on all episodes for additional literary material.
  3. 1 2 Prior to its debut in France, this episode aired for the first time in Belgium on 6 November 2024.
  4. 1 2 Prior to its debut on TF1, this episodes was released on 11 November 2024 on TF1+'s premium plan. It aired on television for the first time in Belgium on 13 November 2024.
  5. 1 2 Prior to its debut on TF1, this episodes was released on 18 November 2024 on TF1+'s premium plan. It aired on television for the first time in Belgium on 20 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Prior to its debut on TF1, this episodes was released on 25 November 2024 on TF1+'s premium plan. It aired on television for the first time in Belgium on 27 November 2024.
  7. ↑ Prior to its debut on TF1, this episodes will be released on 2 December 2024 on TF1+'s premium plan. It aired on television for the first time in Belgium on 27 November 2024.

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